Not exact matches
America had come to the merciful end of an off - season filled with grim headlines: from the epic
corruption of ex — Fiesta Bowl chairman John Junker to the serial lies of ex — Ohio State coach Jim Tressel to the firing of coach Butch Davis at North Carolina (for presiding, albeit unknowingly, over academic fraud,
among other sins) to Oregon's $ 25,000 payment to an
alleged «street agent.»
A 2016 indictment in a
corruption probe pursued by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara
alleged,
among other charges, that a construction deal worth $ 750 million was steered to Louis Ciminelli, a major Cuomo donor.
Percoco's trial is
among several scheduled this year over
alleged Albany
corruption, including the re-trials of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Long Island), who had their unrelated convictions tossed due to a US Supreme Court ruling that acquitted former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Greed and
corruption are rampant
among politicians in New York, the Manhattan U.S. attorney said Tuesday in a stinging indictment of the state's political system that he unleashed as he announced a massive
alleged scheme to rig the city's mayoral race.
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.
The piece mentioned,
among other
corruption cases, the upcoming federal trial of former SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros, who is
alleged to have rigged bids for upstate construction projects through a SUNY - affiliated nonprofit, Fort Schuyler Management Corporation, several years ago.
Two NYC building inspectors and an asbestos investigator were
among 14 people charged in three
alleged construction schemes involving bribery and
corruption, authorities said.
The administration of President Mahama has seen several cases of
alleged corruption, such as the SADA scandal, Gyeeda, bus branding, the payment of judgement debt to Woyome, a car gift involving the President
among others.