Lopez is accused of stealing from the La Joya Independent School District in a two-count indictment. Lopez is also suspected of bribing a district employee in connection with the purchases. Lopez faces up to ten years in prison per count if convicted. A mayor from South Texas was arrested on Monday after a federal indictment … Read more
Czech police ask a prosecutor to indict 21 people and a company in match-fixing case. Police detained 19 people over the case in October 2020, including former football official Roman Berbr. Local media say Berbr had long been pulling the strings in Czech football. Czech police said Thursday they had asked a prosecutor to indict … Read more
A former Japanese agriculture minister was sentenced to two years and six months in jail for taking bribes from an egg manufacturing firm while in office. Takamori Yoshikawa’s sentence has been suspended for four years, according to the Tokyo District Court. The court determined that Yoshikawa, 71, intentionally collected 5 million yen (39,000 US dollars) … Read more
