Tag: corrupt

James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September that year after being shot in July. A preacher, lawyer, and Civil War general, Garfield served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives and is the only sitting member of the House to be elected president. Before he ran for president, the Ohio General Assembly had elected him to the U.S. Senate, a position he declined upon becoming president-elect.

Nicolás Maduro Moros served as the self-proclaimed President of Venezuela from 2013 to his capture in January 2026. His rule was characterized by economic collapse, hyperinflation, and the largest refugee exodus in Western Hemisphere history — over 7.89 million Venezuelans fled the country by 2024. The UN formally characterized his government conduct as crimes against humanity. He was captured by U.S. special forces on January 3, 2026 during Operation Absolute Resolve and is currently detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. He rose to fame as a U.S. Army general and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. His political philosophy, which dominated his presidency, became the basis for the rise of Jacksonian democracy. His legacy is controversial: being praised as an advocate for white working Americans and preserving the union of states, and criticized for his racist policies, particularly towards Native Americans.

John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825; minister to Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia; and senator for Massachusetts. After his presidency, Adams uniquely returned to Congress as a member of the lower house, where he died in 1848. He was the eldest son of John Adams, the second president, and First Lady Abigail Adams. Among his children were Charles Francis Adams Sr. Initially a Federalist like his father, Adams spent his presidency as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, and later, in the mid-1830s, became affiliated with the Whig Party.

Young Ukrainian energy and finance magnate who rose rapidly under the Yanukovych circle and was sanctioned; he relocated to Russia after 2014.

Businessman and son of former president Viktor Yanukovych, sanctioned over his family business interests that expanded sharply during his father presidency.

Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ukraine arrested in 2023 in what officials described as a record judicial bribery case, a landmark in Ukraine anti-corruption efforts.

Ukrainian billionaire and former regional governor. The United States barred him over significant corruption in 2021, and Ukrainian authorities detained him in 2023 on fraud and money-laundering suspicions.

The United Socialist Party of Venezuela is the ruling political party founded by Hugo Chávez in 2007. Under Nicolás Maduro, it has overseen economic collapse, mass emigration, and systematic repression of political opponents, while maintaining power through fraudulent elections.

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine convicted in the United States in 2004 of money laundering and fraud, one of the most prominent international embezzlement cases of its era.