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5 plead guilty in SC prison bribery case

  • Skylar Laird

COLUMBIA — A South Carolina prison guard, inmate and three relatives of the inmate pleaded guilty Wednesday to wire fraud in a bribery case, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Lowanda Atkinson, a 52-year-old guard at Lee Correctional Institution, accepted more than $550,000 from inmate Jason Brown and his relatives over the course of nearly […]

New York

Ex-Adams aide charged in New York migrant bribery scandal

  • By Chris Wade | The Center Square contributor

(The Center Square) — A former top advisor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged in a migrant housing scheme for allegedly steering a multimillion-dollar shelter contract to a hotel owner in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars in bribes.