Last month, a member of a Hasidic volunteer safety patrol known as the Shomrim was arrested for allegedly attempting to buy expedited firearms permits from NYPD officers for $6,000 per gun.

Ehud Olmert, former prime minister of Israel and subject of a portrait painted by George W. Bush, reported to Maasiyahu Prison on Monday to serve his 19-month sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice.

Kristin Cavallari announced today that she will literally pay people to pre-order her forthcoming memoir/recipe pamphlet, Balancing in Heels.

Sheldon Silver, who has been speaker of the New York State Assembly for 20 years, was found guilty today in federal court of seven corruption charges deriving primarily from two fraud schemes that netted him nearly $4 million.

Senator Harry Reid of Nevada is being investigated by a Utah county prosecutor in relation to so-called “pay-to-play” schemes, reports the Associated Press.

The FBI’s investigation of FIFA, the apparently corrupt-as-hell governing body of world soccer, will include a review of the bidding process that awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar, an anonymous U.S. law enforcement source told Reuters. Good.

Previously classified letters between Osama bin Laden and a high-ranking Al Qaeda operative reveal that the Afghan government used a secret fund, bankrolled by the CIA, to facilitate the release of a senior Afghan official kidnapped by the terrorist organization in 2010, The New York Times reports.

An extremely drunk driver utterly failed in his efforts to make some New York City cops an offer they couldn't refuse.

Walmart replaced its CEO two weeks ago and has been paying the attorney's fees for thirty senior executives who are under investigation by the Department of Justice after the company was accused of making a $24 million bribe in Mexico.

Ah, the Bolshoi. Where the applause may be fake, but the drama's always real. And this month it's also been very public.

Continuing a fall from grace so epic that it rivals the span of, say, the Tour de France, ex-Nike bestie Lance Armstrong is now facing charges of bribery, in addition to allegations that he ran a doping ring among fellow cyclists. If you have not already set fire to your copy of It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life, feel free to do so now.

Scandal in the rarefied and ultimately self-satisfied and pointless world of high-end wine reviewing! Jay Miller has stepped down from his job as a wine reviewer for Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, a wine publication which is considered very well-well-well by the la-dee-da set. Miller says his departure has been long-planned. Which is good timing, considering that bribery scandal he's embroiled in now.

Carl Kruger is a Democratic state senator from Brooklyn. His vote against gay marriage last year was crucial in stopping the measure in New York. Funny thing: He lives with his gay lover, who's the bagman in their bribery racket.

Out of the pure goodness of his heart, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia today announced that he's giving out $10.7 billion worth of benefits to his subjects, including a streamlined housing loan process and 15 percent pay raise for government employees! The people of Saudi Arabia will be remain very happy and won't be inclined to complain about anything, ever! [BBC; AJE]

Last month, 43-year-old farmer Shi Jianfeng was sentenced to life in prison for the most heinous of crimes: not paying highway tolls. So Shi's younger brother tried to take the fall for him, saying he had bribed the proper authorities.

An 80-year-old man in Florida (of course) was caught putting his business in a rest stop glory hole and tried to get out of being arrested by offering to do landscaping work at the policemen's homes. Talk about a hoe!

Hoboken's ex-mayor will be shipped to prison for corruption. But leaving Hoboken is no punishment!

19 year-old Arnaldo Eusebio was busted by cops last night in Manhattan with tagging gear. He tried to get out of it via a classic police bribe. Only he was really awkward about it.

Now this is a weird story: apparently the congressional ethics office is investigating some congressmen for fundraising from industries that are subject to pending legislation. Suddenly Washington's absolute favorite activity, overt bribery, is worthy of selective investigation?

Remember Daniel Brusilovsky, the 16-year-old startup CEO and TechCrunch contributor with 120,000 Twitter followers? The poor kid just threw it all away for a MacBook Air.