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Abscam,
sometimes written ABSCAM, was a
Federal Bureau of
Investigation sting operation in the late 1970s and
early 1980s that led to the
convictions of...
- It was
written by Eric
Warren Singer and
Russell and
inspired by the FBI
Abscam operation of the late 1970s and
early 1980s. It
stars Christian Bale and...
- (1959–1982).
Williams was
convicted on May 1, 1981, for
taking bribes in the
Abscam sting operation, and
resigned from the U.S.
Senate in 1982
before a planned...
- well-known
developer John McShain. In 1980, the
hotel was the site of the FBI's
Abscam sting operation,
which exposed corruption in government.
Federal agents...
- to aid an Arab
sheikh from an
undercover FBI
agent acting as part of the
Abscam sting operation,
though Maressa claimed that he had
accepted the $10,000...
- to 1980. A
member of the
Democratic Party,
Myers became involved in the
Abscam scandal during his
tenure in
Congress and was
expelled from the
House after...
- New Jersey, and in the New
Jersey Senate before being indicted during Abscam.
Angelo Joseph Errichetti grew up in
poverty in Camden, the
sixth of seven...
- a
Republican congressman, he was
convicted of
taking bribes in the 1980
Abscam scandal.
Kelly was born July 31, 1924, in Atlanta, Georgia, and his mother...
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hearings were held to
examine FBI
undercover operations in the wake of the
Abscam controversy,
which had
allegations of
entrapment of
elected officials. As...
- Times. "Raymond Lederer,
Abscam Figure, Is Dead at 70". The New York Times. AP.
December 3, 2008. "Around The Nation:
Abscam Convicts Told To Go to Prison...
