Since Clark was guilty of neither bribes nor kickbacks, all charges were voided. Gribkowsky confessed to the charges of tax evasion, breach of trust and for accepting bribes. He implied that major government officials were accepting millions in bribes. In 1983, he was charged with racketeering for accepting bribes. "We would introduce social aid for citizens coerced into taking vote bribes," said Pashinyan. Edward was allegedly not above accepting bribes. Jr. Davis is a corrupt Maryland State Senator with a reputation for pocketing bribes. Vario was convinced the policeman was corrupt and soon started offering him bribes. He is also shown to be corrupt, having ties with Richard Horne, who bribes him. Kriemhild bribes the people with money and treasure from the Nibelungen hoard. The money required for these bribes was enormous. He returns to Mexico, where he bribes local officials into revealing the truth. Countries that had paid the less bribes have a higher BPI. The latter reduces the propensity to accept bribes and checks economic greed. As mentioned previously, Isabella had little care for personal bribes or favours.