Sentences with phrase «bharara said the charges»

Saying that members of the state Legislature were acting as «mercenaries,» Bharara said the charges accusing Stevenson of drafting legislation in exchange for money that would aid co-defendants Igor and Rostislav «Slava» Belyansky, Igor Tsimerman and David Binman, were a violation of his «core duty.»

The mayor also emphasized in multiple appearances Thursday that Bharara said the charges facing the NYPD officers were not connected to him.

Not exact matches

Trendon Shavers, 32, of McKinney, Texas, was charged with misappropriating about 146,000 of the 764,000 bitcoin, then worth more than $ 4.5 million, that he raised from September 2011 to September 2012, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan said.

Trendon Shavers, 32, of McKinney, Texas, was charged with misappropriating about 146,000 of the 764,000 bitcoin, then worth more than $ 4.5 million, that he raised from September 2011 to September 2012 by promising investors «absurdly high» interest rates, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan said.

They also say the indictment crafted by Bharara created a phony aura of corruption by pooling unrelated charges and defendants into one large case.

Lawyers for Cor Development executives Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi say Bharara's high - profile media tactics - including tweets, news conferences and early morning perp walks — deprived them of a fair hearing when corruption charges were presented to a grand jury last fall.

«The only liberty that Liberty Reserve gave many of its users was the freedom to commit crimes, as it became a popular hub for fraudsters, hackers, and traffickers,» U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Tuesday in announcing charges against seven people in a $ 6 billion scheme that he billed as possibly the largest money - laundering scheme even seen in the United States.

Bharara said he would go after the public pensions of elected officials convicted of corruption charges when they are sentenced, starting with two state lawmakers currently being prosecuted.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says Pagan is one of 35 members and associates of the Newburgh Latin Kings who were charged in the case, all of whom have been convicted, 28 of whom have been sentenced.

The three men in a room process was the subject of some very public criticism by US Attorney Preet Bharara, who mocked the practice in a speech delivered the day after the arrest on corruption charges of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and said it is the root of Albany's many problems.

Manhattan District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said of the arrests, «Today's charges demonstrate, once again, that a show - me - the - money culture seems to pervade every level of New York government.

And who in the service of that ambition tried to bribe his way to a shot at Gracie Mansion,» said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office brought bribery and fraud charges against the alleged crooked pols.

«The charges we unseal today demonstrate once again that a show - me - the - money culture seems to pervade every level of New York government,» Bharara said at a press conference earlier Tuesday.

The trial is the first growing out of a corruption scandal that rocked Albany in April when Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, announced charges against Mr. Stevenson and said that another Democratic assemblyman, Nelson L. Castro, had resigned and was cooperating with the government.

The charges mark the second major inquiry of the Cuomo administration by the office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan; eight months ago, after investigating Mr. Cuomo's handling of an anticorruption panel that he had created and abruptly shut down, Mr. Bharara said there was «insufficient evidence to prove a federal crime.»

On Thursday, Bharara, when announcing Silver's arrest, said the charges «in our view go to the very core of what ails Albany: lack of transparency, lack of accountability and lack of principle — joined with overabundance of greed, cronyism and self - dealing.

Judge Caproni denied a defense motion to dismiss the charges but said certain comments by Mr. Bharara could have been interpreted to reflect his «personal views as to Silver's character or guilt with respect to the charges filed against him.»

In January, Bharara bashed the political culture in Albany, saying that if the charges against Silver stick, «then at least one of the proverbial three men in a room is deeply compromised.»

This suit seeks to remedy the violations that occurred at Pan American and ensure that the New York City Department of Education protects its employees» civil rights in the future,» Bharara said in announcing the lawsuit, which came a day after his office charged the city's Correction Union President Norman Seabrook with fraud and corruption.

«I really do hope that there is a trial in this case, so that all New Yorkers can see, in gory detail, what their state government has been up to,» Bharara said in September 2016, when he unveiled the charges.

Bharara's office attached the full office Twitter feed related to Silver's arrest as an exhibit to its court filing, saying Silver's lawyers omitted in their request to throw out the charges key information such as the fact that the Twitter feed referenced «charges» and was linked to a press release and a criminal complaint.

Steven Molo, Silver's attorney, said that he will aim to have the charges tossed because of prejudicial statements made by Bharara to the press, in a speech and in a television interview before his indictment by a grand jury last week.

And as the charges also show, the greedy art of secret self - reward was practiced with particular cleverness and cynicism by the Speaker himself,» Bharara said.

The case demonstrates that «the show - me - the - money culture of Albany has been perpetuated and promoted at the very top of the political food chain,» Bharara said in announcing Silver's arrest last month on charges including honest service fraud and extortion under the color of official duties.

Bharara's office said its press release and press conference statements made «abundantly clear that the charges were allegations.»

Bharara also said he might have done some things differently in his prosecution of two former legislative leaders had the cases come before a recent Supreme Court ruling that reversed the corruption charges against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Former Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who has been outspoken in his opposition to a gas power plant under construction in Orange County, says the project should be scrapped altogether in the wake of the corruption charges brought by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, which showed the company behind it, Competitive Power Ventures, allegedly bribed a former top aide to the governor, Joe Percoco, seeking favorable treatment from the administration.

The trial is the first growing out of a corruption scandal that rocked Albany in April when US Attorney Preet Bharara announced charges against Stevenson and said that another Democratic assemblyman, Nelson Castro, had resigned and was cooperating with the government.

Here's what New York's governor has said in recent months about Bharara's probe and some of the men charged with paying or accepting bribes in return for state contracts.

Bharara also said he might have done some things differently in his prosecution of two former legislative leaders, had the cases come before a recent Supreme Court ruling that reversed the corruption charges against former Virginia Governor McDonnell.

Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said prosecutors would seek to retry Seabrook, who's charged with crimes that include funneling more than $ 1.2 million in council «slush» funds to non-profits that paid his then - mistress and several relatives more than $ 600,000 after taxes.

Bharara, who said after Silver was arrested to «stay tuned,» says that message continues to be implicit every time the U.S. attorney announces new corruption charges.

«We do thousands of projects,» Cuomo said the day after Bharara announced the federal charges.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said federal corruption charges filed today against two Syracuse executives, a former governor's aide and others are further evidence of the «show - me - the - money culture» that defiles New York state government.

The media took its cue from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who exclaimed that he was on a mission from God to clean up Albany single - handedly: «These charges go to the very core of what ails Albany,» he said, «a lack of transparency, lack of accountability and a lack of principle joined with an over-abundance of greed, cronyism and self - dealing.»

They said Cuomo's barely disguised hope to someday run for president would likely be ruined if Bharara brings criminal charges against Percoco.

Paterson noted he's not the only one to criticize Bharara: A federal judge knocked the prosecutor for public comments made after the arrest of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver on corruption charges, saying they walk «up against the line» of appropriate.

Bharara has said he never broke ethics rules while talking about Silver, who is charged with pocketing more than $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks while serving as one of the most powerful politicians in the state.

Giuliani said in an interview with The Post that it's in Skelos» own interest — as well as the Senate's — to focus on defending himself from the corruption charges filed by US Attorney Preet Bharara.

In an interview on Talk 1300's «Live from the State Capitol,» DiNapoli said that federal investigators had been given access to whatever they needed as they probed the alleged bribery scheme involving Navnoor Kang, but his office learned the depth of the issue when U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced charges against Kang on Wednesday.

Kang faces wire fraud and securities fraud charges as well as theft of honest services charges in the alleged pay - to - play schemes he carried out as the state Common Retirement Fund's Director of Fixed Income Portfolio Strategy, U.S. Southern District Attorney Preet Bharara said Wednesday after an indictment was unsealed.

«As today's charges make clear, the show - me - the - money culture of Albany has been perpetuated and promoted at the very top of the political food chain,» Bharara said.

«The defendants and pharmacies charged today allegedly were part of one the largest opioid painkiller diversion schemes ever uncovered in New York,» Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said.

Bharara trip to Albany not only comes weeks after securing the convictions of the top two state legislative leaders, but also after he said he found insufficient evidence to bring charges against Cuomo and members of his staff for their handling of the ill - fated Moreland anti-corruption commission.

In announcing the charges against Silver on Thursday, Bharara said his office's «unfinished fight against public corruption continues,» adding New Yorkers should «stay tuned.»

Doctor - 1 has not been charged with any wrongdoing in the case; U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said today the doctor had entered into a non-prosecution agreement in exchange for his cooperation with the investigation.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Thursday that there were no charges against the governor.

«The charges we unsealed today demonstrate once again that a «show me the money» culture seems to pervade every level of New York government,» U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said.

At a press conference on Monday to announce the charges, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said CW - 1 had entered a non-prosecution agreement as part of his cooperation.

Mr. Castro's role as an informer was revealed in April 2013 when Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, announced corruption charges against Mr. Stevenson and said Mr. Castro had resigned his seat and was cooperating with the government.