Sentences with phrase «paid cash bribes»

We broke the rules twice (and paid cash bribes twice) to catch sunset at Dreamland Beach in Bali.

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Halloran is also facing charges of allegedly pocketing $ 18,300 in cash bribes and $ 6,500 in straw - donor campaign donations for agreeing to steer $ 80,000 of council discretionary funding for his district to a company he believed was controlled by those who paid him the bribes.

Also Monday, the feds arrested Sgt. David Villanueva and Officer Richard Ochetal of the NYPD License Division for allegedly taking cash bribes from Brooklyn businessman, Alex Lichtenstein, who wanted gun permits for undeserving applicants paying him as much as $ 18,000 each.

«Taking into account the fact that nine out of every 10 bribes paid into public officials in Nigeria are paid in cash and the size of the payment made, it is estimated that the total amount of bribes paid to public officials in Nigeria in the 12 months prior to the survey was around N400 billion, the equivalent of $ 4.6 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP).

According to city campaign finance records, the campaign paid Tabone $ 3,000 on Feb. 16 — two days after the aide allegedly took a hefty cash bribe from an undercover FBI agent posing as a real estate developer, according to the criminal complaint.

In the second scheme, Halloran allegedly received $ 18,300 in cash bribes and $ 6,500 on straw donor contributions in exchange for steering an $ 80,000 City Council contract to a company he believed was controlled by one of those who paid him the bribes.

Twenty percent of that — $ 640.00 — was paid out in a cash bribe.

«It's exceedingly rare these days that a bribe paid or offered or promised takes the form of cold hard cash.