July 14, 2011
A former Ohio judge convicted of lying to the FBI lost a bid for a new trial Thursday in a case alleging she took bribes in exchange for fixing cases and helping to influence the award of government contracts.
April 26, 2011
Prosecutors asked a federal judge Tuesday to deny a request to push back the bribery and corruption trial of a former Ohio county commissioner and two co-defendants, claiming they have had ample time to prepare.
April 25, 2011
A former Ohio county commissioner accused of taking kickbacks for help securing jobs and county contracts could see his trial delayed for 90 days, after one of his co-defendants in a public corruption case in Cleveland asked the court Monday for more time to prepare.
April 08, 2011
A former Ohio state judge is seeking a new trial in the wake of her conviction for making false statements to FBI agents investigating a scandal involving kickbacks for government contracts.
March 28, 2011
A former Cleveland state judge was convicted Friday of making false statements, becoming the first public official to be found guilty by a jury in connection with a scandal involving alleged kickbacks for government contracts.
March 23, 2011
Prosecutors will be allowed to put forth a professional rules of conduct expert during the trial of a former Cuyahoga County, Ohio, judge and several officials over alleged kickbacks for government contracts and other corruption, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
March 21, 2011
The U.S. government on Sunday won approval to use out-of-court statements in its prosecution of a former Cuyahoga County, Ohio, judge, one of several officials snared in a probe into alleged kickbacks for government contracts and other public corruption.
January 31, 2011
A federal judge has ordered a union official to serve more than two years in prison for bribing a commissioner in Ohio's Cuyahoga County — the latest defendant sentenced in the wake of a wide-ranging corruption probe into county contracts.
January 25, 2011
A former Ohio county commissioner charged with trading government contracts for kickbacks has put forward a new defense team, rejecting counsel a federal judge assigned him after his initial attorney stopped representing him over money issues.
December 10, 2010
The attorney for Jimmy Dimora, a former Ohio county commissioner charged with receiving kickbacks in exchange for county contracts, has withdrawn from the high-profile case, saying that Dimora hasn't been able to pay him because of a government asset freeze and liens on his property.