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...

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...

(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...

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...

In video gaming, Pac-Man clones are unauthorized versions of Namco's popular maze chase arcade video game Pac-Man or games that wholesale borrow the design...

involvement in a sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s known as Abscam. At the time of the scandal, he was a convict hired by the Federal Bureau...

and politician from South Carolina, best known for his involvement in the Abscam corruption scandal, and being the husband of actress and model Rita Jenrette...

powerbroker in corruption charges in 2024. Errichetti first got wrapped in the Abscam when he accepted a bribe to help obtain gambling licenses in Atlantic City...

(born 5 November 1942) is an English woman known for her involvement in the Abscam sting operation of the 1970s, with her then-husband Mel Weinberg. A character...

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...

granted Kelly's motion to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that the Abscam investigation was unconstitutional entrapment. The D.C. Circuit reversed...

to you for your birthday." The scandal would later come to be known as "Abscam" (short for Arab Scam), and would take-down five Congressman, including...

O. Russell's crime comedy-drama American Hustle. Inspired by the FBI's Abscam sting operation, the film is set against the backdrop of political corruption...

state senator Neal Tapio. During a sting operation conduced as part of the Abscam investigations in 1980, Pressler refused to take a bribe from undercover...

district from 1977 to 1981. He was convicted of taking bribes in the 1980 Abscam scandal. Lederer was born in Philadelphia on May 19, 1938, where he attended...

Christian Bale). Inspired by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)'s Abscam sting operation, the film is set against the backdrop of political corruption...

1980. He is one of seven federal politicians who were convicted in the Abscam case in 1980. As a result, he resigned from Congress and served two years...

September 10, 1976, she married freshman Democratic whip John Jenrette (of ABSCAM notoriety) of South Carolina, 18 months after meeting him on Capitol Hill...

construction. After his 1981 conviction for bribery and conspiracy in the Abscam scandal, local officials campaigned to have his name removed from the station...

hearings were held to examine FBI undercover operations in the wake of the Abscam controversy, which had allegations of entrapment of elected officials. As...

System Ranks Director Deputy Director Special agent Methods and activities Abscam Bridgman Convention COINTELPRO FBI method of profiling Rod Blagojevich corruption...

Raymond F. Lederer, Democrat of Pennsylvania, was the only member of the Abscam scandal to win re-election. However he resigned due to "personal legal problems"...

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...

Dillon Show podcast. John F. Good (1936–2016), FBI agent who created the Abscam sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Raymond Kelly (born 1941)...

down as ward leader in 1982 and eventually went to jail in the wake of the Abscam scandal, Brady was elected to succeed him as Democratic Leader of west Philadelphia's...

System Ranks Director Deputy Director Special agent Methods and activities Abscam Bridgman Convention COINTELPRO FBI method of profiling Rod Blagojevich corruption...

get the project approved. The scandal would later come to be known as "Abscam" (short for Arab Scam), and would take-down five Congressman, including...

Republican-controlled state legislature took advantage of Murtha's connection to Abscam and incorporated most of the district of fellow Vietnam War veteran and...

Ruggiero read a Time magazine containing an article about the infamous Abscam scandal and detailing how FBI agents posed as rich Arab businessmen to catch...