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Abscam. Abscam, sometimes written ABSCAM, was an Federal Bureau of Investigation sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s that led to the convictions of seven members from both chambers of the United States Congress and others for bribery and corruption. [1]
On February 2, 1980, the world learned of our high-level investigation into public corruption and organized crime, infamously code-named ABSCAM. Individuals caught on tape in the FBI's ABSCAM ...
Mar 20, 2024 · Abscam. Also called: Abdul Scam. Date: February 1978 - April 1984. Abscam, undercover criminal investigation (1978–80) by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), whose most prominent targets were U.S. elected officials. Although some saw the investigators’ methods as excessive—critics characterized them as entrapment —the convictions ...
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Jul 16, 2018 · What started out as four cases targeting black market forgers and fraudsters had now grown into one of the biggest anti-corruption stings in the history of the FBI. When the time the Justice Department declassified ABSCAM and it became public knowledge in February 1980, it was the biggest U.S. political scandal since Watergate.
- William Delong
Feb 9, 2010 · On February 2, 1980, details of ABSCAM, an FBI operation to uncover political corruption in the government, are released to the public. Thirty-one public officials were targeted for investigation ...
- Missy Sullivan
Dec 27, 2013 · The actual Abscam scandal wouldn’t make a great movie, the players say, and the scam seems almost quaint. ... The real Abscam bore the bland stamp of watchful bureaucrats, from then-FBI Director ...
Dec 17, 2013 · As The Sting Man shows, Abscam was becoming so outrageous that it was turning into an American Farce. Errichetti opened Abscam wide, and connected Weinberg to a whole host of U.S. congressmen. It ...
