Until recently, the full panoply of potential federal resources had not been brought to bear effectively on corruption schemes at the state and local level.

Mr. Manes committed suicide last year, as accusations of his involvement in corruption schemes were first made.

His crimes amount to one of the most extensive corruption schemes by a Connecticut public official in at least the last several decades, prosecutors said.

Their pleas relate to corruption schemes surrounding the awarding of the contract.

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He quickly asserts control, letting the intendant and other authorities know that he's onto their corruption scheme.

Accused of operating a corruption scheme using state enterprises and the Post Office.

"The mayor was killed because he was trying to dismantle a corruption scheme embedded in his own City Hall."

The president of the Senate is said to have profited from a $1 billion corruption scheme.

This will be the first time since the corruption scheme was triggered that such names will return to the National Leadership of the party.