Hacker News with Generative AI: Corruption

Texas Officials Invited the Rigging of the State Lottery (nytimes.com)
In 2023, professional bettors in Europe were trying to find an American partner to help pull off an audacious plan to buy up virtually every ticket ahead of just the right lottery draw in the United States.
Texas Lottery, Corruption, Gambling, Crime, Investigations
33 points by cainxinth 6 days ago | 18 comments
Kleptocracy, Inc (theatlantic.com)
As the stock markets crashed on Friday, April 4, Donald Trump left Washington, D.C. He did not go to New York to consult with Wall Street. He did not go to Dover, Delaware, to receive the bodies of four American servicemen, killed in an accident while serving in Lithuania.
Politics, Corruption, Donald Trump
17 points by pmags 10 days ago | 2 comments
Bukele and Co.: The New Landowning Family of El Salvador (elsalvadornow.org)
When Nayib Bukele was unconstitutionally re-elected as president of El Salvador in February 2024, he and his family had become landowners during his first term.
Politics, El Salvador, Land Ownership, Corruption
8 points by cempaka 10 days ago | 0 comments
American shakedown: Police won't charge you, but they'll grab your money (cbc.ca)
Across America, law enforcement officers — from federal agents to state troopers right down to sheriffs in one-street backwaters — are operating a vast, co-ordinated scheme to grab as much of the public’s cash as they can; “hand over fist,” to use the words of one police trainer.
Law Enforcement, Corruption, Social Issues, Politics, USA
17 points by croes 24 days ago | 13 comments
BMA acts against 4 Chinese for removing documents from SAO building (nationthailand.com)
Pol Maj Gen Nopasin Poolswat, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, disclosed that on Saturday, March 29, 2025, four Chinese nationals were apprehended for illegally removing 32 files of documents from the rear of the collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) building, without permission.
Thailand, Crime, Corruption, Law Enforcement
6 points by suraci 26 days ago | 0 comments
'You're His Property': How One Sheriff Used Inmate Labor on His Family Farm (nytimes.com)
In Mississippi, incarcerated trusties cleaned chicken houses, fixed cars and installed flooring for the benefit of a local sheriff and his associates, a new investigation found.
Prison Labor, Corruption, Mississippi, Law Enforcement, Human Rights
34 points by whack 28 days ago | 5 comments
Fired FTC commissioner warns of the 'corrupting influence of billionaires' (theverge.com)
President Donald Trump’s sudden and unlawful firing of the Federal Trade Commission’s two remaining Democrats will serve the tech billionaires who backed him, not the American people, warned one of the ousted officials today.
Politics, Business, Corruption, Technology
13 points by leotravis10 37 days ago | 0 comments
Why the Law Against Business Bribes Is Good for Business (sloanreview.mit.edu)
In February, the Trump administration announced that it was suspending enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), pending a six-month review.
Business, Law, Corruption, Ethics
16 points by gnabgib 39 days ago | 13 comments
Belgian cops raid Huawei in Euro bribery probe (theregister.com)
Belgian authorities have raided multiple premises as part of a corruption probe involving Chinese tech giant Huawei, which has also led to the sealing of two EU parliamentary offices in Brussels.
International Relations, Corruption, Technology, Law Enforcement, Europe
37 points by rntn 42 days ago | 0 comments
Kids for Cash Scandal (wikipedia.org)
The kids for cash scandal centered on judicial kickbacks to two judges at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US.
Scandals, Law, Corruption, Pennsylvania
5 points by lifeisstillgood 43 days ago | 1 comments
Huawei targeted in new European Parliament corruption probe (ftm.eu)
Chinese tech giant Huawei is at the centre of a new corruption case in Europe’s capital. On Thursday, Belgian police raided the homes of its lobbyists, Follow the Money and its media partners Le Soir and Knack can reveal.
Corruption, Europe, Politics, Technology, China
131 points by suraci 44 days ago | 104 comments
Justice Department office that prosecutes public corruption slashed in size (nbcnews.com)
The Trump administration is gutting the Justice Department's unit that oversees prosecutions of public officials accused of corruption, three sources who spoke on condition of anonymity told NBC News.
Politics, Corruption, Law Enforcement, Justice Department
26 points by apical_dendrite 45 days ago | 0 comments
How a Connecticut DMV Employee Made Thousands by Selling Towed Cars (propublica.org)
The silver Jeep Wrangler that showed up at the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles inspection station was missing all four of its wheels. Gone, too, were its doors.
Corruption, Automotive, Connecticut, Government
90 points by hn_acker 49 days ago | 23 comments
Trump's 'Crypto Reserve' Is Such Brazen Corruption (zeteo.com)
It’s hard to think of an example of political corruption more brazen than the president of the United States announcing a plan to use government money to buy cryptocurrency tokens for a “strategic reserve.”
Politics, Cryptocurrency, Corruption
228 points by cratermoon 52 days ago | 146 comments
How an obscure advisory board lets utilities steal $50B/year from ratepayers (pluralistic.net)
How an obscure advisory board lets utilities steal $50b/year from ratepayers: The Society of Utility and Regulatory Financial Analysts is a hell of a henhouse fox.
Utilities, Finance, Corruption, Regulation, Public Policy
7 points by hn_acker 60 days ago | 1 comments
Powerful legal and financial services enable kleptocracy, research shows (phys.org)
Powerful legal and financial service industries are enabling kleptocracy and corrupt elites to operate with relative impunity, a new study shows.
Corruption, Finance, Law, Research, Politics
29 points by PaulHoule 63 days ago | 1 comments
DOGE 'Audits': A Mask for Corruption, Not Efficiency (medium.com)
The so-called “audits” conducted by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are anything but.
Cryptocurrency, Government, Corruption
94 points by rbanffy 70 days ago | 61 comments
State Capture (wikipedia.org)
State capture is a type of systemic political corruption in which private interests significantly influence a state's decision-making processes to their own advantage.
Politics, Corruption, Governance
67 points by bloomingkales 71 days ago | 41 comments
US prosecutor in New York resigns after order to drop mayoral case (ft.com)
US Politics, New York, Law, Corruption
56 points by sealeck 71 days ago | 15 comments
Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials (theguardian.com)
President directs DoJ to pause prosecutions under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and issues pardon to Rod Blagojevich
Politics, Law, Corruption
16 points by croes 74 days ago | 2 comments
Trump to pause enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials (cnbc.com)
Politics, Law, Corruption, United States
34 points by redbell 74 days ago | 12 comments
The FAA’s Hiring Scandal (tracingwoodgrains.com)
After my story on the FAA’s hiring scandal went viral, many of the people impacted and involved in bringing it to light reached out to me to share their stories in detail.
Government, Corruption, Journalism, Aviation
739 points by firebaze 80 days ago | 666 comments
Prosecutors in Taiwan Indict 2024 Presidential Candidate Ko Wen Je (nytimes.com)
He had run unsuccessfully for president of Taiwan as a maverick candidate, promising to clean up the island’s political system. Now, he has been officially accused of corruption.
Politics, Taiwan, Elections, Corruption
4 points by keepamovin 114 days ago | 1 comments
The strange link between obesity and corruption (bigthink.com)
Corruption makes you fat — that’s the hypothesis behind a creative study that compared body mass index (BMI) with conventional measures of corruption in post-Soviet countries.
Obesity, Corruption, Science, Social Studies, Health
15 points by ____H____ 125 days ago | 3 comments
Joe Biden calls for ban on congressional stock trading (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden endorsed a ban on congressional stock trading in an interview that’s being released this week, belatedly weighing in on an issue that has been debated on Capitol Hill for years.
Politics, US Politics, Stock Trading, Corruption
20 points by DocFeind 129 days ago | 0 comments
Airline informant received thousands from passenger cash seizures (atlantanewsfirst.com)
With a single sentence, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has ended a nationwide program that had seized untold millions in cash from airline passengers without arrests.
Air Travel, Law Enforcement, Justice System, Corruption
206 points by soraminazuki 139 days ago | 78 comments
Telecom industry 'think tank' tries to smear community owned broadband (techdirt.com)
We’ve noted for decades how the U.S. broadband sector is a mess thanks to corruption and unchecked monopoly power working tirelessly to undermine U.S. telecom competition.
Telecom, Broadband, Competition, Monopoly, Corruption
44 points by hn_acker 141 days ago | 5 comments
The lobbist who hijacked ~3% of revenue from US doctors (propublica.org)
It was a multibillion-dollar strike, so stealthy and precise that the only visible sign was a notice that suddenly vanished from a government website.
Health, Politics, Corruption, Lobbying, Finance
58 points by IG_Semmelweiss 141 days ago | 8 comments
McKinsey unit will pay $123M to settle claims it bribed South African officials (cnbc.com)
Business, Corruption, South Africa, Lawsuits
179 points by donsupreme 141 days ago | 123 comments
Javier Milei: President of Argentina – Freedom, Economics, and Corruption (lexfridman.com)
Javier Milei is the President of Argentina. This episode is available in both English and Spanish.
Politics, Argentina, Economics, Corruption
5 points by hagbard_c 156 days ago | 5 comments