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Forge, a former federal prosecutor for 12 years, said that he finds the slowness appalling, describing the way the Wal - Mart bribery investigation has been handled as shameful.
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Two partners at the hedge fund Deerfield Management and two others were found guilty on Thursday of charges stemming from what prosecutors have described as an insider trading scheme based on leaks from within a federal healthcare agency.
NEW YORK (Reuters)- Two partners at the hedge fund Deerfield Management and two others were found guilty on Thursday of charges stemming from what prosecutors have described as an insider trading scheme based on leaks from within a federal healthcare agency.
Linda Lacewell, who's been described as Cuomo's «minister of defense,» will be called to the stand following opening statements in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors said.
Federal prosecutors recommended that David Wildstein, who has described himself as the mastermind of the so - called Bridgegate scandal, serve no prison time as a result of his testimony against his co-conspirators, which followed his guilty plea.
Cuomo, meanwhile, was described by one associate as «edgily nervous» about the next move to be made by federal prosecutor Bharara, whose successful prosecutions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau) and startling admonition to «stay tuned» has led to widespread speculation that the governor is his next target.
Federal prosecutors are describing the 10 - suspect indictment, announced Wednesday morning, as the «largest law enforcement action» taken in New York City against synthetic marijuana, which is often packaged as «K2» and «Spice.»
In a letter, Reps. Ted Lieu, Calif., and Kathleen Rice, N.Y., both former prosecutors, described the payments as «evidence of moral failings by the President» and said they believed the transactions may have violated federal election law.
NEW YORK (AP)-- A former top official at the country's third - largest pension fund and two broker - dealers were charged Wednesday in what a federal prosecutor described as a classic bribery scheme that steered $ 2 billion in trades in exchange for drugs, prostitutes, vacations and U.S. Open tennis tickets.
Federal prosecutors Thursday leveled public - corruption charges against eight individuals including Cuomo's former right - hand man, Joe Percoco, stemming from what was described as «two overlapping criminal schemes.»
Two partners at the hedge fund Deerfield Management and two others were found guilty on Thursday of charges stemming from what prosecutors have described as an insider trading scheme based on leaks from within a federal healthcare agency.