Sentences with phrase «against kickback»

By its terms the bulletin «provides an overview of RESPA's prohibitions against kickback and unearned fees and general information on MSAs, describes examples of market behavior gleaned from CFPB's enforcement experience in this area, and describes the legal and compliance risks (it has) observed from such arrangements.»

«Everyone in the world is against kickbacks, and everyone is in favor of business innovation.

SACRAMENTO — The state Department of Insurance has reached an agreement with the state title insurance industry to more strictly enforce the prohibition against kickbacks to real estate salespeople and brokers.The title industry agreed not to offer such incentives as under - the - table payments, car - lease payments, and purchases of computer equipment.

12 USC Section 2607 or Section 8 is titled Prohibition against kickbacks and unearned fees.

In October 2014, one of the Weekly NewsLINEs was dedicated to compliance with Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and prohibitions against kickbacks and unearned fees in residential real estate transactions.

Not exact matches

NYC Councilman Larry Seabrook's mistress is prepared to testify against him, saying he shook her down for thousands of dollars in kickbacks after arranging consulting jobs for her.

Bump stocks attach to semi-automatic weapons and enable sustained firing by using the force of the weapon's kickback to bounce the firearm against the shooter's trigger finger over and over.

The superseding indictment adds 21 more counts to the alleged corruption and kickback case that Eastern District federal prosecutors had already brought against Venditto, Edward Mangano and Linda Mangano.

DO N'T put the arm on major real estate developer Glenwood Management — in the midst of negotiations affecting the company's profits — to hire a law firm that's secretly paying you kickbacks (which is one of Bharara's charges against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver).

«Marsh's behavior was a blatant abuse of law and market power: price - fixing, bid - rigging and kickbacks,» Spitzer wrote in the piece, which he said he penned to counter a Wall Street Journal editorial that sought to «disparage the cases my office brought against Marsh & McLennan.»

His company was a key player in an alleged kickback scheme involving former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, as well as a figure in a corruption case against former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The charges against Mr. Silver are focused on his outside income — which U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has argued amounted to «bribes and kickbacks» disguised as legitimate earnings — and today's agreement calls for new disclosure requirements for any income in excess of $ 1,000.

The federal case against Silver focused on his private legal work, which generated millions in what prosecutors were able to cast as bribes and kickbacks disguised as legal fees.

The wells of real estate company largesse are drying up for politicians and political organizations, following corruption allegations against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver involving bribery and kickback schemes.

That argument — that the conduct might be ugly but it isn't against the law, and everybody else does it — might sound familiar: it was what former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's lawyers said when U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara indicted him on accepting kickbacks disguised as outside income.

Federal authorities plan to unseal charges against a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as early as Thursday in connection with an alleged bribery and kickback scheme involving the governor's signature economic - development program, according to people familiar with the matter.

A renowned Columbia University Medical Center oncologist who has been lauded for a career spanning nearly a half - century is the key witness in the multimillion - dollar bribery and kickback case against state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, sources said Thursday.

Now federal prosecutors are considering bringing new charges against Bruno for bribery and kickbacks.

Federal authorities plan to unseal charges against Joe Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as early as today in connection with an alleged bribery and kickback scheme involving the governor's signature economic - development program, according to people familiar with the matter.

Dean Skelos» arrest marks the second major indictment of a leader of a legislative body following the case against Silver in January for using his powers as an elected official to elicit millions «in bribes and kickbacks» that he masked as legitimate income.

The complaint against Silver does not directly name the real estate law firm he allegedly used in a scheme to get some $ 700,000 in «bribes and kickbacks» from developers with business before the state.

Cohen's 40 - minute overview made refrains of the phrases «bribes and kickbacks» and «secrets and lies» as she sketched the case against Silver.

The charges against Skelos say that the developer involved in the kickback scheme used the LLC loophole to subvert campaign finance limits.

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.

The perennial question of how some people practice law while they make laws arises anew as U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's high - octane criminal complaint against Silver alleging «millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income earned as a private lawyer.»

With less than two months remaining in his tenure as attorney general, Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo has filed two lawsuits against President Obama's former car czar, Steve Rattner, alleging he paid kickbacks in order to obtain $ 150 million in investments in his private equity firm, Quadrangle Group, from the state pension fund.

Specifically the question of outside income was at the heart of the case against Silver, who took bribes and kickbacks disguised as outside income.

In the criminal complaint filed against Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the New York State Assembly, prosecutors outlined what they called two central schemes that he used to obtain bribes and kickbacks.

Mr. Rechnitz began testifying last week in Federal District Court in Manhattan in a government case against Norman Seabrook, the former head of the correction officers» union, who is charged with investing millions of dollars of retirement funds through a hedge fund in exchange for promised kickbacks.

The bribery, kickback and lying charges brought against Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto by the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District have not been proven, and until they are, the defendants deserve the presumption of innocence.

CEO Jeffrey Skilling that held the «honest services» statute used by federal prosecutors against both men requires proof of a kickback or bribe.

Respondents in this year's survey pointed to five main causes of the field's less than favorable reputation: drug and product recalls such as the withdrawal of Avandia; safety issues such as the discovery of problems with raw material from China used in medical products; scandals, including evidence that pharmaceutical companies have failed to release data from trials whose results cast doubts on their drugs» safety and efficacy; lawsuits brought against companies that failed to warn patients of problems with their products; and ethical issues such as kickbacks for physicians promoting specific medications.

1) Dumbbell curls against the wall (starting with palms facing down) 8 - 10 reps 2) Hammer curls against the wall 8 - 10 reps 3) Triceps Kickbacks with a reverse grip 8 - 10 reps 4) Triceps Kickbacks with a twist 8 - 10 reps 5) Triceps Kickbacks with a neutral grip 6 - 10 reps 6) Incline Curls 8 - 10 reps (Do regular curls against the wall if you don't have an adjustable bench)

The Third Circuit recently remanded a class action against C - wide and Balboa alleging kickbacks on private mortgage insurance.

Would have been nice to apply such a kickback against buying my books.

United States of America, et al. v. AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Inc.: Cohen Milstein represents three former managers of the AHF in a Federal and Florida State Whistleblower Act claims against the nation's largest provider of HIV / AIDS medical care for illegal patient referral kickbacks.

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.

On February 10, 2015, the CFPB announced action against NewDay Financial, LLC for deceptive mortgage advertising (see Weekly NewsLINEs Mortgage Advertising Compliance — A Path with Many Turns) and Section 8 kickbacks.

The borrower brought a class - action lawsuit against Countrywide, claiming that its captive reinsurance arrangement amounted to a disguised kickback, which would violate the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.

Real estate licensees can develop promotions which do not violate the prohibitions against fee splitting and kickbacks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against Prospect Mortgage, LLC, a major mortgage lender, for paying illegal kickbacks for mortgage business referrals.