Notable Instances of Bribery
- Spiro Agnew, American Vice President who resigned from office in the aftermath of discovery that he took bribes while serving as Governor of Maryland
- Gerald Garson, former New York Supreme Court Justice, convicted of accepting bribes to manipulate outcomes of divorce proceedings.
- John Jenrette, former American politician convicted of accepting a bribe in the FBI's Abscam operation
- Martin Thomas Manton, former U.S. federal judge convicted of accepting bribes
- Pakistan cricket spot-fixing controversy, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketers found guilty of accepting bribes to bowl no balls against England at certain times.
- John B. Swainson, former Michigan governor and justice of the Michigan Supreme Court was acquitted of accepting a bribe, but was convicted for lying about it.
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