10 Jaw-Dropping American Scandals

America is a country that is no stranger to scandals, from political controversies to celebrity scandals.

However, there are some that seem to have slipped under the radar. Here are ten massive American scandals that you may not have heard of.

The Church of Scientology's Tax-Exempt Status

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The Keating Five

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The Abramoff Scandals

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The Tuskegee Syphilis Study

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“When I used to be a debt collector one of our clients was a government run juvenile jail system in Florida that charged parents room and board for their kids entire stay at juvie.

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10 Jaw-Dropping American Scandals

America is a country that is no stranger to scandals, from political controversies to celebrity scandals.

However, there are some that seem to have slipped under the radar. Here are ten massive American scandals that you may not have heard of.

The Church of Scientology's Tax-Exempt Status

1

The Keating Five

The Senate Ethics Committee found that none of them had formally broken any laws, but found three of them were implicated enough to be formally censured,” one person recalled.

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The Abramoff Scandals

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The Tuskegee Syphilis Study

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“When I used to be a debt collector one of our clients was a government run juvenile jail system in Florida that charged parents room and board for their kids entire stay at juvie.

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For-Profit Juvenile Detention Systems

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