The Navy’s former second-in-command becomes the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to be convicted of a crime, in a scheme to trade a contract for a post-retirement job.

A jury on Monday convicted a retired four-star admiral who served as the U.S. Navy's second-highest-ranking officer on corruption charges for steering contracts to a company in exchange for a ...

Retired four-star Navy admiral Robert Burke was convicted on corruption charges for leveraging his position to secure a lucrative post-retirement job. He directed a $355,000 contract to a vendor ...

Night News Reporter A retired four-star Navy admiral was found guilty of a bribery scheme Monday following a three-day jury deliberation in Washington, D.C. Adm. Robert P. Burke, a former vice ...

Retired Adm. Robert Burke, shown here in 2022, was found guilty in a federal bribery case Monday. (MC3 Alexia Morelos/U.S. Navy) A retired Navy admiral was found guilty of bribery by a federal ...

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Robert P. Burke, who was the Navy’s second-highest-ranking officer, was accused of steering a contract to a company that offered him a lucrative job. By Neil Vigdor A retired four-star admiral ...

Burke is only the second Navy admiral ever convicted of a federal crime committed on active duty. The first was Adm. Robert Gilbeau, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison in May 2017 after ...

Retired Adm. Robert Burke, former Navy vice chief of naval operations, was convicted of bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery, performing acts affecting a personal financial interest and ...

Robert P. Burke, 62, was found guilty on Monday of a scheme to direct lucrative contracts to a training company in exchange for a $500,000-a-year job after leaving the Navy, according to a news ...

A former senior Navy officer was convicted on Monday in connection ... Retired four-star admiral Robert B. Burke, who retired as commander of U.S. naval forces for Europe and Africa in 2022 ...