3,000 billion Iranian toman Toman embezzlement in Iran also 2,800 billion embezzlement, approximately 2.6 billion USD was a fraud involving the use of forged documents to obtain credit from at least seven Iranian state and private banks to purchase state owned companies. ref name Gladstone The fraud reportedly extending over a four year period, but became more serious in the months before the scandal broke in September 2011. ref name Gladstone ref name washpost According to Iranian newspapers, Iranian businessman Amir Mansour Aria masterminded the scam, and as of late October 2001 at least 67 people have been interrogated and 31 of these have been arrested. ref name Gladstone http www.nytimes.com 2011 10 26 world middleeast new arrests and interrogations in iran fraud case.html? r 1 Iran Makes New Arrests in Fraud Case By RICK GLADSTONE, nyt.com 25 October 2011 ref Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, the head of a judicial investigations unit, has called the case the most unprecedented financial corruption case in the history of Iran. ref name AP The scandal has also been called politically sensitive , involving Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei , a close aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , opposed by conservatives ... web title Iran arrests 19 involved in embezzlement scandal url http english.cntv.cn 20110919 113108.shtml ... Post newspapers, the embezzlement was a scheme to use forged documents or letters of credit ... have been arrested for being involved in a bank embezzlement scandal. ref cite web title Main Suspects Arrested in Iran Bank Embezzlement url http english.farsnews.com newstext.php?nn 9006270087 ... 2011 that the embezzlement of 28 trillion Iranian rial rials 3,000 billion Toman is an intolerable scandal ... of a special committee to pursue the embezzlement case. ref cite news title Embezzlement in Iran ... against some of his administration officials. ref cite web title Iranian parliament meets over embezzlement ... embezzlement in Iran PressTV 2011 Category Finance fraud Category Corruption in Iran Category Economy ... more details
Barry Stokes may refer to Barry Stokes American football born 1973 , American football offensive lineman Barry Stokes actor , British actor Barry Stokes embezzler died 2010 , American business owner convicted of embezzlement hndis Stokes, Barry ... more details
Orphan date September 2010 Infobox criminal name Frank Murud image name image size image caption birth date December 23, 1955 birth place death date death place charge embezzlement and political corruption corruption conviction penalty sentenced to 7 years in prison conviction status Incarcerated occupation Prison er Frank Murud born 23 December 1955 is a former chief of real estate in the city administration of Oslo , who became notorious for the embezzlement of ca. 89,5 million NOK from the company Undervisningsbygg , which is responsible for constructing and maintaining public schools in Oslo. ref http www.aftenposten.no english local article1449903.ece ref Embezzlement of public school funds As a city employee from 2003 to 2006, Frank Murud handed out jobs worth 89,5 million NOK to a friend and business partner in the company H ndverkekspressen. Previous embezzlement In the years 1999 2003, Murud embezzled c. 9,2 million NOK from the company Neas AS. Criminal conviction When his embezzlement was revealed, Frank Murud confessed in both cases. In 2007, he was convicted of embezzlement and corruption and sentenced to 7 years in prison , ref http www.aftenposten.no english local article2353674.ece ref he was also barred from engaging in independent form of trade for life, and convicted to return 112 million NOK. He appealed his sentence, but it was upheld by the Higher Court and the Supreme Court. Murud is married and has two sons and a daughter. References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Murud, Frank ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1955 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Murud, Frank Category Norwegian fraudsters Category Norwegian prisoners and detainees Category Prisoners and detainees of Norway Category 1955 births Category Living people Category People convicted of fraud no Frank Murud ... more details
for other uses Inside job disambiguation wiktionary inside job The term inside job colloquially refers to a crime , usually larceny , robbery or embezzlement , committed by a person with a position of trust who is authorized to access a location or procedure with little or no supervision, e.g., a key employee or Management manager . The perpetrator can also be a former employee who still has specialized knowledge necessary to ensure the optimum result of committing the crime. See also Shrinkage accounting Confidence trick Category Management Category Crimes Category english phrases ... more details
Vladislav Leontyev is a Russian gangster linked to drug trafficking , embezzlement , fraud , extortion and car theft. In 2012 the Obama administration imposed sanctions on Leontyev and labelled him as part of a transnational crime gang called Brothers Circle . ref http hetq.am eng news 11834 obama calls brothers circle a national security threatbut who are they?.html ref References references Category Russian criminals ... more details
The Center for a Free Cuba is a Washington, DC based Cuban democracy organization. It states that it is is an independent, non partisan institution dedicated to promoting human rights and a transition to democracy and the rule of law on the island. Established in November 1997, the Center gathers and disseminates information about Cuba and Cubans to the media, NGOs, and the international community. The Center also assists the people of Cuba through its information outreach and humanitarian programs on the island. ref http cubacenter.org en about us About Us, Center for a Free Cuba ref Among the organization s activities it supports the France based non governmental group Reporters Without Borders . Reporters Without Borders also receives funding from George Soros and numeorus other NGOs. ref http www.counterpunch.org barahona05172005.html Reporters Without Borders Unmasked , Counterpunch, 17 May 2005 ref In 2008, USAID suspended finance for its Cuba programs while it investigated embezzlement at the Center for a Free Cuba ref http www.washingtonpost.com wp dyn content article 2009 01 09 AR2009010902349.html Washington Post ref The Center s Executive Director reported the embezzlement to USAID and an employee of the Center was subsequently imprisoned for two and half years for stealing from the Center. ref http www.msnbc.msn.com id 29757877 Associated Press ref References references Category Cuban expatriates in the United States ... more details
Center for Applied Molecular Biology is located at Lahore , Punjab Pakistan Punjab , Pakistan . It is located off campus University of the Punjab , a few kilometres from the university. It is an autonomous organization that is under administrative control of Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of Pakistan. It is to be noted that there is a distinction between Center for Applied Molecular Biology CAMB and Center for Excellence in Molecular Biology CEMB , where the former is under administrative control of Ministry of Education. The former ex officio Director of CAMB, Dr. Sheikh Riazuddin, is nowadays facing Ministerial proceedings for alleged maladministration and mismanagement in the affairs of CAMB, mainly because of financial embezzlement. External links http www.cemb.edu.pk Center for Applied and Molecular Biology coord missing Pakistan Category University of the Punjab Category Scientific organisations based in Pakistan Pakistan university stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Yurii Khitrin served as the Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan . ref name PG http www.atimes.com c asia AI18Ag02.html Kazakhstan s Kazhegeldin conspicuous by his absence Asia Times ref He attained this position in 1997. ref http www.atimes.com c asia AB11Ag02.html Asia Times Kyrgyz P.M. accuses officials of embezzlement Bot generated title ref See also Government of Kazakhstan References references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Khitrin, Yurii ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Khitrin, Yurii Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category Government ministers of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan bio stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 In the context of point of sale and accounting systems, the term post void is a database transaction transaction which cancels, or deletes entirely, a previously completed transaction. The distinction is that the transaction being voided is one that was already completed, versus one that is still in the process of being made. The ability to post void a transaction is normally restricted to supervisory personnel . Although the capacity to perform such a transaction is not necessarily fraudulent, there are many scenarios of employee theft, embezzlement, and so on which could be enabled in part by the intentional misuse of this capability. Auditor s and loss prevention departments therefore routinely scrutinize these transactions very closely for this reason. External links http www.freepatentsonline.com 5895453.html United States Patent 5895453, Method and system for the detection, management and prevention of losses in retail and other environments Category Banking terms and equipment ... more details
unreferenced date October 2011 Hits and Misses is a Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Supermystery novel. Bess Marvin, friend of Nancy Drew, gets a spot on a national TV talent show, and Nancy is, at first, excited. She then finds an amnesiac who pleads with her to help her, and she agrees, trying to piece together the life she had. Meanwhle, the Hardys try to figure the case of Angelique, a recording star whose account has been the victim of embezzlement. Finding a key link to both cases, the boys and Nancy try to figure it out, meeting face to face with a murderer. References reflist ya novel stub Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Category The Hardy Boys books ... more details
Orphan date March 2011 Commonwealth v. O Malley , 97 Mass. 584 1867 , was a case decided by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts that overturned a conviction for embezzlement because the evidence supported a case for larceny , even though the defendant had previously been acquitted of larceny. The case illustrates the problem of gaps in similar common law offenses with technical differences, and this problem was later addressed by consolidation of the common law offenses in things like the Model Penal Code . ref Bonnie, R.J. et. al. Criminal Law, Second Edition. Foundation Press, New York, NY 2004, p. 271 ref References reflist Category U.S. state criminal case law Category 1867 in United States case law Category Massachusetts state case law Category 1867 in Massachusetts ... more details
Fitzsimmons 1974 Embezzlement of Government property Garth Stuart Hancock 1959 Conspiracy to violate ... Larsen 1977 Bank embezzlement Mark Allen Nelson 1975 Involuntary manslaughter in violation of Article ... Henry Telgemeier 1980 Attempted income tax evasion William Newton Tunnell, Jr. 1977 Bank embezzlement ... Longwell 1976 Embezzlement of bank funds Barbara Cecil Livenia Chapman Portwood 1962 Forgery Laurie ... Hartsel Young 1960 Embezzlement of postal funds and falsification of postal records December 24 ... of Selective Service Act of 1940 Francene Geiger 1980 Bank embezzlement Ivan Leon Gentry 1946 ... embezzlement misdemeanor Albert Teyechea Williams 1980 Conspiracy to misapply bank funds Clyde Henry ... more details
Support Dogs, Inc. is an United States American non profit agency that provides assistance dog s to people with disability special needs . It was founded in 1981 by Sandy Maze, and is based in St. Louis, Missouri . Support Dogs trains service dog s to perform tasks their owners cannot, such as retrieve objects, summon assistance, answer phones, or open heavy doors. ref http www.stlcommercemagazine.com archives august2001 board.html Support Dogs, Inc. Canine companions make a dramatic difference Accessed 12 January 2007 ref In addition, the dogs provide companionship and support. The dogs are trained by volunteers, including highly screened female prisoners in an Illinois maximum security prison . ref http abclocal.go.com wls story?section News&id 800149 Helping Paws Accessed 12 January 2007 ref Support Dogs has also begun to investigate whether they can train hearing dog s. In 2005, Support dogs discovered it had been a victim of embezzlement when ex director Robert Hansen was accused of stealing over 400,000 dollars from the organization over a period of five years. ref http www.bizjournals.com stlouis stories 2005 02 14 daily70.html Former Support Dogs director indicted for embezzlement Accessed 12 January 2007 ref On September 9, 2005, Robert Hansen was convicted and sentenced to 24 months in prison and 36 months on supervised release. ref http www.supportdogs.org pdf newsletters jan 2006.pdf 2006 Support dogs newsletter Accessed 12 January 2007 ref As of 2007, Support Dogs employs nine permanent staff, with Scot Seabaugh, President, and James Woodward, Vice President. See also Canine Companions for Independence Paws With A Cause References references External links http www.supportdogs.org html index.shtml Support dogs homepage US philanthropy org stub Category Assistance dogs Category Charities based in the United States Category Animal charities Category Dog welfare organizations ... more details
Major Flemming Bruun Muus , Distinguished Service Order DSO born 21 November 1907, Copenhagen , Denmark died 23 September 1982, Virum , Denmark ref name gravsted was a Danish people Danish author and Danish resistance resistance fighter during the German occupation of Denmark in the Second World War . In 1942, he was recruited in England by the Special Operations Executive and sent to Denmark in March 1943 as their chief agent. ref name gravsted cite web url http www.gravsted.dk person.php?navn flemmingbmuus title Flemming Bruun Muus publisher gravsted.dk language Danish accessdate 17 April 2008 ref He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his contribution to the resistance movement and assistance with Denmark s liberation by the Allies. After the war, Muus was arrested in June 1946 and sentenced by a Copenhagen court to two years imprisonment for embezzlement. The sentence was set aside on appeal, provided into voluntary exile from Denmark for five years. From 1946 to 1949, he and his wife travelled to England, South Africa and Italy before returning to Denmark. Muus himself admitted that large sums of money passed through his hands, but denied all embezzlement charges. ref cite web url http www.timesonline.co.uk tol comment obituaries article809920.ece title Varinka Wichfeld Muus publisher The Times date 9 January 2003 accessdate 17 April 2008 ref He was married to Varnika Wichfeld Muus who also contributed to the resistance movement. References Reflist External links http modstand.natmus.dk Person.aspx?13643 Flemming B. Muus at Mostandsdatabasen Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Muus, Flemming ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 21 November 1907 PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen , Denmark DATE OF DEATH 23 September 1982 PLACE OF DEATH Virum , Denmark DEFAULTSORT Muus, Flemming Category 1907 births Category 1982 deaths Category Danish resistance members Category Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Denmark bio stub Europe ... more details
Richard Lyons may refer to Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons 1817 1887 , British diplomat Richard Lyons Dean of Haas School of Business , American academic and Dean of the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley Richard Lyons musician , one of the founding members of the group Negativland Richard Lyons poet Richard Lyons racing driver , British racing car driver Richard Lyons writer Richard Lyons mathematician , namesake of the Lyons group Richard Lyons, royal councilor who was imprisoned by the Good Parliament in 1376 on suspicion of embezzlement Richard Lyons, theatrical consultant, producer, actor, director. Credits include a number of American TV series Zeke and Luther , Cory in the House, That s So Raven, My Wife and Kids and Even Stevens. Dicky Lyons , American football player See also Richard Lyon disambiguation hndis Lyons, Richard de Richard Lyons fr Richard Lyons ... more details
Graft is a form of political corruption that can be defined as an unscrupulous use of a politician s authority for personal gain. Most governmental systems have laws in place to prevent graft although this does not always halt political corruption. Example A traditional example of political graft is someone exchanges a political donation for political favor e.g. ristournes in Quebec or tangenti in Italy . Grafting, however, does not require another individual to be involved. It is possible to Embezzlement skim money directly from government funds, commit acts like insider trading , or buy land that the politician knows will soon be needed for government development. William M. Tweed or Boss Tweed was taken out of his position in the Senate to help to prevent graft and other political corruption, but this failed. See also Corruption Cronyism Money trail Money trail Money loop Political corruption Political finance Nepotism Category Political corruption Poli stub ... more details
Crime insurance is insurance to cover losses due to victimization by criminals. It s also called fidelity insurance. Many businesses purchase crime insurance that allows them to file claims for employee theft or other offenses with the potential to cause financial ruin. Insurance companies sell separate crime insurance because regular property insurance policies usually don t cover losses caused by dishonest employees. Crime insurance pays when an organization suffers a loss from things like embezzlement theft forgery computer fraud counterfeiting breaking into a safe general crime and dishonesty Some organizations buy crime insurance instead of a surety bond . Anarcho capitalist s favor the use of crime insurance by individuals as well, to cover losses due to murder, rape , and other violent crimes in addition to property crimes this type of crime insurance is termed aggression insurance . ancap Insurance Category Types of insurance Law stub Anarchism stub zh ... more details
Life imprisonment in the People s Republic of China is currently legal, but rarely applied. Since most crimes are punishable by Capital punishment death , life imprisonment is rarely applied. It is administered for Recidivism repeated offenses and ordinary crimes. Those sentenced to life imprisonment have no possibility of parole and the concept of parole does not exist in the PR of China. The only way a person can be paroled is through a pardon . Inmates sentenced to life imprisonment are also ask to serve some time in solitary confinement . Those under 18 are also subjected to life imprisonment. Crimes that may carry life imprisonment 1. Arson 2. Murder 3. Rape 4. 3rd Conviction of Burglary 5. Fraud 6. Embezzlement 7. Robbery 8. Sodomy Sources http www.turkishweekly.net news 85053 woman given life imprisonment in china child rape scandal.html Category Penal system in China ... more details
Infobox Film name The Web image The Web 1947 movie poster.jpg caption The Web 1947 movie poster director Michael Gordon film director Michael Gordon producer Jerry Bresler writer Harry Kurnitz story br William Bowers br Bertram Millhauser starring Ella Raines br Edmond O Brien music Hans J. Salter cinematography editing distributor Universal International Pictures released May 25, 1947 U.S. release runtime 87 min language English budget The Web is a black and white 1947 Thriller genre thriller film starring Vincent Price . The film, directed by Michael Gordon film director Michael Gordon , is considered film noir . It also features amongst its cast the science fiction horror writer Fritz Leiber as Leopold Kroner. Plot Leopold Kroner Fritz Leiber , formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Andrew Colby Price , claiming that Kroner has threatened him, hires lawyer Bob Regan Edmond O Brien as a personal bodyguard. That evening, Regan hears a gunshot from Colby s study and finds Kroner there, apparently trying to kill Colby. Regan kills Kroner when he turns around, pointing the gun at him. Regan believes Colby s explanation that Kroner had become delusional and threatening, until Regan s police buddy Damico William Bendix lets on that he s suspicious that Regan murdered Kroner. Kroner s daughter shows up at Regan s apartment and tries, but fails, to murder him. She reveals that Colby had invited Kroner to the house that night and Kroner was of sound mind. Regan investigates further, getting information about Kroner s embezzlement case from a reporter and Colby s secretary, Noel Ella Raines . Regan has a friend impersonate one of Colby s associates on the phone to deceive him into providing information about the embezzlement, unknowing that this associate is already long dead. Colby uses this situation to his advantage to set a trap for Regan and Noel whom he has decided has betrayed him . He innocently asks Noel to remove mo ... more details
Guilherme Posser da Costa born 1953 was Prime Minister of S o Tom and Pr ncipe Prime Minister of S o Tom and Pr ncipe from 1999 to 2001. ref name Insult http english.people.com.cn 200502 17 eng20050217 173865.html Sao Tome s ex PM accuses president of insulting parliament , Xinhua People s Daily Online , February 17, 2005. ref Posser da Costa served as List of Foreign Ministers of S o Tom and Pr ncipe Minister of Foreign Affairs on three different occasions 1987 1988, 1990 1991, and 1994 1996. He later served as Prime Minister from 5 January 1999 to 26 September 2001. In early November 2004, Posser da Costa allegedly damaged the office of Attorney General Adelino Pereira in an attack. Pereira said this was due to an investigation regarding embezzlement of aid funds and ordered Posser da Costa s arrest. ref http english.people.com.cn 200411 05 eng20041105 162878.html Sao Tome s ex PM arrested over alleged embezzlement of aid fund , Xinhua People s Daily Online , November 5, 2004. ref Due to the alleged attack, Posser da Costa resigned from parliament on 15 February 2005, just before his parliamentary immunity was to be removed. ref name Insult On 18 March 2005, he received a two year suspended sentence for damaging Pereira s office and insulting public authority he was also required to pay compensation. For his part, Posser da Costa said that Pereira had falsely accused him of being involved in the embezzlement of aid funds, and that he had only been a witness in that case, not a suspect. ref http english.people.com.cn 200503 19 eng20050319 177486.html Sao Tome s ex PM gets suspended sentence for damaging top lawyer s office , Xinhua People s Daily Online , March 19, 2005. ref At the Fourth Congress of the Movement for the Liberation of S o Tom and Pr ncipe Movement for the Liberation of S o Tom and Pr ncipe Social Democratic Party MLSTP PSD , Posser da Costa was elected as President of the MLSTP PSD on 27 February 2005, succeeding party founder and former Presi ... more details
improve references date April 2011 An appeal to pity also called argumentum ad misericordiam ref http changingminds.org disciplines argument fallacies appeal pity.htm ref is a fallacy in which someone tries to win support for an argument or idea by exploiting their opponent s feelings of pity or guilt. It is a specific kind of appeal to emotion . Examples You must have graded my exam incorrectly. I studied very hard for weeks specifically because I knew my career depended on getting a good grade. If you give me a failing grade I m ruined Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, look at this miserable man, in a wheelchair, unable to use his legs. Could such a man really be guilty of embezzlement? Analysis Recognizing an argument as an appeal to pity does not necessarily invalidate the conclusion or the factual assertions. There may be other reasons to accept the invited conclusion, but an appeal to pity is not one of them see also, argument from fallacy . See also Appeal to consequences Notes references Red Herring Fallacy DEFAULTSORT Appeal To Pity Category Appeals to emotion ca Apel laci a la ll stima fr Argumentum ad misericordiam he lt Apeliavimas gailest hu Argumentum ad misericordiam nl Argumentum ad misericordiam pl Argumentum ad misericordiam pt Argumentum ad misericordiam ro Apelul la mil ru Argumentum ad Misericordiam fi Argumentum ad misericordiam uk Argumentum ad Misericordiam ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Kasimir Romuald Graff February 7, 1878 &ndash February 15, 1950 was a Germany German astronomer . He worked as an assistant at the Hamburg Observatory and became a professor at Hamburg in 1916. In 1928 he became director of the Vienna Observatory , Austria . When the Nazism Nazi government took over in Austria in 1938, he was forced to retire. It is likely that his family background and his rejection of the Nazi supported philosophy of Welteislehre was the reason, although he officially was removed because of unproven charges of embezzlement . He was reinstated in 1945, and he retired in 1949. Using a 60 cm telescope, he was very adept in creating planetary maps from visual observations. He also worked on measuring radiation emitted from stars, and invented and built new instrumentation for this purpose. This included new types of calorimeter and photometer detectors. Honors The crater Graff lunar crater Graff on the Moon is named after him. A Impact crater crater on Mars was named in his honor. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Graff, Kasimir ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1878 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1950 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Graff, Kasimir Category 1878 births Category 1950 deaths Category German astronomers Germany astronomer stub de Kasimir Romuald Graff es Kasimir Graff sv Kasimir Graff ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox person image Robert Seaman.jpg birth date 1822 birth place Catskill town , New York Catskill , Greene County, New York death date death year and age 1904 1822 spouse Nellie Bly m.1895 Robert Livingston Seaman 1822 March 11, 1904 was an American millionaire industrialist who was the husband of investigative journalist Elizabeth Cochran better known as Nellie Bly , whom he married in 1895 in Chicago . Born in Catskill town , New York Catskill , Greene County, New York to William and Ellen Seaman, he owned the Ironclad Manufacturing Company, which prospered during his lifetime and for a number of years after his death under his wife s management. Later, however, embezzlement on the part of employees destroyed the company and his wife had to return to journalism. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Seaman, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1822 PLACE OF BIRTH Catskill town , New York Catskill , Greene County, New York DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1904 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Seaman, Robert Category 1904 deaths Category American businesspeople Category 1822 births US business bio 1820s stub de Robert Seaman ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Swartwout Hoyt scandal arose from corruption in the Office of the Collector of the Port of New York . In 1829, President Andrew Jackson appointed Samuel Swartwout to serve as Collector of the Port of New York. Nine years later, in 1838, it came to light that Mr. Swartwout had been embezzling to the tune of some 2.25 million , and he fled to Europe, evidently with his ill gotten gains. President Martin Van Buren then appointed Jesse Hoyt to replace Mr. Swartwout and to take corrective measures to prevent any future problems in the Collector s office. However, in 1841, allegations began to circulate that Mr. Hoyt had also been embezzling, and Hoyt was removed by Van Buren on February 27. There was also something of a scandal with the scandal. President John Tyler appointed a special three person committee, headed by Senator George Poindexter of Mississippi , to investigate the allegations of fraud and embezzlement in the Collector s Office. The committee s report found overwhelming evidence of massive corruption. However, President Tyler had made the political mistake of failing to secure the approval of United States Congress Congress for the creation of the Poindexter committee the Congress, miffed at what it viewed as an usurpation of its powers, repudiated President Tyler s action in creating the commission. DEFAULTSORT Swartwout Hoyt Scandal Category Political scandals in the United States Category 1838 in the United States Category Collectors of the Port of New York 1 Category Political scandals in New York ... more details
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