The investigation was called ABSCAM and at the time it brought down the mayor of Camden, members of Philadelphia City Council, a U.S. Senator and 6 members of Congress including Philadelphia's Ozzie ...

PHILADELPHIA — A former congressman from Philadelphia who went to prison over the 1970s-era Abscam scandal was sent back to prison Tuesday at age 79 in a ballot stuffing case. Former Democratic U.S.

Former FBI agents who worked the notorious 1970s sting operation known as ABSCAM have written FBI Director James Comey to warn that nothing less than the bureau's "reputation" is on the line as the ...

“American Hustle,” which may be the best two hours you’ll spend at the movies, sets the stage with its opening: “Some of this actually happened.” The film is loosely based on the 1980 Abscam scandal, ...

The massive FBI anti-corruption operation known as Abscam captured the public imagination in 1980 with a cinematic cast of characters: phony Arab sheiks, real mobsters, corrupt local politicians, U.S.

Philip Heymann, who served four Democratic presidents over six decades, mostly in the Justice Department, and who helped prosecute major investigations, including Watergate and the Abscam bribery ...

The case against Rep. William Jefferson, a Democrat from Louisiana, includes a videotape made of the congressman allegedly accepting a suitcase full of cash. It's not the first time a member has been ...