What exactly was the "mensalao" scandal? It was an alleged scheme that embezzled public funds to buy political support for the then Lula government and to pay off debts from election campaigns. The central accusation was that politicians from coalition parties were given large payments each month to support the minority government led by the Workers’ Party. The scandal nearly caused the Lula administration to collapse. How did the affair come to light? The scandal broke in 2005 when a congressman
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Rampart Scandal By: Cindy Medina Cindy Medina CJCU 403 John Strain April 15‚ 2012 Rampart Scandal in the LAPD Department Growing up everyone has been told stories of cops and how they represent being hero’s. Cops are supposed to save peoples lives and stand up against crime and violence but the stores we have been told are not exactly one hundred percent correct. The LAPD was involved in one of the most talked about scandals known as the Rampart Scandal
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An analysis of The School for Scandal‚ by Richard Brinsley Sheridan “The School for Scandal” by Richard Brinsley Sheridan is generally considered as one of Richard masterful play that represents a comedy of manners. This play satirizes the deeds and customs of upper classes brought out through a witty exchange of ideas and a convoluted plot with comic situations that are utilized in order to describe the shortcomings of the characters. In regards to characters‚ the play entails stock type characters
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The Bofors scandal was a major corruption scandal in India in the 1980s; the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and several others were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB for winning a bid to supply India’s 155 mm field howitzer. The scale of the corruption was far worse than any that India had seen before‚ and directly led to the defeat of Gandhi’s ruling Indian National Congress party in the November 1989 general elections. It has been speculated that the scale of the scandal was to the
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Lewinsky scandal * The Lewinsky scandal was a political sex scandal emerging in 1998‚ from a sexual relationship between United States President Bill Clinton and a 22-year-old White House intern‚ Monica Lewinsky. The news of this extra-marital affair and the resulting investigation eventually led to the impeachment of President Clinton in 1998 by the U.S. House of Representatives and his subsequent acquittal on all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day Senate
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National TV and lying to the public. Imagine that President then getting caught. This is the Scandal that caused the first ever resignation in United States History‚ Watergate. The Scandal involved approximately 70 people‚ but only 25 were actually found guilty. Many people who were found guilty were some of President Nixon’s top officials. Including G. Gordon Libby‚ John Dean‚ and H. R. Haldeman. The watergate scandal resulted in a loss of trust in the federal government‚ many people being found guilty
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PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISSTANCE FUND (PDAF) By: PEREZ‚ Chrysalyka C. I. INTRODUCTION PDAF or Priority Development Assistance Fund is a form of pork barrel which has been a very controversial issue in our country today. These are funds given or allocated to government officials in order to support and be spent on community projects and/or repairs and improvements. G. Luis Igaya of Institute for Popular Democracy defined pork barrel
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The Adelphia Scandal In 1952‚ John Rigas purchased his own cable company. By the late 1990’s‚ he had turned it into the sixth largest cable company in the United States with 5.6 million customers. The business was always run as a family style business which led to fraudulent acts among family members and upper level executives. The family has been accused of stealing $3.1 billion from Adelphia and is now facing criminal charges. Adelphia was forced to file chapter 11 bankruptcy and as of April
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The Watergate scandal had everything. Nixon disgraced the presidency by lying to the country and abusing his power and his committees were involved in illegal acts and a big cover up‚ all leading to little side roads of corruption and lies. Watergate is by far one of the worst presidential scandals in the history of the United States. In the story of Watergate‚ five burglars were found breaking into democratic offices at the Watergate complex in Washington DC. The break-in was passed off as just
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has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories‚ instead of theories to suit facts" (Scandal‚ 3). For his cases‚ Holmes gathers up data and information in any way he can‚ one being the art of disguise. The use of disguises play a significant part in crime solving because they allow Holmes to conceal his identity so he can gather information and ultimately deceive society. In “A Scandal in Bohemia”‚ the King of Bohemia hires Sherlock Holmes to retrieve a photograph from Irene Adler‚
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