Corruption

Federal jury finds Lafayette Assistant District Attorney Gary Haynes guilty on all six charges in Operation Cajun Hustle bribery case involving pretrial diversion.

Once upon a time, a Louisiana politician was raided by the FBI, accused of corruption and bribery, and found with $90,000 in his freezer. Here's the story.

New study places Eastern District of Louisiana among worst in nation with 430 public corruption convictions from 2004-2023.

She was recently suspended from the New Orleans Police Department.

The decision has brought about a startling realization about the way the OMV is run and managed across the state.

Jeff Landry continues his war on corruption in the state. His new policy will eliminate conflicts of interest where lawyers in his office are concerned.

Fradella pleaded guilty in June 2012 to making a $50,000 payoff

U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon reduced that sentence to five years.

Charges include bribery, fraud and money laundering.

A fourth witness in former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's corruption trial has accused Nagin of seeking and receiving a payoff.

The Democrat served two terms as mayor before leaving office in 2010.

Her boss, disgraced ex-city manager Robert Rizzo, pleaded no contest to charges yesterday and has agreed to testify against other defendants in the case.

Louisiana has a reputation for being a corrupt state, and now there are numbers to back the claim.

The charges announced Friday come from a City Hall corruption investigation that already has resulted in guilty pleas by two former city officials and two businessmen.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Aaron Broussard, who rode a populist wave to power as president of Jefferson Parish, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal corruption charges. The pleas to conspiracy and theft charges resolve a case in which prosecutors charged Broussard abused his power as president of the New Orleans suburb...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An attorney for former Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard says Broussard will plead guilty Tuesday to two charges in a corruption case. Broussard, 62, was parish president from 2004 to 2010. A 27-count indictment charged him and former parish attorney Tom Wilkinson with conspiracy, bribery, wire fraud and theft...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — U.S. District Judge Hayden Head Jr. has postponed Aaron Broussard's trial until Nov. 5, giving the former Jefferson Parish president an extra month to prepare his defense against corruption charges. Trial had been scheduled Oct...

The court case against the LPD and local officials is trying to hit a Federal level.

The verdict came on one count of six and it was "not guilty."  The rest of the counts the jury could not reach a verdict on and a judge has declared a mistrial. The former Presidential candidate declared that he was glad and that he had done some things that were very wrong. ...

Louisiana ranked first in the nation for public corruption convictions per capita between 2001 and 2010.