Boxing: FIGHT BOSS IS CLEARED.ROBERT W. LEE, founder of the International Boxing Federation “IBF” redirects here. For other uses, see IBF (disambiguation). The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of three major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC. , has been acquitted of charges that he took bribes from promoters PROMOTERS. In the English law, are those who in popular or penal actions prosecute in. their own names and the king's, having part of the fines and penalties. and managers to manipulate boxers' rankings. But he still faces prison after being found guilty on six lesser charges. A federal jury in Newark, New Jersey, deliberated 15 days before finding Lee, 66, innocent on the bribery bribery Crime of giving a benefit (e.g., money) in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust (e.g., an official or witness). Accepting a bribe also constitutes a crime. charges. Lee's 38-year-old son, Robert Jr., who served as an aide, was acquitted on all nine charges against him. Both face continuing legal battles. The case followed a four-year undercover FBI investigation. Boxing's most powerful promoter, Don King, did not appear, but prosecutors called him a co-conspirator. Lee's future in boxing is uncertain. The judge in the case last year stripped him of authority in the IBF IBF See: International Banking Facility , which now operates under the scrutiny of a court-appointed monitor. |
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