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VECO Corp. Chief Executive Bill Allen and Richard Smith, vice president for community affairs and government relations, pleaded guilty to charges of bribery, extortion and conspiracy.
Extortion ist Erpressung, das ist dann schon mal gleich eine Ecke härter.If convicted on all counts, each face as much as 20 years in prison and fines of $750,000.
Und, für mich ja fast noch unglaublicher, sogar die korrupten Republikaner stehen jetzt vor Gericht:Arrested last Friday in Juneau were a current state legislator, Rep. Vic Kohring, and two former legislators — Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch and former House Speaker Pete Kott. All three Republicans were charged with seeking money and jobs from Anchorage-based VECO in exchange for pushing the company's preferred version of an oil-tax bill.If convicted on all charges, the legislators each could face as maximum of 70 years in prison and fines of up to $1 million.
Wow."I own your ass," Allen told Kott, the former house speaker, according to the indictment released last Friday.