A U.S senator, Bob Menendez, has been charged with bribery and corruption-related offenses, alongside together with his spouse and a few of his enterprise associates.
Asid the senator, his spouse Nadine Arslanian Menendez and enterprise contacts Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daibes.
Menendez and his spouse are accused of accepting “a whole bunch of hundreds of {dollars} in bribes” in alternate for the senator’s affect.
Prosecutors allege the bribes included gold, money, house mortgage funds, compensation for a “low-or-no-show job” and a luxurious automobile.
The investigation into Bob Menenedez led to a search of his house which uncovered almost $500,000 in money, together with in envelopes inside jackets emblazoned with Menendez’s title, based on CNN.
Federal investigators who searched Menendez’s house additionally discovered a “luxurious automobile paid for by [Jose] Uribe parked within the storage,” in addition to house furnishings from different enterprise contacts and gold bars.
The case has drawn comparisons to Ghana’s very personal Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah, who can be dealing with costs after thousands and thousands of {dollars} in money was discovered at her residence.
Reacting to Menendez’s indictment, one social media person puzzled if he would use a few of the excuses Dapaah has been giving for the money discovered at her house.
“Couldn’t or not it’s a present from his late sister’s grandmother?.. or funeral donations” X Person Akromah wrote.
Take a look at his put up beneath…
Supply: GhanaCelebrities.Com
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