Defendant and Others Bribed Public Officials for Legislative Action Sample Clauses

Defendant and Others Bribed Public Officials for Legislative Action. Beginning at least as early as 2010 and continuing to in or about 2017, XXXXXXXX, together with Person #1, Person #2, Person #3, other Charity executives, and others known and unknown to the United States, paid bribes in the form of money and other things of value to Arkansas State Senator Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx (“Xxxxx”), Arkansas State legislator Xxxxx Xxxxxxx XX (“Xxxxxxx”), Arkansas Senator A, and others, to provide favorable legislative action for XXXXXXXX and the Charity, including, but not limited to, steering Arkansas GIF grant money to the Charity; holding up agency budgets; initiating legislative audits; and sponsoring, filing and voting for legislative bills. XXXXXXXX transmitted money and other things of value by different manners and means, including, but not limited to: providing cash to Xxxxx, facilitating employment to individuals close to Xxxxx, providing cash and checks to a church where Xxxxxxx was a pastor, and providing cash and job referrals to Arkansas Senator A. By paying bribes to Woods, Xxxxxxx, Arkansas Senator A, and others known and unknown to the United States, CRANFORD, Person #1, Person #2, Person #3, other members of the Resource Team and others known and unknown to the United States, enriched themselves, the Charity, XXXXXXXX Clients, and others by: (1) having Woods, Wilkins, Arkansas Senator A, and others provide favorable legislative action for XXXXXXXX, the Charity, XXXXXXXX Clients, and others known and unknown to the United States; (2) maintaining political influence in the Arkansas legislature and with Arkansas State agencies to the benefit of CRANFORD, the Charity, XXXXXXXX Clients, and others known and unknown to the United States; and (3) sending additional income, in the form of GIF grants, to the Charity that CRANFORD, Person #1, Person #2, Person #3, other members of the Resource Team and others known and unknown to the United States, then embezzled, stole, obtained by fraud, and without authority knowingly converted to their own use property worth at least $5,000 that was under the care, custody, and control of the Charity. XXXXXXXX Offered and Gave Money and Other Things of Value to Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Arkansas Senator A in Exchange for Favorable Legislative Action Between the dates alleged in the Information, XXXXXXXX provided more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) in cash to Xxxxx, and assisted Xxxxx in obtaining employment of Person #14 by the Charity, in exchange for Xxxxx sponsoring and voting to approve legisl...
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