A New York woman has been charged with bribing a federal official in Louisiana to release ICE detainees from detention.
A federal grand jury indicted Diana Kutateladze, 37, of Brooklyn, New York, on three counts of bribery of a Louisiana public official, according to a Western District of Louisiana statement. She faces up to 15 years in federal prison on each count.
The alleged bribes, which occurred over three instances in 2024, included tequila, a $100 gift, and $3,000 in online payments to a public official in the Western District of Louisiana in an effort to influence him to disregard federal immigration laws and recommend the release of immigration detainees…