What are the different types of bribery, and what punishments do they carry?
Types of bribery include the following: Bribery by/of a public official or by/of a witness Any public official (anyone acting on behalf of the United States, such as a senator, witness, or juror) who demands, receives, or accepts a bribe in exchange for orchestrating an illegal change in his duties will be fined not more than three times the value of the incentive and/or imprisoned for not more than 15 years. The public official may also be prohibited from holding any political or government office in the United States. Conversely, anyone who offers a bribe to a public official will be fined and/or imprisoned for not more than two years. Any witness who demands, receives, or accepts a bribe in exchange for altered testimony faces a fine of three times the value of the bribe and/or up to 15 years in prison, while anyone who bribes a witness faces a fine and/or up to two years in prison. Bribery of a foreign official In 1997, The U.S. Congress passed The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, wh
