51 days ago- A close friend of accused D.C. tax scam figure Harriette Walters has agreed to cooperate with authorities in the largest corruption case in the city’s history, The Examiner has learned.
65 days ago- A former banker agreed to become a key government witness in the District’s largest public corruption case after pleading guilty Wednesday to helping launder nearly $18 million stolen from the D.C. tax office.
67 days ago- The personal shopper for alleged tax scam mastermind Harriette Walters pleaded guilty in federal court Monday, admitting that she took in hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of the largest corruption scandal in D.C. history.
85 days ago- Veteran police officers James Haskel and Anthony Clay told The Examiner they weren’t in a celebratory mood Thursday after being cleared of charges in the shooting death of DeOnte Rawlings.
93 days ago- D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier is quietly stepping back from the next installment of her controversial “All Hands on Deck” initiative, cutting hundreds of officers from the anti-crime push aimed at flooding city streets with police.
105 days ago- The commander behind D.C.'s foundering efforts to build a high-tech crime lab has been removed from his position, The Examiner has learned.
141 days ago- A former federal immigration service investigator faces up to 10 years in prison today as he is sentenced for harboring his illegal-alien girlfriend.
155 days ago- Two District men have been charged with sticking up Asian restaurant delivery drivers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, as well as Northwest D.C., The Examiner has learned.
158 days ago- The public has paid more than $60,000 to keep two veteran D.C. police officers home as an investigation into the shooting death of Southeast teenager DeOnte Rawlings drags into its sixth month.
162 days ago- Independent auditors commissioned by the D.C. Council have told lawmakers that $43 million was stolen from city coffers in the tax office scam, which officials have called the largest corruption case in D.C. history.
215 days ago- In the early hours of Nov. 7, federal and District of Columbia authorities fanned out to homes around the District and its suburbs. They knocked on doors and hauled off six suspects, including D.C. tax officials Harriette Walters and Diane Gustus. By the end of the day, the District would learn that authorities had busted what they called the largest public corruption scandal in D.C. history.
218 days ago- For nearly a decade, six-figure checks were cut, picked up and cashed by representatives of a cluster of businesses using the name of a Catholic saint named Bellarmine.
220 days ago- The widening corruption scandal in the District of Columbia’s tax office has cost Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi his once-golden reputation and may still cost him his job.