Corruption

A D.C. Department of Human Services employee is accused of accepting sexual favors and nearly $400,000 in cash in exchange for doling out welfare benefits valued at more than $1.4 million, according to court documents.

A D.C. government employee is facing federal charges for allegedly issuing more than $1.45 million in food stamps and welfare benefits to people in exchange for sexual favors and $380,000, court documents say.

A city contractor in Washington has pleaded guilty to bribing public officials at two D.C. agencies, and prosecutors say the businessman interfered with a “wider corruption investigation,” according to recently unsealed court documents.

WASHINGTON — The owner of a tutoring company for public school students was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday after he bribed a government employee. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Vashawn Strader, 40, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty…