 For example , between 1985 and 1991 , over 75 public officials were convicted of corruption offenses in the Southern District of West Virginia alone . By comparison , the only appellate court decision citing West Virginia 's Bribery and Corrupt Practices Act , in 1991 , was a federal court decision involving the state statute as a federal RICO predicate . And it goes much deeper than that . There have been many cases filed against corruption and other crimes by former agents who commit crimes , as well as attorneys , judges , etc. that can be easily found online , although the option of finding those actual cases continues to diminish even further , in preferential interests of commerce and social media markets taking precedence . Internet searches are becoming intentionally narrowed to restrict citizen 's awareness of such corruption . Stonewalling by both media and law @-@ enforcement in failing to implement the very legislation they create at tax @-@ payer expense , continues unabated in many cases that can be found online . 
