Capture lane

Systematic Corruption

The Systematic Corruption capture lane traces 858 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

858 events From Jan 1, 1600 To May 6, 2026 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
2016-02-13Justice Antonin Scalia Dies, McConnell Immediately Vows to Block Any Obama Nominee
Antonin Scalia · Mitch McConnell · Barack Obama
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2016-01-01Illicit Fentanyl Overtakes Prescription Opioids as Leading Cause of Overdose Deaths
Drug Enforcement Administration · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Illicit Fentanyl Suppliers
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2016-01-01Whistleblower Alleges Dialysis Giants DaVita and Fresenius Steer Patients Through American Kidney Fund in $247M Kickback Scheme
DaVita · Fresenius Medical Care · American Kidney Fund · Department of Justice · +1
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2015-11-19Johns Hopkins Study Exposes Orphan Drug Act Gaming - Seven of Top 10 Drugs Exploiting Tax Breaks for Rare Diseases
Johns Hopkins University · Food and Drug Administration · AbbVie · Roche · +5
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2015-10-31Valeant Pharmaceuticals Scandal Exposes Systematic Price Gouging Strategy - 3000% Increase on Syprine, Philidor Fraud Network
Valeant Pharmaceuticals · J. Michael Pearson · Philidor Rx Services · William Ackman · +3
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2015-10-28DaVita Pays $450 Million for Drug Wastage Fraud, Largest Unjoined Whistleblower Settlement in History
DaVita · Kent Thiry · Alon J. Vainer · Daniel D. Barbir · +1
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2015-10-28Dennis Hastert Pleads Guilty to Federal Banking Violations
Dennis Hastert
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2015-10-15Wall Street Journal Exposes Theranos Blood-Testing Fraud in Landmark Investigation
John Carreyrou · Elizabeth Holmes · Theranos · Wall Street Journal · +2
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2015-09-18EPA Exposes Volkswagen Dieselgate: 11 Million Cars with Emissions Defeat Devices
Volkswagen Group · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · California Air Resources Board (CARB) · International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) · +3
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2015-06-09Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Dennis Hastert Publicly Emerge
Dennis Hastert · Jolene Reinboldt Burdge · Steve Reinboldt
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2015-05-28Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted for Bank Fraud and Lying to FBI
Dennis Hastert
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2015-04-27Corinthian Colleges Files Bankruptcy After Federal Crackdown on For-Profit College Fraud
Corinthian Colleges · U.S. Department of Education · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities
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2015-04-26Corinthian Colleges Files Bankruptcy After Defrauding 72,000 Students - Executives Shield Assets
Corinthian Colleges · Jack Massimino
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2015-04-08Russian Agents Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin Attend NRA Annual Meeting, Meet Federal Reserve Vice Chairman
Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · National Rifle Association · Stanley Fischer · +1
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2015-03-17Rep. Aaron Schock Resigns Amid Luxury Spending and Mileage Fraud Scandal
Aaron Schock
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2015-02-23"Corinthian 15" Launch First Student Debt Strike in U.S. History
Debt Collective · Corinthian 15 · Arne Duncan
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2014-12-18Congress Appropriates $120 Million for Unwanted Abrams Tanks for Third Consecutive Year Despite Army Opposition
General Dynamics · Mike Turner · Ray Odierno · Rob Portman · +1
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2014-10-22DaVita Pays $350 Million to Settle Doctor Kickback Allegations, Exposing Systematic Dialysis Profiteering Scheme
DaVita · Kent Thiry · Department of Justice · HHS Office of Inspector General
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2014-07-15Former Utah Attorneys General Shurtleff and Swallow arrested on 23 corruption counts
Mark Shurtleff · John Swallow · Jeremy Johnson · Marc Sessions Jenson · +2
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2014-06-12Federal Government Cuts Off Corinthian Colleges - 72,000 Students Trapped by Fraud
U.S. Department of Education · Corinthian Colleges · Arne Duncan
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2014-03-18Annexation of Crimea: Putin's Strategic Asset Seizure
Vladimir Putin · Sergey Aksyonov · Viktor Yanukovych · Sergey Lavrov · +1
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2014-03-01Trump Foundation Buys $20,000 Portrait of Trump at Charity Auction, Hangs in Trump Golf Club
Donald Trump · Trump Foundation
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2014-02-26Ways and Means Chairman Proposes Carried Interest Reform That Private Equity Lobbying Defeats
Dave Camp · House Ways and Means Committee · Carlyle Group · Cerberus Capital Management · +1
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2014-02-06Max Baucus Confirmed as Ambassador After Healthcare Industry Staffers Become Lobbyists
Max Baucus · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · Merck · UnitedHealth Group · +1
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2014-01-21Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and Wife Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges
Bob McDonnell · Maureen McDonnell · Jonnie Williams
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2013-12-23Wells Fargo Sales Practices Investigation Begins
Wells Fargo Board · John Stumpf · Scott Reckard (LA Times Reporter)
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2013-11-11Citigroup Lobbyists Write 70 of 85 Lines in House Banking Deregulation Bill
Citigroup · House Financial Services Committee · Wall Street
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2013-11-09Trump Holds Miss Universe in Moscow, Partners with Putin-Connected Agalarovs for Trump Tower Moscow
Donald Trump · Aras Agalarov · Emin Agalarov · Vladimir Putin · +1
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2013-10-20South Dakota EB-5 official Richard Benda dies amid investigation into $550K theft
Richard Benda · Joop Bollen · Marty Jackley · Mike Rounds
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2013-09-17Pam Bondi Receives Illegal $25,000 Trump Foundation Donation During Trump University Investigation
Pam Bondi · Donald Trump
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2013-06-21Skilling Sentence Reduced to 14 Years, Marking Accountability Erosion
Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice · Sim Lake
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2013-04-15Congress Quietly Guts STOCK Act Online Disclosure Requirements
Barack Obama
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2013-02-20Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty to $750,000 Campaign Fund Fraud
Jesse Jackson Jr. · Sandra Stevens Jackson
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2012-12-05ACA Architect Liz Fowler Leaves White House for Johnson & Johnson After Industry-Friendly Healthcare Legislation
Elizabeth Fowler · Johnson & Johnson · WellPoint · Max Baucus · +2
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2012-07-25Congress Overrides Army to Fund $255 Million in Unwanted Abrams Tank Upgrades to Protect General Dynamics Ohio Plant
General Dynamics · Rob Portman · Sherrod Brown · Ray Odierno · +2
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2012-01-01Leonard Leo Directs Hidden Payments to Ginni Thomas Through Kellyanne Conway, Instructs "No Mention of Ginni"
Leonard Leo · Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Kellyanne Conway · +4
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2011-12-01GAO Audit Reveals Massive $16.1 Trillion in Secret Federal Reserve Crisis Loans
Federal Reserve · Ben Bernanke · Citigroup · Morgan Stanley · +5
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2011-10-31MF Global Bankruptcy: $1.6 Billion in Customer Funds Missing Under Jon Corzine
Jon Corzine
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2011-07-01ALEC Achieves Systematic Legislative Capture: 200+ Corporate-Drafted Bills Enacted Annually Across States
American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislatures · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · +1
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2011-06-16Rep. Anthony Weiner Resigns After Sexting Scandal and Cover-Up
Anthony Weiner · Huma Abedin · Barack Obama · Nancy Pelosi
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2011-05-27Judd Gregg Joins Goldman Sachs as International Advisor After Banking Committee Role
Judd Gregg · Goldman Sachs · Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
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2011-04-27Trump's Birtherism Campaign Forces Obama to Release Long-Form Birth Certificate
Donald Trump · Barack Obama
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2011-01-03Evan Bayh Joins Apollo Global Management and Five Corporate Boards After Senate
Evan Bayh · Apollo Global Management · McGuireWoods · Marathon Petroleum · +1
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2011-01-01ALEC Grants Corporate Lobbyists 'Equal Vote' on Model Legislation for State Legislatures
American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislatures · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil
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2011-01-01J.D. Vance Meets Peter Thiel at Yale Law School, Beginning Political Pipeline
J.D. Vance · Peter Thiel · Yale Law School
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2010-04-16SEC Charges Goldman Sachs with Fraud Over ABACUS 2007-AC1 Synthetic CDO Deal Where Hedge Fund Manager John Paulson Selected Mortgage Securities to Bet Against While Goldman Sold Package to Investors, Resulting in $550 Million Settlement but No Criminal Charges
Goldman Sachs · Fabrice Tourre · John Paulson · Securities and Exchange Commission · +3
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2010-01-01Corporate-Funded Think Tanks Testify to Congress While Hiding Donor Conflicts of Interest
Heritage Foundation · American Enterprise Institute · Koch brothers · General Electric · +2
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2009-12-14University of Phoenix Settles $78.5 Million False Claims Act Lawsuit for Illegal Recruiter Incentive Compensation
University of Phoenix · Apollo Group · Mary Hendow · Julie Albertson · +2
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2009-09-129/12 Taxpayer March on Washington Demonstrates Koch Network Mobilization Power
FreedomWorks · Americans for Prosperity · Dick Armey · Brendan Steinhauser · +6
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2009-04-13Peter Thiel Publishes Anti-Democracy Essay Declaring Freedom and Democracy Incompatible
Peter Thiel · Cato Institute
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2009-04-02Northrop Grumman Pays $325 Million for Decade of Defective Spy Satellite Parts
Northrop Grumman · TRW Inc. · Department of Justice · National Reconnaissance Office · +2
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2009-01-01Energy and Commerce Committee Members Receive $45M From Pharma During ACA Debate
House Energy and Commerce Committee · Fred Upton · PhRMA · Pfizer · +1
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2008-12-09Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Arrested for Attempting to Sell Obama's Senate Seat
Rod Blagojevich · Barack Obama · Patrick Fitzgerald · Donald Trump
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2008-10-03Mental Health Parity Act Signed into Law with No Enforcement Mechanism, Enabling Systematic Insurer Non-Compliance
George W. Bush · Paul Wellstone · Pete Domenici · U.S. Department of Labor · +2
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2008-09-11Kids for Cash Scandal Exposed: Pennsylvania Judges Accepted $2.8 Million in Kickbacks to Fill Private Juvenile Detention Centers
Mark Ciavarella · Michael Conahan · PA Child Care · Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas · +2
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2008-08-18General Dynamics Pays $4 Million to Settle Fraud Charges for Defective Submarine and Aircraft Parts
General Dynamics · Benton J. Campbell · Defense Criminal Investigative Service · U.S. Navy
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2008-07-29Senator Ted Stevens Indicted on Seven Felony Corruption Charges
Ted Stevens · Bill Allen · Eric Holder
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2007-12-18Trent Lott Resigns from Senate to Evade New Lobbying Ethics Law
Trent Lott · John Breaux · Breaux Lott Leadership Group · Patton Boggs
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2007-10-01Trump Foundation Pays $258,000 for Six-Foot Portrait of Trump at Charity Auction
Donald Trump · Trump Foundation
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2007-09-15Honest Leadership Act Takes Effect But Fails to Slow Congressional Revolving Door
U.S. Congress · K Street · Public Citizen
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2006-10-23Jeffrey Skilling Sentenced to 24 Years for Enron Fraud
Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice · Sim Lake
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2006-07-05Ken Lay Dies Before Sentencing, Conviction Later Vacated
Kenneth Lay
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2006-06-07Model Ruslana Korshunova, 18, flies to Epstein's island two years before suspicious death
Ruslana Korshunova · Jeffrey Epstein
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2006-05-25Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling Convicted of Enron Fraud and Conspiracy
Kenneth Lay · Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice
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2005-11-28Rep. Duke Cunningham Pleads Guilty to $2.4 Million Bribery Scheme
Duke Cunningham · Mitchell Wade · Carol Lam · Donald Trump
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2005-11-16Energy Committee Hearings Expose Oil Industry Climate Denial Campaign and Regulatory Capture
House Energy and Commerce Committee · Dick Cheney · ExxonMobil · American Petroleum Institute
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2005-09-28House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Indicted for Money Laundering and Conspiracy
Tom DeLay
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2005-08-29Hurricane Katrina Enables .4B No-Bid Disaster Capitalism Takeover
Dick Cheney · Halliburton · Bechtel · Shaw Group · +2
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2005-08-11Jack Abramoff Indicted for Wire Fraud in SunCruz Casinos Purchase
Jack Abramoff · Adam Kidan
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2005-08-03FBI Finds $90,000 in Cash Hidden in Rep. William Jefferson's Freezer
William Jefferson · Lori Mody
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2005-07-13WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
Bernard Ebbers · Department of Justice
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2005-06-30Investigation Reveals $15M in Lobbyist-Funded Congressional Travel and Fact-Finding Junkets
Tom DeLay · Jack Abramoff · Susan Hirschmann · Robert Wexler
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2005-04-20Bankruptcy Act Makes Private Student Loans Non-Dischargeable - Weaponizing Law Against Students
George W. Bush · MBNA · Sallie Mae
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2005-04-11Trump Admits to Entering Pageant Dressing Rooms on Howard Stern
Donald Trump · Howard Stern
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2005-04-01Public Citizen Report Shows 43% of Lawmakers Leaving Congress Became Lobbyists
Public Citizen · U.S. Congress · K Street
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2005-03-14Tom Daschle Joins Private Equity Firm and Lobbying After Senate Majority Leadership
Tom Daschle · InterMedia Advisors · Alston & Bird · Leo Hindery
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2004-12-15Billy Tauzin Joins PhRMA as CEO After Shepherding $200B Medicare Drug Bill
Billy Tauzin · PhRMA · Medicare
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2004-11-02Massey Energy CEO Spends $3 Million to Elect Judge in Case Against His Company
Don Blankenship · Brent Benjamin · Hugh Caperton · Massey Energy Company · +2
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2004-07-07Enron Founder Ken Lay Indicted on 11 Counts of Fraud and Conspiracy
Kenneth Lay · Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice
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2004-01-08The Apprentice Premieres on NBC, Rehabilitating Trump's Image After Bankruptcies
Donald Trump · Mark Burnett · NBC
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2003-11-25Medicare Part D Passes After Pharmaceutical Industry Writes Price Negotiation Ban
Billy Tauzin · House Energy and Commerce Committee · PhRMA · Medicare
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2003-06-26HCA Healthcare Pays $1.7 Billion in Largest Medicare Fraud Settlement in U.S. History
HCA Healthcare · Rick Scott · Department of Justice
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2002-12-19Central Park Five Exonerated: DNA Proves Innocence After 13 Years
Yusef Salaam · Korey Wise · Antron McCray · Kevin Richardson · +3
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2002-09-12Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski Indicted for $600 Million Fraud
Dennis Kozlowski · Mark Swartz · Mark Belnick
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2002-09-05WHIG Develops "Smoking Gun/Mushroom Cloud" Propaganda Template
Michael Gerson · Karl Rove · Condoleezza Rice · George W. Bush · +1
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2002-09-01Think Tank Network Coordinates Iraq War Support Following Powell Memo Template
American Enterprise Institute · Heritage Foundation · Dick Cheney · Paul Wolfowitz · +1
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2002-07-30Sarbanes-Oxley Act Signed Into Law as Brief Reform Moment
George W. Bush · Paul Sarbanes · Michael Oxley
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2002-06-25WorldCom Announces $3.8 Billion Accounting Fraud Discovery
Bernard Ebbers · Cynthia Cooper · Scott Sullivan · WorldCom
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2002-06-24Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci Convicted in Operation Plunder Dome Corruption Trial, Sentenced to Five Years for Racketeering Conspiracy
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci Jr. · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Attorney's Office (Maryland) · U.S. District Judge Ernest Torres · +1
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2002-06-15Arthur Andersen Convicted, Destroying 85,000 Jobs Worldwide
Arthur Andersen · Department of Justice
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2002-03-14Arthur Andersen Indicted for Obstruction of Justice in Enron Scandal
Arthur Andersen · Department of Justice · Michael Chertoff
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2002-01-09Arthur Andersen Admits to Shredding Tons of Enron Documents
Arthur Andersen · Joseph Berardino · David Duncan
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2002-01-01ALEC's Corporate 'Scholarship' Program Funds Legislator Trips to Luxury Resort Conferences
American Legislative Exchange Council · PhRMA · Eli Lilly · Time Warner Cable · +1
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2002-01-01Insulin Prices Begin Tripling 2002-2013 as Three Manufacturers Control 99% of Market - From $231 to $762 Annually
Eli Lilly · Novo Nordisk · Sanofi · Congressional Diabetes Caucus · +1
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2001-12-02Enron Bankruptcy After Energy Task Force Meetings
Dick Cheney · Kenneth Lay · Jeffrey Skilling · Andrew Fastow
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2001-10-22SEC Launches Investigation Into Enron's Related-Party Transactions
Securities and Exchange Commission · Andrew Fastow · Kenneth Lay
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2001-10-16Enron Reports $618 Million Loss and Reveals CFO Partnership Schemes
Kenneth Lay · Jeffrey Skilling · Andrew Fastow
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2001-06-01Choctaw Tribe Contract Reveals Abramoff-Scanlon Lobbying Fraud
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians · Michael Scanlon · Capitol Campaign Strategies · Jack Abramoff
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2001-06-01Saudi Arabia purchases entire 45th floor of Trump World Tower for UN mission
Saudi Arabia · Trump Organization · Trump World Tower
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2001-05-31Air Force Secretary James Roche Appointed After 17 Years as Northrop Grumman Executive
James G. Roche · Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · +1
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