Federal prosecutors and securities regulators have gone after large companies for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits them from bribing foreign officials.

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it illegal for companies that operate in the United States to pay foreign government officials to secure or keep business deals.

Mr. Menendez, a powerful longtime senator from New Jersey, was convicted last year on federal bribery and corruption charges.

Mayor Eric Adams, who has expressed interest in a federal pardon to resolve federal corruption charges, will meet with President-elect Donald J. Trump on Friday afternoon.

Erden Arkan, a businessman with close ties to New York’s Turkish community, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to conspiracy to commit fraud.

Lawyers for New Jersey’s former Democratic senator, Robert Menendez, have said that even fewer years would be tantamount to a death sentence.

Prosecutors have presented additional evidence to a grand jury in the case against Eric Adams, his lawyer said in court papers, a sign new charges may be near.

A lot has happened since Eric Adams was sworn into office in Times Square in 2022 flanked by allies who would join his administration.

As they did during his trial, lawyers for the former senator argued in a court filing that he had been led astray by his wife, Nadine Menendez.

The prosecutors asserted that Ko Wen-je, a former mayor, took bribes. He and his supporters have maintained that the charges are a political vendetta.