ABSCAM was an investigation conducted by the FBI from 1978 to 1980 into corruption within the US Congress. FBI agents posed as an Arab sheikh and his associates and filmed government officials accepting bribes. Seven Congressmen and several state and local officials were subsequently charged and convicted of bribery, corruption, conspiracy and related offences. Research ABSCAM
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