Sentences with phrase «after federal prosecutors»

The U.S. government's Supreme Court battle with Microsoft Corp over whether technology companies can be forced to hand over data stored overseas could be nearing its end, after federal prosecutors...

After federal prosecutors repeatedly made comments on a major news website encouraging the conviction of the defendants, a federal judge threw out convictions for five police officers found to have shot unarmed citizens during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Level 5 Motorsports» assets were seized in early - 2016, going up for auction a year later, after federal prosecutors settled on a fine.

Howe was jailed after federal prosecutors asked a judge to revoke his bail.

In 2012, Eisner signed off on a $ 3.5 million settlement after federal prosecutors alleged that the company had charged higher interest rates and fees on mortgages to minority borrowers than to whites with similar financial profiles.

Acknowledgment of the investigation comes just days after federal prosecutors subpoenaed Cuomo's «executive chamber» — the official name of his office — regarding projects involved in the «Buffalo Billion» economic initiative and a proposed power plant in the Hudson Valley.

Skelos resigned as Senate majority leader in May 2015 after federal prosecutors charged him and his son, and automatically lost his Senate seat with his conviction.

Mr. Seabrook furiously rejects that line of reasoning, as well as criticism of Mr. Liu, whose bid for Gracie Mansion lost momentum after federal prosecutors scored damning guilty verdicts against his campaign treasurer and a fund - raiser.

Silver now faces charges for fraud, after federal prosecutors say he received bribes through work he claimed to do for a personal injury law firm and a real estate law firm.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone ordered county attorneys last week to file the suit after federal prosecutors in a presentencing memo raised the amount of wages they said Walsh, an ex-corrections lieutenant, had taken illegally while he was golfing, gambling and politicking.

The poll comes weeks after federal prosecutors launched an investigation into Cuomo's decision to shut down an anti-corruption panel — a move that critics say was designed to prevent the panel from scrutinizing his administration.

Cuomo reinvigorated his push in April of 2013, after federal prosecutors indicted two sitting legislators and announced that a third had been wearing a wire.

Venditto has been a powerful Republican leader until he stepped down after federal prosecutors charged him and County Executive Edward Mangano for taking bribes.

The state budget includes no significant new controls or oversight on how the Cuomo administration spends money on economic development projects, and that troubles many lawmakers after federal prosecutors accused eight men of bid - rigging schemes in earlier development projects.

The school placed him on «unpaid administrative leave,» interim university president Greg Postel told reporters last Wednesday, a day after federal prosecutors outlined the case against several coaches and Adidas employees.

The raid was instigated after federal prosecutors obtained a search warrant following a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller.

Not exact matches

FBI agents seized documents using several warrants after the case was referred in part by Mueller to New York federal prosecutors, Cohen attorney Stephen Ryan wrote in an email.

The two sides were set to face off in court on Tuesday, but late on Monday a federal judge in Riverside, California, agreed to the government's request to postpone the hearing after U.S. prosecutors said that a «third party» had presented a possible method for opening an encrypted iPhone.

«Group after group and committee after committee within GM that reviewed the issue failed to take action or acted too slowly,» Anton Valukas, the former federal prosecutor hired by the automaker to investigate the reason for the delay, said in a 315 - page report.

The former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti scrutinized Schwartz's argument after the CNN segment aired, tweeting that the attorney's suggestion that Trump was unaware of the agreement could actually be good news for Daniels.

In yet another twist to the case, in early November of 2014, The Miami Herald reported that Rodriguez had actually admitted to federal agents that he had used performance - enhancing drugs from 2010 - 12, after being granted immunity from prosecutors during a drug investigation.

Just days after JPMorgan paid $ 410 million to the nation's energy regulator to resolve claims the bank devised «manipulative schemes» to transform «money - losing power plants into powerful profit centers,» federal prosecutors in Manhattan opened an investigation into the same activity.

That's because a Trump pardon wouldn't simply nullify any potential federal conviction — it would, under current New York law, bar state prosecutors from trying to go after him themselves.

Earlier, he had denied wrongdoing in a post on InvestorsHub after Retrophin disclosed it had received a subpoena from federal prosecutors and the preliminary findings from its own investigation of Shkreli.

The search warrants were sought and executed by FBI agents and federal prosecutors in New York in coordination with special counsel Robert Mueller's team after an initial referral from Mueller's office.

The search warrants were sought and executed by FBI agents and federal prosecutors in coordination with special counsel Robert Mueller's team after an initial referral from Mueller's office.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan reportedly received the search warrant after obtaining a referral from Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

USA Gymnastics needs a «complete cultural change» after not doing enough to educate its staff, members and athletes about protecting children from sexual abuse and failing to ensure that safeguards were being followed, according to a critical review by a former federal prosecutor.

Former federal prosecutor Patrick Cotter said it makes sense for Trump to claim this so shortly after his lawyers asserted attorney - client privilege in the Cohen criminal investigation.

«We're not trying to make money on short - term moves in Herbalife stock,» he said in a «Squawk Box» interview, a day after The Wall Street Journal reported that federal prosecutors and the FBI are investigating potential stock manipulation in regards to Herbalife.

Manhattan federal prosecutors told the judge who sentenced Dean and Adam Skelos last week that the government won't push for them to go to prison until at least three - plus months after the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a pending case on anti-corruption laws.

«It's shocking that even after his conviction, Chris McGrath still speaks fondly of Dean Skelos while producing no concrete plan stop corruption in Albany,» said Kaminsky, a Democratic assemblyman elected in 2014 and a former federal prosecutor.

A day after Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani likened federal law enforcement agents to stormtroopers, Caputo said his experience with investigators reminded him of the Soviet KGB and Russian prosecutors.

After acknowledging the economic development program is under federal investigation and possible wrongdoing revealed by the inquiry, the Cuomo administration hired a former prosecutor to review contracts related to the Buffalo Billion.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is making aggressive law enforcement a top priority, directing his federal prosecutors across the country to crack down on illegal immigrants and «use every tool» they have to go after violent criminals and drug traffickers.

Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to revoke the bail of former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., who was convicted in May after a prolonged and colorful trial of stealing close to half a million dollars from Soundview, the federally funded Bronx health clinic he founded and ran for years with the assistance of allies and members of his family.

The investigations had appeared to be winding down for the last several weeks after de Blasio met personally with federal prosecutors to discuss the probe.

A former federal prosecutor, the 50 - year - old Thompson became an ascendant star in New York City politics after he defeated 22 - year incumbent Charles Hynes to become his borough's top prosecutor in 2013.

Federal prosecutors investigating President Trump's personal attorney, Michael D. Cohen, are seeking records related to two women who received payments in 2016 after alleging affairs with Trump years before — adult - film star Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal — according to two people familiar with the matter.

His indictment comes more than two years after he confirmed while testifying in the corruption trial of former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos that federal prosecutors were probing his role in county contracts that went to political campaign contributors.

Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Cuomo, was so confident he would be working for his close friend after the 2014 election that he told his mortgage company he was «guaranteed» a job in the administration, federal prosecutors say in a new filing.

Jimmy Meng, a former Flushing state assemblyman and father of current Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D - Flushing), was arrested on charges of wire fraud in an FBI sting operation after he accepted a fruit basket containing $ 80,000 in bribery money Tuesday afternoon at his Flushing - based company, according to federal prosecutors.

On Tuesday, the BOE voted to refer the actions of a Grimm campaign operative to local, state, and federal prosecutors after Grimm's aide, Joe Shikhman, filed an extra petition for Donovan that could have gotten the incumbent thrown off the Reform Party Line.

He replaced 16 - year incumbent Thomas Spota, who stepped down last month after he and his top corruption prosecutor, Christopher McPartland, were indicted on federal charges that they were involved in a cover - up of former Suffolk Police Chief James Burke's assault of a suspect in 2012.

The internal review will be conducted by Bart Schwartz, a former federal prosecutor who now works as an independent investigator, according to David's statement, which was released shortly after 5 p.m. — and minutes after the News article was posted online.

At issue was whether federal prosecutors could enter into evidence some of the legal fees the county paid the politically connected firm after Mangano, a Republican, was elected county executive.

Federal prosecutors are seeking to retry U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez on bribery and corruption charges after an earlier trial ended in a deadlocked jury last fall.

They also are seeking more oversight, after the state - funded construction of SolarCity's plant at RiverBend became the target of federal prosecutors over how the project was awarded.

During opening statements, on Wednesday March, 14, 2018, in Central Islip, a federal prosecutor said former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano «sold himself» to restaurateur Harendra Singh in order to maintain his lavish lifestyle after becoming county executive.

Federal prosecutors began presenting evidence to a grand jury in Brooklyn in the death of Garner, an unarmed black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white police officer in Staten Island in July 2014, according to a person briefed on the matter.