Sentences with phrase «federal mail fraud»

For years, according to testimony during former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno's 2009 trial, members of the state Senate's Republican conference were instructed to submit their annual financial disclosure forms by hand rather than through the mail in order to avoid potential federal mail fraud charges.

He made no bones about the legal thinking behind his warning: «There were, quite frankly, concerns with federal mail fraud statutes.»

Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. of Brooklyn is facing federal mail fraud charges related to allegations that he filed bogus travel vouchers and collected per diem payments for days the lawmaker falsely claimed he was in Albany on legislative business.

As an example of such thinking, he cited the former leader of the State Senate who instructed his members to deliver their public disclosure forms by hand rather than mailing them so as to avoid any possible federal mail fraud charges — the unspoken assumption being that lawmakers might have lied on those forms.

The 2011 bill passed after revelations former Senate majority leader Joe Bruno advised members of his conference to physically deliver the forms to avoid the risk of being hit with federal mail fraud charges.

Not exact matches

• Although COINTELPRO came to light in 1971 — with its disregard of First Amendment freedoms and its massive violations of federal and state statutes against mail and wire fraud, incitement to violence, extortion, and sending obscene material through the mail — the Justice Department did not look into the program until 1974, and even then it uncovered no crimes.

Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was released this afternoon on a $ 200,000 bond after being arrested for wire fraud, mail fraud and extortion — and told reporters outside a federal courthouse he would be vindicated.

Former Senate Leader Joe Bruno, who was convicted on mail and wire fraud in 2009, won on appeal — also because of changes in federal law determined by another U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Federal and State officials raided the offices of Espada's non profit Wednesday morning, searching for additional evidence to support possible mail fraud, theft and conspiracy charges.

A day later, Espada's clinic was raided by federal and state authorities and law - enforcement sources said criminal charges of mail fraud and tax evasion were expected as soon as next month.

Congressman Michael Grimm pleaded not guilty this afternoon to a slew of federal charges, including mail, wire and health care fraud, filing false tax returns, perjury, obstruction of an official proceeding and hiring undocumented workers.

The suit accuses him of a «cold, calculated scheme» involving at least 374 acts of mail fraud over eight years and forged signatures of federal judges.

In that case, SUNY Buffalo professor Steven Kurtz was accused of bio-terrorism before eventually being tried on federal mail and wire fraud charges.

Wednesday, federal authorities raided the clinic headquarters, searching for evidence that could implicate the senator in money laundering, mail fraud and tax fraud, according to state and federal officials.

A federal grand jury handed down a new 11 - count indictment in the state Sen. Carl Kruger ongoing bribery scandal charging the defendants, including real estate developer Aaron Malinsky and lobbyist Richard Lipsky, with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.

He was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $ 280,000 in restitution, but the penalty was stayed pending a much - anticipated US Supreme Court decision involving the «honest services» section of the federal mail - fraud law under which he was tried.

The disgraced ex-pol was handed two prison terms by federal Judge Valerie Caproni: 12 years for the six criminal counts against him, including mail and wire fraud and extortion, and another 10 years on a seventh count involving money - laundering.

Former Senate Leader Joe Bruno, who was convicted on mail and wire fraud in 2009, also won on appeal, once again, due to changes in federal law determined by another U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

He had faced three federal charges — mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion — for each scheme, as well as a money laundering charge after prosecutors accused him of having illegally laundered the proceeds of those schemes to lucrative investments with a Buffalo - area venture capitalist.

Ever since a federal jury nailed him in 2003 on 16 counts of racketeering, conspiracy, extortion, mail fraud, bribery and filing false tax returns, he failed to show remorse or even acknowledge wrongdoing — until now.

Such a federal charge would likely be accompanied by other offenses such as mail fraud, wire fraud, extortion and even money laundering, sources said.

QUEENS — Former State Sen. Shirley Huntley pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday to charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, according to the U.S. attorney's office.

Federal prosecutors charged Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. of Brooklyn with three counts of mail fraud Monday.

I'm reminded of the time former state senator Dick Schermerhorn, under felony federal indictment for mail fraud, money laundering and the like, lost to an unknown undertaker from Port Jervis.

Silver, charged with five federal counts of theft of honest services, mail fraud, wire fraud, and extortion for improperly using his public position to obtain nearly $ 4 million in illicit payments, and Skelos, charged with six federal counts of conspiracy, extortion, wire fraud, and soliciting bribes in connection with exploiting his public position in order to secure a lucrative no - show job for his son, have both declared their innocence, with Silver's legal team attempting to paint its client's dealing as par for the course in Albany.

The federal complaint against Silver accuses him of mail fraud and the federal crime of theft of honest services, saying he engaged in a scheme since 2000 to use the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself over $ 6 million, including $ 700,000 in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income he earned as a private lawyer.

If any of those potential criminal offenses were federal crimes, such as mail or wire fraud, then interference with the investigation could conceivably be construed as obstruction of justice, or even aiding and abetting the commission of such a crime or serving as an accessory after the fact to the criminal offense, said several legal experts who declined to speak on the record because of the sensitivity of the investigation.

Additionally the defendant will serve a consecutive term in Federal Prison relating to a 2008 mail fraud conviction.

He has been indicted on charges wire fraud, mail fraud, theft of government funds, making false statements, filing false reports with federal election officials and filing false tax returns.

What happens now after Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been charged by federal authorities with bribery and mail fraud in connection with his official duties?

A former lawyer from Chautauqua County may be facing as much as 20 years in prison and a $ 250 - thousand fine on a federal charge of mail fraud for a nearly three year long ponzi scheme.

The former governor was arrested the month before his resignation on federal corruption charges that included wire fraud, mail fraud and solicitation of bribery.

She faces up to two years in prison under the federal sentencing guidelines for the charge, conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

Lanham, who earned $ 1.7 million working for the DOE, surrendered to federal authorities Thursday morning on mail fraud and theft charges.

Village of Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin and Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret face bribery and mail fraud charges in connection with a federal corruption case stretching from New York City to Spring Valley to Albany.

The head of another former Milwaukee voucher school, Henry Tyler, was indicted by a federal grand jury on counts of mail fraud and money laundering.

On Friday, March 31, 2017 CCSA learned federal authorities charged Ben Chavis, former director of three California charter schools collectively known as the American Indian Model Schools (AIMS), with mail fraud and money laundering in connection with the schools» applications for federal grant funds.

Write your state and federal Attorneys General demanding Al Gore and others conducting Global Warming / Climate Change racketeering and mail fraud operations be brought to justice, indicted, tried, convicted and jailed.

Earlier this month, Kieffer was convicted on federal charges of mail fraud and impersonating a lawyer.

Tuesday, the HealthSouth founder and the former Alabama governor will stand together before a federal judge, facing the possibility of years in prison for convictions on federal bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud charges.

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The 47 - year - old attorney was arrested last Thursday, arraigned by a federal magistrate earlier this week and pleaded not guilty to five counts of mail fraud and two counts of wire fraud.

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