Sentences with phrase «alleged bribery schemes»

In 2016, Howe, 57, admitted to acting as the middleman in Percoco's alleged bribery schemes and agreed to testify against him as part of a plea deal.

This week, his takedowns included Queens State Sen. Malcolm Smith, City Councilman Daniel Halloran and Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson in connection with two elaborate alleged bribery schemes, including one that tried to get Smith on the ballot for New York City mayor.

Building inceptors in New York City have been charged in a series of alleged bribery schemes following a two - year investigation.

Joe Percoco, once among the most powerful New York political figures, appeared in federal court today to face criminal charges stemming from a pair of alleged bribery schemes.

Howe has already pleaded guilty to eight felonies, several of which pertain to the alleged bribery scheme that he testified this week he was a part of with Percoco and executives with two companies.

The lawyer, Daniel Gitner, represents a former energy company executive who is on trial with Percoco and two others in an alleged bribery scheme.

Howe has pleaded guilty to eight felonies, several involving the alleged bribery scheme involving Percoco and the three business executives.

Venditto, Mangano and Mangano's wife, Linda, are scheduled for a federal trial March 12 after pleading not guilty in an alleged bribery scheme.

Two co-defendants at the corruption trial of a former top aide to Gov. Cuomo gloated that their alleged bribery scheme helped them get one over on an «S.HEAD» state official,...

Mr. Ulrich further said he was shocked that his colleague, Republican Councilman Dan Halloran, was charged with participating in an alleged bribery scheme to land Democratic State Sen. Malcolm Smith in the Republican primary, but was not surprised Vince Tabone, the executive vice president of the Queens GOP, was arrested as well.

A former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, an energy company executive and two Syracuse - area development company executives are on trial in Manhattan over their roles in an alleged bribery scheme.

Venditto, Mangano and Mangano's wife, Linda, all have pleaded not guilty in an alleged bribery scheme in which the former elected officials are accused of illegally helping Singh get $ 20 million in indirect loan guarantees and government contracts in exchange for kickbacks and a $ 450,000 no - show job for Linda Mangano.

Howe signed the agreement after pleading guilty in 2016 to an alleged bribery scheme with Percoco, but his bail was revoked Thursday night after he reluctantly conceded on cross examination that a few weeks later he tried to scam Capital One out of $ 604 for a stay at the Waldorf Astoria.

An undercover FBI agent posed as a corrupt real estate developer as part of the federal government's investigation into the alleged bribery scheme.

Aiello, Percoco and two others go on trial Jan. 22 for charges related to an alleged bribery scheme.

He is accused of playing a role in an alleged bribery scheme to get State Sen. Malcolm Smith on the Republican mayoral ticket for this fall.

Stevenson was arrested on April 4 by federal law enforcement for his role in the alleged bribery scheme.

Prosecutors declined to comment on reports that the senator was Sampson and there were no charges brought Monday that were related the alleged bribery scheme.

NEW YORK (CBSewYork)-- Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano appeared in court Wednesday for a pre-trial hearing in connection with an alleged bribery scheme.

Platinum Partners is considering buying out a $ 20 million investment from the New York City correction officers» union, weeks after a former executive at the hedge fund and the union's ex-president were charged in an alleged bribery scheme.

The major remaining permits needed for the natural gas - powered plant, which was part of an alleged bribery scheme involving a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, are for pipelines to deliver the fuel.

In an interview on Talk 1300's «Live from the State Capitol,» DiNapoli said that federal investigators had been given access to whatever they needed as they probed the alleged bribery scheme involving Navnoor Kang, but his office learned the depth of the issue when U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced charges against Kang on Wednesday.

Last month, federal prosecutors listed him among 10 un-charged participants in an alleged bribery scheme involving ex-NYPD Deputy Inspector James Grant, a former 66th Precinct commander, and Jeremy Reichberg, a former fund - raiser for Mayor de Blasio.

Technically speaking, there are three defendants in a corruption trial under way in Manhattan: a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and two businessmen, all accused in an alleged bribery scheme.

Howe pleaded guilty in 2016 for his role in the Percoco alleged bribery scheme.

NEW YORK — A former government and campaign adviser to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo testified Monday he participated in an alleged bribery scheme with one of Cuomo's closest associates to help his private sector clients get favorable attention in the governor's administration.

Two Cor executives — along with a former vice president at an energy company — are on trial with Percoco over whether they engaged in an alleged bribery scheme in which payments allegedly flowed to Percoco and his wife in return for the former senior Cuomo adviser helping them.

Avella testified he didn't know about the alleged bribery scheme, in which Dean Skelos promised political favors to two companies if they paid his son hundreds of thousands of dollars for no - show work.

Venditto, Mangano and Mangano's wife, Linda, have pleaded not guilty in an alleged bribery scheme in which the elected officials are accused of illegally helping Singh get $ 20 million in indirect loan guarantees and government contracts in exchange for kickbacks, and a $ 450,000 no - show job for Linda Mangano.

The proposal comes after Sen. Malcolm Smith and five others were arrested in an alleged bribery scheme in order to secure ballot access for the Republican mayoral line through the Wilson - Pakula process.

DiNapoli said he assisted the feds in their probe, but learned the extent of Kang's alleged bribery scheme with two brokers only when the indictment was unsealed on Wednesday.

Defense lawyers argued that Percoco — assigned temporarily away from his top state job to serve as chairman of Cuomo's re-election campaign in 2014 — was not a government official during a period when some of the alleged bribery scheme occurred.

In another alleged bribery scheme, prosecutors said Halloran agreed to route city discretionary funding to Stern and an undercover FBI agent, who Halloran believed was a wealthy business partner of Stern's, in exchange for $ 24,800 in donations for his own failed congressional bid.

A former superintendent of community schools in the New York City borough of Queens, her husband, and four associates were charged last week in an alleged bribery scheme involving what authorities said were rigged bids for new computer labs.

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In the letter, the attorneys write that» when constitutionally - protected contributions are trotted out as evidence of a bribery scheme — particularly when they have scant relevance to the alleged scheme — jurors are unlikely to consider them merely on the convoluted signaling theories the Government relies on for its assertion of probative value.»

The proposal comes weeks after eight people — including former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and ex-Cuomo aide Joe Percoco — were indicted on charges stemming from an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme involving upstate economic development projects.

Former Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, 67, and Adam Skelos, 32, both of Rockville Centre, are to go on trial Nov. 16 on conspiracy, bribery and extortion charges alleging schemes to use the lawmaker's clout to get his son work with a developer, a malpractice insurer and an environmental company.

The grand jury alleged two overlapping schemes with common threads of «bribery, corruption and fraud.»

A former Cuomo administration official is among those named in a criminal complaint by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara that alleges kickback and bribery schemes carried out over several years.

The complaint alleges that Aiello and Gerardi, COR's president and general counsel, «entered into a bribery scheme whereby the Syracuse developer would make tens of thousands of dollars in payments to Percoco, using Howe as a pass - through to help conceal that the payments to Percoco came from the Syracuse developer, and in exchange, Percoco agreed to use, and did in fact use, his official position and influence to assist the Syracuse developer with a number of issues as the opportunities arose.»

Jurors asked to hear read - backs of transcripts pertaining to the alleged Competitive Power Ventures bribery scheme.

Prosecutors took the first full day of testimony in the corruption trial of Sheldon Silver to lay out one of two bribery and kickback schemes they allege the former Assembly speaker undertook.

Syracuse, N.Y. — The attorney for two Cor Development executives charged in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme said Friday the case is based on lies by Todd Howe, the government's main witness against them.

The bribery scheme involving Howe, Percoco, Aiello and Gerardi is alleged to have begun months later, in early 2014.

Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos has been charged with six counts of corruption in an alleged extortion and bribery scheme, but so far is remaining as Senate Leader.

Federal charges are being levied against top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco, the influential head of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, and others for a series of alleged schemes that include fraud, bid - rigging and bribery; Kaloyeros is also facing felony corruption charges from the state.

And last week, Trump himself plucked the one thorn from the governor's side: Preet Bharara, the hot - dogging U.S. Attorney who indicted a score of the Cuomo's top aides and donors last year in alleged bid - rigging and bribery schemes involving state contracts and services.

Dean Skelos, 67, and Adam, 32, face eight counts of bribery, extortion and conspiracy to commit honest services fraud for an alleged scheme in which the elder Skelos allegedly used his office to pressure businesses into giving his son cushy no - show jobs that earned him over $ 200,000 starting in 2010.

Kaloyeros stepped down from the leadership of SUNY Polytechnic Institute in the fall after it was alleged in federal and state criminal complaints that he took part in a wide - ranging scheme that involved bid - rigging and bribery.

Two city building inspectors and an asbestos investigator were among 14 people charged in three alleged construction schemes involving bribery and corruption, authorities said Wednesday.