Ethical Alliance Daily News
United States: Insys founder John Kapoor convicted in opioid bribery scheme
May 03, 2019 08:00 pm
A wealthy drug company founder was convicted Thursday of directing a scheme to bribe doctors across the country to prescribe a highly addictive fentanyl spray. John Kapoor, the founder and former chairman of Insys Therapeutics, was found guilty of racketeering...
South Korea: Hyundai admits bribing Indonesian politician for power plant construction
May 03, 2019 07:30 pm
Major Korean builder Hyundai Engineering & Construction has admitted bribing an Indonesian politician for a coal-fired power plant construction project in West Java. Following repeated Korea Times inquiries, a spokesman at Hyundai’s headquarters in Seoul said it gave a large...
United States: Diamond jewellery linked to Malaysian fund scandal to be handed to U.S.
May 03, 2019 07:00 pm
A $1.7 million diamond jewellery set, allegedly bought for the mother of fugitive Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho, will be handed over to the U.S. government, U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing. Low, known as Jho Low, has been...
Singapore: Site manager jailed for bribing pest control workers over mozzie checks
May 03, 2019 06:30 pm
A construction site manager was jailed for six weeks yesterday for bribing two pest control company workers to notify him in advance of mosquito breeding inspections. Muthukaruppan Periyasamy, a 52-year-old site manager of Fenzhii Engineering Services and Ramo Industries, faced...
United States: Mayor of US city of Baltimore resigns amid children’s books corruption scandal
May 03, 2019 06:00 pm
Catherine Pugh, mayor of U.S. city of Baltimore, resigned Thursday amid a corruption scandal centered around self-published children’s books that led to raids on her office and home, according to her attorney. “I am sorry for the harm I have...
Malaysia: Umno MP Bung Moktar claims trial to taking RM2.8m bribe as Felcra director
May 03, 2019 05:30 pm
Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin was charged with receiving a total of RM2.8 million bribe in one week in June 2015 when he was director of Felcra Berhad then. To each of the three charges read aloud under...
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