Crimes of Moral Turpitude

Bribery.  Any bribery conviction involves moral turpitude.

Okabe v. INS, 671 F.2d 863 (5th Cir. 1982) (offering bribe to immigration officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(3) was a crime involving moral turpitude);

Int’l Longshoremen’s Ass’n AFL-CIO v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, 642 F.2d 666 (2d Cir. 1981) (when president of union local received loans arranged by employer of the union members in violation of the Labor Management Relations Act, he was guilty of an offense involving “moral turpitude” within provisions of the New York Waterfront Commission Act prohibiting person convicted of such an offense from serving as an officer of a port waterfront union);

United States ex rel. Sollazzo v. Esperdy, 187 F.Supp. 753 (D.N.Y. 1960), aff’d, 285 F.2d 341 (2d Cir. 1961), cert. den., 366 U.S. 905, 81 S.Ct. 1049, 6 L.Ed.2d 204 (1961) (New York offense of bribing a participant in an amateur game involved corrupt intent and fraud, and thus involved moral turpitude);

Ex Parte Tozier, 2 F.2d 268 (D.Me. 1924), aff’d, Howes v Tozer, 3 F.2d 849 (1st Cir. 1925);

Matter of H, 6 I. & N. Dec. 358 (BIA 1954) (conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 202 for acceptance or solicitation of bribe by U.S. officer or employee to influence official action constitutes CMT);

Matter of V, 4 I. & N. Dec. 100 (BIA 1950) (conviction of attempted bribery in violation of Sec. 333 of the German Criminal Code involves moral turpitude, since it has always been considered malum in se).