Sentences with phrase «bharara alleges he used»
Mr. Silver stands accused of two schemes in which Mr. Bharara alleges he used his position as Assembly speaker to rake in more than $ 6 million, which he presented as legitimately earned income for representing or referring clients in real estate or asbestos legal dealings.
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After opening statements that alleged «bribes and kickbacks, illegally conducted,» prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office used Paulin's testimony to establish how the Assembly operated under then - speaker Silver.
The complaint also alleges that they used coded language and, at one point, Adam Skelos purchased a one - time cell phone, known as burner phone, erroneously thinking that the calls could not be traced by any law enforcement surveillance, according to Bharara.
«As alleged, Silver corruptly used his law license and took advantage of lax outside income rules as a cover to secretly pocket millions of dollars through his official position,» Bharara said.
«As alleged, Silver corruptly used his law license and took advantage of lax outside income rules as a cover to secretly pocket millions of dollars through his official position,» U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said.
The complaint, by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, alleges Skelos used his influence in Albany to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to his son from a real estate developer and a related environmental company.
A 35 - page criminal complaint filed by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office lays out his alleged scheme where Silver «used the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income earned by Silver as a private lawyer.»
A criminal complaint from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara alleges that Silver obtained referrals of asbestos cases from a doctor affiliated with a university in Manhattan, referred to as «Doctor - 1,» by using his position as speaker to quietly direct $ 500,000 in state funds to the doctor's research and give «additional benefits» to the doctor and the doctor's family.
Mr. Schneiderman's call comes after the state's former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested on charges of fraud and extortion by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who alleged that the longtime power broker had used his influence to inappropriately earn attorney referral fees for work he had not done, disguising what amounted as «kickbacks» and «bribes» as legitimate income.
Bharara filed a criminal complaint alleging Silver used his powerful position to amass millions of dollars in kickbacks through two law firms.
For example, one of Bharara's investigations focused on pay - to - play schemes in which (it has been alleged) that top associates of the governor used state contracts to enrich themselves and to shake down contractors for campaign contributions to help the governor.