A former portfolio manager who was responsible for investing $53 billion in New York State employee retirement funds took over $100,000 in bribes in exchange for steering more than $2 billion in fixed-income business to two brokers, earning them and their firms millions of dollars in commissions, federal authorities said on Wednesday.
via Official Took Bribes to Steer Pension Funds to Brokers, U.S. Says – The New York Times