Sentences with phrase «commission brought charges against»

On March 14, the Security and Exchange Commission brought charges against Holmes and Balwani, alleging that they intentionally misled investors and business partners.

Not exact matches

As France did not seek the Commission's approval Uber argued that criminal charges brought against two of the company's French managers were not valid.

Billionaire cleared on insider trading charges brought against him by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

«When the Iranian government brought these trumped - up charges of espionage and other so - called crimes against your brethren, we were outraged but we also were not surprised,» said Leonard Leo, the commission chair.

Peter Kauffmann, who resigned his post as Gov. David Paterson's communications director in the wake of ethics charges brought against his boss by the Public Integrity Commission, has landed a new job in the private sector.

Despite his frail health, the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh on Wednesday showed up at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for his trial which borders on a seven - count charge of criminal breach of trust and money laundering to the tune of N400m brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Now, if the person «briefed» on Bharara's investigation and sharing insights with the WSJ is to be believed, it appears the US attorney will be satisfied with merely having embarrassed the governor — especially if his office manages to bring some charges against a lawmaker or two that the commission declined to pursue, perhaps, as this story suggests, at the administration's request.

An Abuja High Court has knocked off an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Michael Adariku who was billed to testify against the former National Security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) in the charges brought against him by the Federal government.

The work of the Moreland Commission helped Mr. Bharara's office bring corruption charges against Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat who recently stepped down as speaker and whose arrest in January refocused attention on the need for better oversight on ethics.

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.

Yet when he had an opportunity to commission a full and independent investigation of the matter after the first complaint, Silver acted with the same lackluster effort that was displayed when negotiating the settlement following the harassment charges brought against Lopez.

No other attorney general, no previous U.S. attorney, no previous district attorney, nor any Moreland Commission ever bothered to bring charges against locals violating the integrity of the electoral process.

Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34 year old son of former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, had his appeal struck out on Monday by an appellate court sitting in Kaduna against the decision of the Federal High Court, Kano which found him guilty of the charge of money laundering brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Justice Sanusi Tukur of the High Court slammed the sentence on Saulawa after finding him guilty of advance fee fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 dismissed the «no - case» submission brought by the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, who is standing trial on a 7 - count charge bordering on illegal diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Ndam is the third witness the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has brought to testify against the PDP spokesman, who alongside his firm, is answering to a seven - count criminal charge that borders on criminal breach of trust and illegal diversion of public funds to the tune of N400million.

As part of the deal to kill the commission Cuomo and the Legislature installed Sugarman as the head of an office charged with finding violations of campaign finance law and bringing cases against violators.

You would observe that there were instances when the commission brought 200 charges against an alleged criminal but could not prove a single charge.

Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought charges against Jon E. Montroll and his exchange BitFunder for operating an unregistered securities exchange and defrauding users.

Suits alleging a violation of Section 8 (b) of RESPA have been brought against real estate brokerages that charge consumers a flat fee in addition to a percentage - based commission.