The Sharpstown scandal, was simply a stock fraud scandal that occurred in 1971 associated with higher ups in the state government. A banker named Frank Sharp basically set up a way for himself and other legislative member to con and dishonestly make a lot of money. Sharp would grant loans to state officials, so that they would buy into his banks stock, it would then be resold for a high margin of profit. The scheme originally has success creating a quarter of a million dollars. The success didn’t last long though, the SEC filed civil and criminal charges against many of the perpetrators involved in the scheme including the former states attorney general. In the middle of everything was the “dirty thirty”, thirty members who banded together
69. The Bank proved to be very unpopular among western land speculators and farmers, especially after the Panic of 1819 because it was one of the major contributors to inflation. It held federal tax receipts and regulated the amount of money circulating in the economy. Some people felt that that the Bank, and its particular president, had too much power to restrict the potentially profitable business dealings of smaller banks.
1) What characteristics of a cult and/or conspiracy and/or moral panic do the case studies share? How are they different from one another?
Though being rife with scandal throughout the 160 year history of Major League Baseball, the 1919 World Series fixing scandal stands out as the most controversial. This World Series was not just controversial for the gambling that was involved, but how the team was managed, and how some players were unjustly punished for their role in the scandal. “Shoeless” Joe Jackson; a player that to this day has the third highest batting average, and has maintained his innocence up to his death in 1951. Jackson has been barred from induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame since 1920. This is a travesty considering Charles Comiskey; then owner of the Chicago White Sox, has been inducted, even though he also played a part in trying to cover up the scandal.
In 1741 New York, New York was one of the largest ports in British North America. (Zabin, 7) The Dutch founded New York in 1624. The Dutch founded New York to be used as a trading post named New Amsterdam. (Zabin, 7) The first slaves were brought to New York in 1626. As time progressed, elite whites moved inward, away from the water. The land near the water and ports was inhabited by poor whites, sailors and slaves. In 1741 there was a fear of slave revolts that would happen in the city. Since whites and slaves were living among each other in these small neighborhoods, the threat was imminent. During 1741, there were a series of fires in the city. These fires were all thought to be arson. The elite of New York thought the fires were being set by poor whites and slaves in an attempt to burn down the city and take over. Was there really a conspiracy or were the elite new Yorkers worried for no reason?
The corruption took place under Harding’s administration, though he died before he could suffer the windfall or be implicated in any way. The Teapot Dome scandal was the not first major financial scandal in America but was the first that took place outside the narrow confines of Wall Street and the first to implicate men of the President. The scandal featured bribery, coverups, corruption and greed and was the first glimpse of the influence oil interests would come to have in American politics.
Richard Nixon was in one of the most controversial issues that the United States has ever seen. The Watergate Scandal is now well known throughout history today. This issue led to Nixon resigning only 2 years in his 2nd term. Did President Nixon make the right decisions? Can anyone really trust the government after a situation like this? Some Historians believe that this changed the course of history, and that we can never truly trust the government again. While others believe that Nixon didn’t make the right decisions; however, this should not change the way the people look at our government. The government and the people need to keep a strong trust.
The 1919 World Series resulted in the most famous scandal in baseball history. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox (later nicknamed the Black Sox) were accused of throwing the series against the Cincinnati Reds. Details of the scandal and the extent to which each man was involved have always been unclear. It was, however, front-page news across the country and, despite being acquitted of criminal charges, the players were banned from professional baseball for life. The eight men included the great “shoeless Joe Jackson,” pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude "Lefty" Williams; infielders Buck Weaver, Arnold "Chick" Gandil, Fred McMullin, and Charles "Swede" Risberg; and outfielder Oscar "Happy" Felsch.
The Scandal at Penn State, lead to the arrests of Jerry Sandusky a defensive coordinator for the University. A grand jury on November 4, 2011, stated that for 15 years Mr. Sandusky sexually abused eight young boys. During that time frame, the official at the university deliberately failed to notify law enforcement of these incidents. Within a matter of a month, the number of victims begins to increase up to a total of 10. Within a year, Mr. Sandusky was found guilty in 2012. During his career at Penn State, he establishes a group home for troubled boys, which eventually became a non-profit organization known as The Second Mile. His purpose was to inspire young trouble boys to tap into their potential and achieve (2017). He captured the trust
The Peggy Eaton affair was an American Scandal in the 1830’s that involves members of the cabinet and their wives. Peggy was the wife to the Secretary of War John H. Eaton. Rumors were that they had an affair with Eaton way before her husband had passed on and he used to be away at sea for extended periods of time. After they had got married, the wives of the other cabinet members felt that she was not worth being part of the political, social status as they said she was loose and gave sexual favors to several men outside marriage. President Andrew Jackson had just lost his wife due to a political scandal based on rumors as well and defended the Eaton’s. He had to sustain his honor and felt that cabinet members who could not control and lead their wives and families were not fit for their jobs. Van Buren gave the solution that all cabinet members had to resign to finalize the dispute. Jackson seconded him and asked them all to resign.
White collar crime is a term created by Edwin Sutherland in 1939 that refers to crimes committed by people of higher social status, companies, and the government according to the book “White-Collar Crime in a Nutshell” by Ellen Podgor and Jerold Israel. White collar crimes are usually non-violent crimes committed in order to have a financial-gain (Podgor and Israel 3). A very well known white collar crime that has even been taught in many history classes is the Watergate scandal. This is a white collar crime that was committed by government authorities. Watergate was a crime that shocked the nation.
The scandal consisted of some mobsters, a couple of bookkeepers, and three players. Rick Kuhn headed the operation on the player side. Kuhn needed a way to make some cash because he could not find the time for a job. His job description stated that he should purposely lose games or keep the scoring margins down so the mobster’s bets would win. But Kuhn could not do the job alone; instead he incorporated “best friend” Jim Sweeny and the Boston College’s best player and leading scorer Ernie Cobb. Long story short Kuhn and the mobsters were indicted into prison for point-shaving basketball games, and the criminals received sentences up to life in prison.
Throughout the semester we have visited numerous sites in Washington, D.C., along with learned about various scandals throughout the history of D.C. However 2 scandals I believe show a lot about Washington, D.C. are President Kennedy’s sex scandal and The Octagon house scandal. D.C. has been the center for scandals since the beginning of time, whether that is President Kennedy and his mistresses or John Tayloe supposedly pushing his two daughters down the stairs when they wanted to marry men their father did not approve of. These scandals show how D.C. is full of secrets, corruption, sex, and how the culture of D.C has changed from scandal to scandal.
of the suspects had an address book with the name and phone number of a
In 1886, four people, who were participating in a strike concerning labor relations, were killed by the police. The next day, people were protesting the killings when someone threw a bomb into the crowd and killed a policeman. The police then began firing in a panic and shot several people, including other policemen. After this incident, raids began on leaders of radical groups and resulted in the leaders of these groups being arrested. Employers began to associate labor unions with violence. There was no evidence of who was responsible for the bombing, but eight people were charged with the crime. Four of those charged were hanged, one committed suicide, and three were sent to prison. As a result of the Haymarket Affair in Chicago,
The short story of “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Conan Doyle relates to the BBC crime drama series Sherlock episode “A Scandal in Belgravia”. BBC crime drama was filmed based on the short story that Conan Doyle wrote. The film and the text is based on a similar concept, but contains different details of information. There are three comparisons that is easily identified such as theme, characters and setting. These differences make the text and the film different.