Sentences with phrase «accepting bribes»

In separate prosecutions by federal attorneys in Philadelphia and Wilmington, Wilmington Trust loan officers have been convicted and imprisoned for accepting bribes for making improper loans during the bank's last years.

They started accepting bribes from Google when the Pixel came out (they reviewed the Pixel but held off or canceled their reviews other competing phones) and since then they're worthless.

«When one or two people start accepting bribes or favors, it just becomes a way of doing business.»

A New Jersey pastor convicted of accepting bribes from the now - defunct bitcoin exchange Coin.mx has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Council worker Charles Owenson was sentenced to 4 years and 4 months for accepting bribes.

As reported in the written decision of the Law Society Hearing Panel (which decision is under appeal by the applicant), the applicant threatened to sue the other board members for defamation after he was removed as President of the condo corporation and a notice of his removal was posted; circulated a letter (under a false name) on some floors within the building that falsely stated that some of the board members had previously gone bankrupt, had criminal convictions and were accepting bribes and free meals from the developer of the condominium to settle deficiencies with the developer; made a derogatory remark about some of the residents based on their ethnicity; threatened to report some of the directors to US / Canada border officials, falsely alleging that they were drug smugglers; threatened both the corporation's property manager and security services firm that their contracts with the condo corporation would be in jeopardy if they did not provide a character letter to the applicant.

Four assistant basketball coaches at NCAA Division I schools have been charged with accepting bribes to steer players to work with clothing companies, sports agents and financial advisers after they...

Tabloids alleged that the jury was accepting bribes from artists.

Some research seems to back employers» fears: Nearly one third of employees with self - reported credit problems engaged in «counterproductive work behavior,» such as theft or accepting bribes, compared to about 18 % of employees without financial problems, according to a 2008 academic study.

FEDERAL PROSECUTORS in New Hampshire are preparing to charge more than a dozen current and former American Honda Motor Co. executives with accepting bribes from dealers in exchange for franchises and hot - selling Honda models from 1986 through 1991.

• Former CEO Barbara Byrd - Bennett pleaded guilty Tuesday to accepting bribes for steering no - bid contracts to an education consulting firm in exchange for $ 2.3 million in promised kickbacks, extending Chicago's reputation for systemic public...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Jurors will see video recordings of political party leaders accepting bribes — envelopes stuffed with cash — that were meant to get former state Sen. Malcolm Smith a spot on the 2013 New York City mayoral ballot, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Some expect him to also make an issue that a pension fund official in DiNapoli's office was charged in 2016 with accepting bribes in exchange for steering business to two private brokers.

The undercover work of the assemblyman, Nelson L. Castro, a Bronx Democrat who cooperated to avoid prosecution for perjury, helped federal prosecutors in Manhattan with an investigation that led to charges against another Bronx Democrat, Assemblyman Eric A. Stevenson, for accepting bribes.

Mei, who pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from Singh in exchange for helping him secure town - guaranteed loans, said the GOP wielded outsized influence in Oyster Bay.

She noted that Lacewell testified that Percoco, who is accused of accepting bribes from companies with business before the state, continued to come into his old government office at times after leaving the state payroll to run Cuomo's campaign.

He 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.

Crime: State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, was charged Jan. 22, 2015 with accepting bribes and kickbacks totaling nearly $ 4 million.

CPV, the company building the 680 megawatt plant, was in the news in 2016 when federal prosecutors charged Joe Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with accepting bribes from the firm in an unrelated matter.

The stink of corruption continues to linger over Cuomo's administration, with one former top aide to the governor recently convicted of fraud and accepting bribes, and another headed to trial on corruption charges in June.

Mr. Percoco is charged with accepting bribes in return for official actions on behalf of upstate developers; Mr. Howe claims he facilitated the bribes.

Percoco was charged with soliciting and accepting bribes from executives of Syracuse - based COR Development and an energy company doing business in the Hudson Valley.

Silver, who is accused of accepting bribes in the form of legal fees, was the fourth speaker to enter into legal peril over the past 10 months.

Former top governor's aide Joseph Percoco is accused of accepting bribes from three business executives through a «shell company» set up by Howe.

The Brooklyn Democrat was accused of accepting bribes from a carnival promoter and two undercover FBI agents posing as out - of - town real estate investors.

In addition to Harrington and Grant, a handful of other police officials have been arrested and accused of accepting bribes in exchange for handing out of gun licenses to unqualified applicants.

Tabone — who was tried with Smith for plotting to rig the 2013 mayoral election by getting Smith on the ticket — claims he didn't have a «fiduciary duty» to his party that would've barred him from accepting bribes from Smith.

Menendez is accused of accepting bribes from co-defendant Salomon Melgen, a Florida eye doctor, in exchange for personal favors as part of a corruption scheme, including helping Melgen with a Medicare billing dispute.

The Iraqi oil for food programme is abandoned because of accusations of corruption and abuse amid allegations of senior UN officials accepting bribes from the Iraqi regime and Kofi Annan's son illegally procuring contracts.

Mei, 58, of Bayville, pleaded guilty in 2015 to honest - services fraud for accepting bribes from Singh, who gave him $ 50,000 in checks made out to cash, trips to South Korea and Italy and cash payments for a $ 36,000 BMW lease.

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano is facing trial for accepting bribes but the Republican might still run for re-election.

A former NYPD deputy chief pleaded guilty to a reduced charge Thursday in a corruption scandal that rocked the department with allegations of cops accepting bribes that included free romps...

Smith — who is also accused of accepting bribes from others — remains a lame duck until the end of the year after losing a re-election bid in September's» primary.

His cooperation ultimately helped lead to the indictment of a fellow assemblyman from the Bronx, Eric Stevenson, who has been accused of accepting bribes in exchange for legislation that gave a competitive advantage to a business in his district.

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.

A former NYC Parks Department employee was indicted on charges of bid - rigging and accepting bribes.

(The seat is currenly vacant, and two of the district's last three assembly members have left office due to bribery charges, including, most recently, Eric Stevenson, who was convicted in January of accepting bribes).

We will never see this happen because accepting bribes from lobbyists is how most congress people fund their lavish retirement life styles.

However, if that approval was preceded by payments from Russian interests to high US government officials who directed or influenced that approval, or payments to the spouses of those officials, or payments to that official's private charity, then it becomes a case of those officials accepting bribes and using their considerable power in their own financial and political interests instead of the interests of the US citizens.

Records show Stevenson was due $ 8,986 in non-session travel, around the same time a federal criminal complaint alleges he was accepting bribes in exchange for introducing a bill that would have allowed developers to corner the market on an adult day care center.

MANHATTAN, N.Y. — The bribery trial of Governor Andrew Cuomo's former aide and close confidante Joseph Percoco continued Monday with prosecutors accusing him of accepting bribes from Syracuse developers.

Two of the 79th's last three assembly members have left office due to bribery charges, including, most recently, Eric Stevenson, who was convicted in January of accepting 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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