Sentences with phrase «allegations of bribery by»

«We find that the statements purport to be factual allegations of bribery by the Maxons and must be answered.»

According to the statement, the names of the three were left out when the Council announced its unanimous decision last week to remove from office 20 out of the 21 Circuit Court Judges and District Magistrates investigated by the Disciplinary Committee for their involvement in allegations of bribery by Tigereyepi.

Not exact matches

They are probing Societe Generale SA over allegations of bribery related to the bank's work with the Libyan Investment Authority, while Airbus SE reportedly risks a fine in excess of $ 1 billion in a case also run by U.K. watchdogs.

Two employees of the tabloid were sent to prison in 2007 after being convicted of hacking into royal telephones, but the police investigation of the activity at the time has been slammed as incomplete or compromised by new bribery allegations.

The pharmaceutical company is also under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office and the US department of justice over allegations of bribery around the world, including in Poland and Lebanon.

Sands is in a much stronger position to expand in Japan than its rival Wynn, which is hobbled by a weaker MICE position, a bruising legal battle with former vice chairman Kazuo Okuda over bribery allegations in the Philippines, and the recent downfall of founder Steve Wynn.

This is because the evidence provided by tigereyepi in support of the allegations against the said Judge is not sufficient to meet the Prima Facie test either in relation to the allegation of bribery or ex-parte communication between the Judge and the Petitioner on a judicial matter pending before him, contrary to the Code of Conduct for Judges and Magistrates of Ghana (CCJMG).

Three members of parliament from the minority led by Mahama Ayariga have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament Mike Oquaye over an alleged bribery allegation against the Appointments Committee.

«This morning's New York Times story regarding allegations that Walmart orchestrated a $ 24 million bribery campaign to gain favorable treatment by the Mexican government should be a wake up call for New Yorkers who have witnessed Walmart's aggressive lobbying effort and recent streak of opportunistic «philanthropy» in our city.»

The Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament Joe Osei Owusu will be the first to appear before the five - member investigative ad - hoc committee investigating the bribery allegation made by three minority MPs.

«I would not go into a conspiracy to bear false witness against a nominee as suggested by Chairman of the Appointment Committee of Parliament Joe Osei - Owusu when he appeared before Parliament with regards to bribery allegations,» he stated.

[36] Thornberry called for action by Dominic Grieve over Applied Language Solutions» failure to provide interpreters for court proceedings, [37] and called on the Attorney General to ensure that allegations of bribery involving Bernie Ecclestone were properly investigated.

His critics linked the alleged construction of the building to the recent bribery and corruption allegation leveled against him by the controversial musician and New Patriotic Party (NPP) card - bearing member, Kwame Asare Obeng, alias A Plus, in the Unibank - Korle Bu saga.

Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs has described as a «fruitless venture» the Parliamentary probe into bribery allegations leveled against the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko by Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga.

The bribery allegation followed the reluctance by the Minority side of the Appointments Committee to recommend Mr Agyarko for passage over certain comments he made against former President John Mahama during his vetting.

Mahama Ayariga must not give in to «intimidation» by opposition and governing party MPs, but remain firm in his position on the bribery allegation he made against the leadership of the Appointments Committee of parliament some weeks ago, the Bawku Central NDC has advised.

Although the EFCC in two separate letters to the Federal Government through the Secretary to the Government of the Federation had in 2015 and 2016 cleared Umar of any wrongdoing in the alleged N10 million bribery allegation made against him by a defendant, Rasheed Taiwo Owolabi standing trial before him on false asset declaration.

In a gasping attempt to ward off claims by his co-panelist, Alhaji Bature Iddrisu, that he was neck - deep in the bribery allegation plot, Hon Agyapong vowed that attempts to smear Mr Agyarko will not see the light of day.

Cuomo said he was unaware of the bribery scheme unfolding around him and «saddened and profoundly disappointed» by the allegations.

Allegations of bribery and money laundering are being investigated by the British Police, the Italian Police and the EFCC.

According to Comrade Murtala, the allegations made by the Gender Minister that the Northern regional Chairman of the NPP, Bugri Naabu «collected people's monies, goats, cow among other goodies,» confirms the bribery charge against some appointees of President Akufo - Addo.

A member of pressure group, OccupyGhana, Sydney Casely - Hayford, has described as intellectual dishonesty an apology rendered by the Member of Parliament for the Bawku Central Constituency, Mahama Ayariga, the man at the centre of the bribery allegations in Parliament.

The Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Joseph Osei - Owusu will call for a review of the committee following a bribery allegation levelled against the committee by one of its members, Mahama Ayariga.

Speaking on The Big Issue on Saturday, Joseph Osei Owusu said, the option of impressing on Ayariga to answer questions on his allegations at the committee sitting will be impossible since he [Osei - Owusu] who was implicated by Ayariga in the bribery allegations has to chair that sitting.

This is after the allegations of bribery levelled against the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, by a Minority member of the Appointments Committee, Mahama Ayariga.

«By resigning from his public position on account of the allegations of bribery against him, Muiz Banire (SAN), a former legal adviser of the All Progressives Congress, has proven to be a man who loves his character more than anything else,» he said.

A ruling on the report presented by the Joe Ghartey Committee which investigated the bribery allegation against Parliament's Appointments Committee, will not be immediately declared, the Speaker of Parliament has stated.

The alleged insults were traded during a debate on the Ghartey Committee Report on a bribery allegation made against the leadership of the Appointments Committee by Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga.

British American Tobacco (BAT) has retained Slaughter and May as sole legal adviser on a formal investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over allegations of bribery and corruption, Legal Week understands.

The leading case applying the selective - waiver analysis is Diversified Industries Inc v. Meredith.87 In Diversified Industries, a corporation retained outside counsel to conduct an internal investigation into allegations of bribery.88 The internal report prepared by outside counsel was then produced to the SEC. 89 The Eighth Circuit held that this disclosure constituted only a «limited waiver» that did not preclude the corporation from subsequently withholding the report from private litigants on the grounds of attorney — client privilege.90 The court reasoned that a contrary ruling may undermine corporate incentives to initiate internal investigations conducted by counsel.91

When she took over in 2009, the role was only five years old, having grown out of Ontario Superior Court Justice Denise Bellamy's investigation into allegations of conflict of interest and bribery in the awarding of computer leasing contracts by the city.

In December, Swallow was also instructed by British American Tobacco (BAT) to work on its investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption.

Possibly the most high - profile corporate investigation involving Nigeria in the past year relates to the allegation that Shell and ENI engaged in the bribery of Nigerian officials in connection with their acquisition from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation of the interest in an oil prospecting licence (OPL), previously held by a company called Malabu Oil and Gas Limited.

Advising one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds in respect of allegations of bribery made against it by the UK regulatory authorities in relation to investments valuing in excess of # 4.5 billion.

Advising MTN Group in respect of an internal investigation conducted by Lord Hoffmann in to allegations of bribery and corruption made by Turkcell relating to the award of a mobile telephone licence in Iran, including supporting the defence of proceedings brought against MTN in the United States by Turkcell.

According to Dechert, «the UNCITRAL Tribunal, presided over by Neil Kaplan QC (Hong Kong) with Professors Jan Paulsson (Miami) and Jaksa Barbic (Croatia) as co-arbitrators, completely cleared MOL of Croatia's bribery allegations and dismissed every claim brought by Croatia against MOL.

Topcoat Construction v Compromise Agreements (2014) An early claim in defamation under the 2013 Act by a construction company involved in a number of substantial commercial contracts including the maintenance of social housing facing unsubstantiated allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption in publicity materials uploaded by a claims management company to its website resulting in immediate financial losses.

This was also the case during the events giving rise to allegations of bribery of Greek officials by Siemens» employees.

The Official Corruption Unit investigates and prosecutes allegations of corruption which include bribery attempts made to public officials and allegations of misconduct by state, county and local officials, including judges, elected officials and police officers.

Europe Our European practice has recently focused on representing (i) the Fédération Internationale de Football Association («FIFA») in connection with U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world («Investigation»), including conducting an internal investigation on behalf of the organization; (ii) two major European banks, including by investigating whether the banks knew or should have known that accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes; (iii) a multinational logistics and transportation company based in Switzerland in a DOJ investigation of alleged violations of the FCPA; (iv) a Switzerland - based, international private bank, in connection with the global criminal investigations involving 1MDB, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund; (v) several major European banks in connection with the «Panama Papers» investigation focused on whether accounts at the bank held under the names of companies created by the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, were used to evade taxes, conduct business with sanctioned individuals or companies, or otherwise engage in criminal activity; (vi) ENRC, a large mining conglomerate formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in a high - profile investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office of alleged bribery in the company's operations in Africa and Kazikhstan; and (vii) several European banks in connection with the Petrobras and PdVSA investigations focused on whether accounts at the banks were used to pay bribes to Petrobras or PdVSA officials in return for contracts.