<div id="subtitle">39 people in DC taxi industry charged with paying bribes for cab licenses</div><div><p>Thirty-nine people connected with the Washington, D.C., taxicab industry have been indicted on bribery charges.</p><p>An indictment unsealed Friday charges three men with paying bribes totaling $220,0000 to the chairman of the D.C. Taxicab Commission to get licenses for multi-vehicle cab companies.</p><p>One of the three and 36 other people were charged in a separate indictment with paying bribes totaling $110,000 to get individual cab licenses.</p><p>Federal authorities say the indictments came after a two-year investigation.</p><p>Last week, Ted G. Loza, the chief of staff for D.C. Council member Jim Graham, pleaded not guilty to charges that he promoted taxicab legislation in exchange for cash.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=60297245&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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