Donald Edgar "Buz" Lukens was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. His political career ended in 1990 when he was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Six years later,he was convicted for accepting a bribe during his time in Congress.
Hugh Joseph Addonizio was an American Democratic Party politician who was sentenced to prison for corruption. He was the 33rd Mayor of Newark,New Jersey,from 1962 to 1970,and a U.S. Congressman from 1949 to 1962.
Operation Boptrot,also referred to as Boptrot,was an investigation by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into corruption among the Kentucky General Assembly,the Commonwealth's legislature. The operation was highly successful,with the investigation culminating in several indictments in 1992,leading to the conviction of more than a dozen legislators between 1992 and 1995. The investigation also led to reform legislation being passed in 1993.
Nicholas James Mavroules was an American Democratic Party politician from Massachusetts. He served as Mayor of Peabody,Massachusetts for a decade,then represented Peabody and much of the surrounding North Shore region in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 until 1993. In 1993,he pleaded guilty to 15 counts of racketeering and extortion and later served 15 months in prison.
Ernest King Bramblett was an American Republican politician who represented California's Central Coast in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1955 when he was convicted. He was elected to the U.S. House in the 1946 Republican landslide when he ousted Democratic incumbent Rep. George Outland.
Richard Thomas Hanna was a U.S. Representative from California. He became involved in a scandal dubbed Koreagate by accepting bribes from a businessman working for the South Korean government. He was found guilty,resigned his seat,and served one year in prison.
Omar Bradley is an American politician who served as mayor of Compton,California from 1993 until 2001.
Michael Anthony Rizzitello,also known as "Mike Rizzi",was a Canadian-American mobster and high ranking member of the Los Angeles crime family. Rizzitello's criminal record stretched back to 1947. He was also featured in several biography novels by mobsters-turned-informants Jimmy Fratianno,Anthony Fiato,and Kenny Gallo (Breakshot).
Alejandro Salazar is a Costa Rican-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Salazar served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 2004 to 2018.
Crime in California refers to crime occurring within the U.S. state of California. The principal source of law for California criminal procedure is the California Penal Code.
Paul H. Richards,II is an American politician who is a former mayor of Lynwood,California. He was sentenced to federal prison in 2006 on federal bribery and kickback charges.
Corruption in Illinois has been a problem from the earliest history of the state. Electoral fraud in Illinois pre-dates the territory's admission to the Union in 1818. Illinois had the third most federal criminal convictions for public corruption between 1976 and 2012,behind New York and California. A study published by the University of Illinois Chicago in 2022 ranked Illinois as the second most corrupt state in the nation,with 4 out of the last 11 governors serving time in prison.
Joseph Bernardino Montoya Jr. was an American politician who served in the California State Legislature from 1973 to 1990. He served in the State Assembly from 1973 to 1978 from 50th and 60th districts,and in the California State Senate from the 26th district from 1978 until his resignation in 1990. Prior to that,he was a member of the La Puente City Council and served as Mayor of La Puente.
