Sentences with phrase «percoco accepted bribes»

She settled one lawsuit brought by a fashion designer for a reported $ 430,000, and has since been sued by a former lawyer after alleging the attorney had accepted a bribe.

The film is loosely based on the ABSCAM investigation of the late 1970s and early 1980s, in which the FBI got several members of Congress on videotape agreeing to accept bribes from a man they thought was a wealthy Arab sheik.

Sun admitted to taking advantage of his post to accept bribes worth about 170 million yuan ($ 27 million) from 2002 to 2017 together with people affiliated with him, the state - run Xinhua News Agency reported.

He said that his company could have an operative try to videotape a politician they want to discredit accepting a bribe.

Beginning in or around 2004 and continuing through 2011, I and others on the FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup... Beginning in or about 1993 and continuing through the early 2000s, I and others agreed to accept bribes and kickbacks in conjunction with the broadcast and other rights to the 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003 Gold Cups.

At the same time two Congressmen who received the top score for their «Christian» legislative activity were shortly to be convicted for criminal activity: one for accepting a bribe of $ 25,000 in the Abscam scandal and the other for homosexual solicitation of boys in Washington.

In Iowa it is illegal to bribe an athlete but quite legal for the athlete to accept the bribe.

Diack's son involved in accepting bribes from countries like Qatar for the naming of the world champs.

In a 78 - page report, CHRAJ said its investigations concluded that the President's action did not amount to accepting a bribe.

Does that mean he willingly accepted the bribe and only had a change of mind after his party had found out?

Percoco was accused of accepting bribes from COR development executive Steve Aiello and Joseph Gerardi and Peter Galbraith Kelly from Competitive Power Ventures, and using his position in state government and his relationship with the governor to move projects forward.

According to the coalition, there are a number of instances where duty bearers accept bribe and fail to discharge their duties as expected of them thus giving room for the illegality to thrive.

That notwithstanding, the commission has also concluded that the President's action did not amount to accepting a bribe.

Last week, former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Lower Manhattan) escaped justice when a federal appeals panel overturned his conviction for accepting bribes and money - laundering.

Bonomo, a major political player in the state, earned fame as the main witness who cooperated with prosecutors to convict former Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos (Nassau County) for accepting bribes.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert continued to fight corruption charges, most notably in the trial involving the Holyland real estate development project in which Olmert faced charges that he accepted bribes from businessmen and stakeholders.

Former Town Supervisor John Venditto was charged last year in federal court with soliciting and accepting bribes from the town's former concessionaire, Harendra Singh, who was also charged.

In throwing out the conviction of Robert McDonnell, a former Virginia governor accused of accepting bribes, the justices narrowed the definition of official bribery.

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano is facing trial for accepting bribes while surrounded by a cloud of corruption owing to the arrest of his aide Edward Ambrosino.

Percoco is accused of accepting bribe money from an energy company executive, through a «low - show» job for his wife in the company's education outreach program.

Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Cuomo and a consultant for COR, he's accused of accepting bribes in return for state assistance on development projects.

Rockland County, NY - A chasidic Jew from Rockland County has been identified as the cooperating witness who helped the FBI uncover a massive plot to rig the 2013 New York City mayoral race and led to the arrest of six politicians who allegedly accepted bribes.

Zuma himself was accused of having accepted bribes from international arms manufacturers.

But in a 78 - page report, CHRAJ said its investigations concluded that the President's action did not amount to accepting a bribe.

He restated the comments by the former PRO of the Presby Church, Dr. Emmanuel Acheampong that Prof. Martey is corrupt and a liar after accepting a bribe of 10, 000 dollars from a presidential candidate of a leading political party in Ghana.

Seminerio was not the only elected official found to have been accepting bribes on behalf of a hospital executive.

In another alleged scheme, Silver was accused of accepting bribes in exchange for enacting tax breaks that helped a Manhattan real estate firm.

-LSB-...] County Executive Ed Mangano is facing trial for accepting bribes while surrounded by a cloud of corruption owing to the arrest of his aide Edward Ambrosino.

In his separate proceeding, Mei also told the magistrate he had accepted bribes from a concessionaire, who later was identified as Singh.

Pigeon — who for decades has quietly assisted candidates, companies and sitting officials as they navigate the labyrinthine factions of Erie County politics — was arraigned the day after the judge, state Supreme Court Justice John Michalek, resigned from office and pleaded guilty to accepting bribes.

In one instance in 2012, the Real Estate Board of New York solicited donations for Lewis A. Fidler, a Brooklyn Democrat who at the time was running for a State Senate seat (whose previous occupant had pleaded guilty to accepting bribes).

Bharara in January made his most high - profile arrest, charging now former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver with accepting bribes and kickbacks.

It didn't stop about a dozen legislators from accepting bribes in recent years.

Assemblyman William Boyland Jr.'s attorney insists Boyland didn't accept a bribe, but was merely trying to «scam what he perceived to be corrupt businessmen trying to scam him,» and all he gave or planned to give in return was «promises, promises, promises and no action.»

Todd Howe, a lobbyist accused of accepting the bribes, has already pleaded guilty and is a cooperating witness for the government.

On February 17th, 2009, an Italian court sentenced Mills to four years and six months in jail for accepting a bribe from Berlusconi and giving false evidence on his behalf.

Pressed into doing so by the FBI, after supposedly being videotaped accepting a bribe from a Hudson County vendor — a psychiatrist whose company serviced jails and a psychiatric hospital.

The Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office alleges Percoco accepted bribes from Syracuse developer Steven F. Aiello, a co-defendant in the upcoming trial.

However, the complaint from Bharara's office alleges that Silver performed no legal work at the firm, and his position was just a cover to allow him to accept bribes.

A former New York state assemblyman has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after he was caught in a sting operation accepting bribes from a carnival promoter and two undercover FBI agents posing as out - of - town real estate investors.

Venditto is accused of soliciting and accepting bribes from restaurateur and former town concessionaire Harendra Singh in return for helping him obtain town guarantees on $ 20 million in loans.

Mei, 58, of Bayville, is cooperating with prosecutors after pleading guilty to accepting bribes from Singh, including $ 50,000 in checks made out to cash, a trip to South Korea and cash payments to cover a $ 36,000 BMW lease.

Percoco allegedly accepted bribes from a former executive at a power company, known as Competitive Power Ventures.

Mangano is charged with accepting bribes from Singh in return for county concession contracts and for helping to induce Venditto to arrange indirect loan guarantees for Singh.

A lawyer for a longtime confidante and top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo says his client accepted no bribes - or «ziti,» as prosecutors like to call it.

Jacobs promised to prove charges of conspiracy and accepting bribes with videos, audio and emails, along with the testimony of a former assemblyman who collected evidence against Stevenson to try to earn a reduced sentence for his own plea to public corruption charges.

A lawyer for a longtime confidante and top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told jurors Wednesday that his client accepted no bribes, or «ziti,» as prosecutors like to call it.

Prosecutors say the Manganos and Venditto accepted bribes and kickbacks to arrange loan guarantees and contracts for restaurateur Harendra Singh.

He has pleaded not guilty, and his lawyer said he did not accept bribes.

In October, Mangano was arrested on federal corruption charges for allegedly accepting bribes and kickbacks from a local restaurateur who received benefits including a county contract.