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Patrick Boyd (golfer)
Patrick W. Boyd is an Air Force Master Sergeant who pleaded guilty to accepting bribes when he served in Afghanistan. Prosecutors estimated he accepted $130,000 in bribes from Afghan contractors. Major Christopher P. West also faced bribery charges. The two men were arrested on August 26 and August 27, 2008. Four Afghans who were alleged to have been among those who issued the bribes were tricked into entering the US on August 25, 2008. Boyd, West, and another GI Charles W. Patton, pleaded guilty in June 2009. The bribery took place when Boyd and West were deployed to Afghanistan in 2004 and 2005. Patton, who wasn't deployed to Afghanistan, pleaded guilty to receiving and hiding cash from West. In October 2009 Sergeant Ana C. Chavez, who served at the base in 2005–2006, pleaded guilty to taking US$90,000 in bribe payments. The men accused of bribery were: Assad John Ramin and Tahir Ramin, of AZ Corporation and Top's Construction, brothers who were joint citizens of Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bribery
Bribery is the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official, or other person, in charge of a public or legal duty. With regard to governmental operations, essentially, bribery is "Corrupt solicitation, acceptance, or transfer of value in exchange for official action." Gifts of money or other items of value which are otherwise available to everyone on an equivalent basis, and not for dishonest purposes, is not bribery. Offering a discount or a refund to all purchasers is a legal rebate and is not bribery. For example, it is legal for an employee of a Public Utilities Commission involved in electric rate regulation to accept a rebate on electric service that reduces their cost for electricity, when the rebate is available to other residential electric customers. However, giving a discount specifically to that employee to influence them to look favorably on the electric utility's rate increase applications would be consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AZ Corporation
AZ Corporation is a construction firm in Afghanistan. AZ Corporation received construction and transport contracts with NATO and the United States Department of Defense. On August 25, 2008, two men described as the owners of AZ Corporation, Assad John Ramin and Tahir Ramin, joint citizens of Afghanistan and the United States were tricked into traveling to the United States with five other Afghan men connected with construction contracts at the Bagram Air Base. {{cite news , url = http://justice.gov/opa/pr/2008/August/08-at-756.html , title = Five Individuals Arrested, Two Contracting Companies Charged in Bribery Conspiracy Related to Department of Defense Contracts in Afghanistan , publisher = United States Department of Justice The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used synonymously by the U.S. government for both the War in Afghanistan (2001–2014) and the larger-scale Global War on Terrorism. On 7 October 2001, in response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced that airstrikes targeting Al-Qaeda and the Taliban had begun in Afghanistan. Operation Enduring Freedom primarily refers to the War in Afghanistan, but it was also affiliated with counterterrorism operations in other countries, such as OEF-Philippines and OEF-Trans Sahara. After 13 years, on 28 December 2014, President Barack Obama announced the end of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Subsequent operations in Afghanistan by the United States' military forces, both non-combat and combat, occurred under the name Operation Freedom's Sentinel. Subordinate operations Operation Enduring Freedom most commonly referred to the U.S.-led combat mission in Afghanistan. The codename was also u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = U.S. state, State , subdivision_type2 = List of counties in Illinois, Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook County, Illinois, Cook and DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Municipal corporation, Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council government, Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor of Chicago, Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Material Witness
In American criminal law, a material witness is a person with information alleged to be material concerning a criminal proceeding. The authority to detain material witnesses dates to the First Judiciary Act of 1789, but the Bail Reform Act of 1984 most recently amended the text of the statute, and it is now codified at . The most recent version allows material witnesses to be held to ensure the giving of their testimony in criminal proceedings or to a grand jury. Since September 11, 2001, the U.S. has used the material witness statute to detain suspects without charge for indefinite periods of time, often under the rubric of securing grand-jury testimony. This use of the statute is controversial and is currently under judicial review. In '' Ashcroft v. al-Kidd'' (2011), the detainee was never charged or called as a witness, and sued John Ashcroft, then the U.S. attorney general. The Supreme Court overturned a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and held that Ashcro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bashir Ahmad (material Witness)
Bashir Ahmed or Bashir Ahmad may refer to: *Bashir Ahmed (field hockey) (born 1934), Pakistani field hockey player *Mirza Bashir Ahmad (1893–1963), Religious scholar and writer * Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad (1889–1965), Second Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community *Bashir Ahmad (athlete) (born 1967), Pakistani Olympic sprinter *Bashir Ahmed (cricketer) (1924–2013), Indian cricketer *Bashir Ahmad (Afghan cricketer) (born 1995), Afghan cricketer *Bashir Ahmed (Masturi MLA), Indian politician *Bashir Ahmed (Member of Parliament) (1926–1978), Indian lawyer and politician *Bashir Ahmed (miniaturist) (born 1953), Pakistani painter *Bashir Ahmad (Bangladeshi athlete) (born 1941), Bangladeshi athlete *Bashir Ahmad (singer) (1939–2014), Bangladeshi singer * Bashir Ahmad (mixed martial artist) (born 1982), Pakistani-American mixed martial artist *Bashir Ahmad (Scottish politician) (1940–2009), Karachi-born Member of the Scottish Parliament *Bashir Ahmad (camel driver) (c. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziaulhaq
Ziaulhaq is a citizen of Afghanistan who has been held in the United States as a material witness since August 25, 2008. Ziaulhaq and two other Afghans, Bashir Ahmad and Mohammad Rafi, accepted an invitation to come to a conference in the summer of 2008 in the United States that turned out to be a ploy to hold them in the US as potential witnesses against their employers. The three men worked for Afghan construction firms that are suspected of bribing American GIs. Since then they have shared a hotel suite in Chicago. Early life Ziaulhaq had once trained as a veterinary assistant. He is married, with six children. Employed by a firm with construction contracts on the American Air Base in Bagram Ziaulhaq worked as an office clerk and driver for an Afghan construction firm. He was employed by the firm due to family ties. Apprehension by US officials Ziaulhaq, Bashir Ahmad, Mohammad Rafi, Assad John Ramin and several other Afghans, received invitations to travel to a confere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naweed Bakhshi Company
Navid or Naveed may refer to: *Navid (satellite), an experimental Iranian earth observation satellite * ''Naveed'' (album), a 1994 album by Our Lady Peace * "Naveed" (song), a 1995 single by Our Lady Peace People with the name Politics * Anthony Naveed, Pakistani politician *Rukhsana Naveed, Pakistani politician * Shakeela Naveed, Pakistani politician *Naveed Amir, Pakistani politician * Naveed Anwar, Canadian politician * Naveed Dero, Pakistani politician *Naveed Qamar (born 1955), Pakistani politician Sport *Mohammad Naveed (born 1987), Emirati cricketer *Navid Afkari (1993–2020), Iranian wrestler executed by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran *Naveed Ahmed (born 1993), Pakistani footballer *Naveed Akram (born 1984), Pakistani footballer *Naveed Nawaz (born 1973), Sri Lankan cricketer *Navid Faridi (born 1977), Iranian footballer * Naveed Obaid (born 2000), Afghan cricketer *Navid Dayyani (born 1987), Danish footballer and businessman *Navid Khosh Hava (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Qudoos Bakhshi
Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, meaning "the"). It is the initial component of many compound names, names made of two words. For example, , ', usually spelled ''Abdel Hamid'', ''Abdelhamid'', ''Abd El Hamid'' or ''Abdul Hamid'', which means "servant of The Praised" (God). The most common use for ''Abdul'' by far, is as part of a male given name, written in English. When written in English, ''Abdul'' is subject to variable spacing, spelling, and hyphenation. The meaning of ''Abdul'' literally and normally means "Slave of the", but English translations also often translate it to "Servant of the". Spelling variations Variations in spelling are primarily because of the variation in pronunciation. Arabic speakers normally pronounce and transcribe their names of Arabic ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Reconstruction Organization
Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a range of hills in Trinidad Schools * Northern Collegiate Institute and Vocational School (NCIVS), a school in Sarnia, Canada * Northern Secondary School, Toronto, Canada * Northern Secondary School (Sturgeon Falls), Ontario, Canada * Northern University (other), various institutions * Northern Guilford High School, a public high school in Greensboro, North Carolina Companies * Arriva Rail North, a former train operating company in northern England * Northern Bank, commercial bank in Northern Ireland * Northern Foods, based in Leeds, England * Northern Pictures, an Australian-based television production company * Northern Rail, a former train operating company in northern England * Northern Railway of Canada, a defunct railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noor Alam
Noor Alam (5 December 1929 – 30 June 2003) was a field hockey player from Pakistan. He won gold medal in 1960 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in 1956 Summer Olympics. He was also the member of winning Pakistani team of 1958 and 1962 Asian Games. Death He died on 30 June 2003 in Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ... and was laid to rest in Alif Shah graveyard in Cantt area of the metropolitan. References External links * 1929 births 2003 deaths Pakistani male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Pakistan Olympic gold medalists for Pakistan Olympic silver medalists for Pakistan Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1956 Sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
