Sentences with phrase «alleged corruption set»

ALBANY — Good - government advocates are pinning their hopes for passage of substantial ethics and campaign finance reforms on very public examinations of alleged corruption set to take place over the next six months.

Not exact matches

A federal judge has officially «severed» the corruption trials against eight individuals in a case that began with an alleged bid - rigging probe of the Cuomo administration's Buffalo Billion program — setting one of the trial dates in the midst of the governor's expected re-election bid.

Jury selection for Kaloyeros and development executives, who face charges related to alleged corruption involving the Buffalo Billion and upstate nanotechnology development initiatives, is set for June.

«The suspension follows the establishment of a prima facie case against the four Justices, by the Committee set up by the Chief Justice to investigate alleged acts of bribery and corruption against certain persons, including the four Justices, as contained in the 29th August, 2015 petition of Mr. Anas Aremeyaw Anas,» the statement said.

The others are the case involving alleged election law violations by former Newfane Republican Sen. George Maziarz in March; the re-trials in April and May of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos; the Buffalo Billion corruption case trial set for June; and, on Long Island, the corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano in March.

The claims by the two government - sponsored tabloids and the alleged Ministry of Education statement are nothing but part of the usual set of lies conveniently being told to sway the attention and interest of the Ghanaian people from the dangerous developments of corruption, insecurity, hardships and poor governance by President Nana Akufo - Addo.

Again, the Vice President tried to set the former coordinating minister for the economy and minister of finance, Dr.. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala, against former President Jonathan, by alleging that she had accused the Jonathan administration of corruption.

After a month of testimony from government witnesses outlining an alleged bribery and corruption scheme that they said was carried out by one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's former top aides, the defense quickly rested on Monday, setting the stage for closing arguments that will begin on Tuesday.

These deferred prosecution agreements were with two companies (Kaeffer Wanner and Set Environnement), which had been alleged to have engaged in «passive» corruption for allegedly paying bribes.

So for example when the BAe sentencing hearing is convened the stage is set for the judge, almost certainly, HHJ Rivlin, to demand from the SFO's counsel an explanation for why the company is not indicted for any corruption offence but only for the Companies Act offence for which only a small fine is payable (the alleged offence having been committed prior to the unlimited fining power becoming available, surely no coincidence).

The trade of cryptocurrency assets, including digital coins, is now included in the financial sanctions, set in place by the United States on the grounds of alleged corruption and drug trafficking within the Venezuelan government.