Sentences with phrase «alleged crime in»

When a person is accused of any kind of alleged crime in Texas, it is critical to immediately retain legal counsel in order for the alleged offender to have the best possible chance of achieving a favorable outcome.

Trump can't fire state prosecutors or pardon state crimes, and state criminal law covers many of the underlying alleged crimes in these investigations.

Most of the alleged crimes in the case involve three major Upstate development projects: the so - called Buffalo Billion; the development of a Central New York nanotechnology hub in DeWitt; and the construction of a power plant in Orange County.

Not exact matches

Wu Xiaohui, the former chairman of China's Anbang Insurance, has changed course and requested leniency at the end of his high - profile trial in Shanghai for alleged economic crimes such as fraud and a $ 10 billion embezzlement.

Accused of genocide in the country's Darfur region, al - Bashir is officially listed as a sponsor of terror by the United States and wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity.

The indictment alleges that Phantom Secure has generated around $ 80 million in annual revenues since 2008 and «facilitated drug trafficking, obstruction of justice, and violent crime around the world.»

A lawsuit brought against Sater and others in 2015, which is ongoing, alleges that «for most of its existence it [Bayrock] was substantially and covertly mob - owned and operated,» engaging «in a pattern of continuous, related crimes, including mail, wire, and bank fraud; tax evasion; money laundering; conspiracy; bribery; extortion; and embezzlement.»

A social media post last week for the police in Liaoning, the northeastern border province of China, said they were investigating the firm's alleged long - term involvement in «serious economic crimes» and that relevant suspects were cooperating.

In a press conference announcing the special counsel Robert Mueller's indictments against 13 Russian individuals, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said there was «no allegation in the indictment» that an American knowingly participated in the alleged crimeIn a press conference announcing the special counsel Robert Mueller's indictments against 13 Russian individuals, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said there was «no allegation in the indictment» that an American knowingly participated in the alleged crimein the indictment» that an American knowingly participated in the alleged crimein the alleged crimes.

The U.S. Treasury handed down the penalties on seven Russian oligarchs, 12 businesses and 17 Russian government officials, in response to what it described as their involvement in Russia's «malign» activities, ranging from military involvement in Ukraine and Syria to cyber crimes and alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

That hacker, known as «mr.grey,» was identified based on data from a cybsecurity firm that announced in August 2014 that it had determined an alleged Russian crime ring was responsible for stealing information from more than 420,000 websites, the documents said.

The alleged theft of the technology, which reads like a crime drama, began in December 2015, according to the lawsuit by Waymo, which is owned by Google parent - company Alphabet.

The B.C. Lotteries Corporation is embroiled in chaos this week after it was revealed they are facing $ 670,000 in fines for alleged violations of the Proceeds of Crime and Terrorism Financing Act.

Toward the end of August, the social media networks exploded with a story: the Richard Dawkins Foundation's Facebook page posted this image, citing a news story that alleged the Pope had made it illegal to report sex crimes in the Vatican.

I don't but I also live in the real world where you just are NOT going to be able to prosecute a person for r a p e 20 years after the alleged crime occurred.

The statements came as Scotland's Child Abuse Inquiry heard some of the practices alleged to have taken place «might well amount to a crime in Scots law», if proven.

In a Western culture that is, on the one hand, insouciantly «nonjudgmental» and, on the other, determined to exact the last ounce of blood from those responsible for real or alleged crimes against humanity, Tutu represents a seasoned sensibility that combines both judgment and mercy as essential components in coping with a far from satisfactory worlIn a Western culture that is, on the one hand, insouciantly «nonjudgmental» and, on the other, determined to exact the last ounce of blood from those responsible for real or alleged crimes against humanity, Tutu represents a seasoned sensibility that combines both judgment and mercy as essential components in coping with a far from satisfactory worlin coping with a far from satisfactory world.

(CNN)- Showcasing alleged hate crimes, physical threats and profiling, a diverse group of ethnic organizations has coalesced to bring attention to what they call discrimination against Arabs, Muslims, Sikhs and others in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The 66 - year - old cardinal and others have been accused by Preynat's alleged victims of not reporting the crimes to the authorities, after a former scout in 2014 accused the cleric of abusing him in the 1980s.

His lawyer, Ruth Shann, said the first complainant approached police in 2015, 40 years after the alleged crimes, in response to media reports about Australia's Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Evans — who spent two and a half years in prison for the crime he would later be cleared of committing — being found not guilty does not mean the alleged victim lied.

Police in the UK are treating an alleged racist attack on Raheem Sterling at Manchester City's training ground as a hate crime.

Its influence leads reporters to begin a story that is about five felony rape counts and an athlete who was essentially caught in the act of committing the alleged crimes like this, from the San Jose Mercury News:

Authorities have charged the alleged attacker in the beating, Joseph Firek, with first - degree murder and a hate crime, the Chicago Police Department announced early this morning.

The protesters declared their support for the anti-corruption crusade of President Muhammadu Buhari and called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to bring Fayose and all those who participated in the alleged looting of Ekiti to justice.

US Attorney Preet Bharara did not mince words just now in laying out the corruption charges against Sen. Carl Kurger, Assemblyman William Boyland, lobbyist Richard Lipsky and their alleged co-conspirators, noting that Albany somehow just doesn't seem to be getting the message that crime doesn't pay.

Folaji was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, sequel to a petition from the Security and Exchange Commission, SEC in 2010, where it was alleged that he fraudulently sold the shares of Adesoye Holdings Limited in IPWA Plc..

The British cabinet is split over whether to impose a statue of limitations on investigations into alleged crimes by former soliders in Northern Ireland.

Michael J. Paonessa III, accused of vomiting several bags of alleged heroin in an Erie County Sheriff's Office patrol car April 8, was sentenced this week to five to six years in state prison for two other crimes in Niagara Falls.

Many times I have had the opposition trying to teach me how to count, one raised middle finger at a time, they have torn down our posters, engaged in dirty tricks, hacked into our web sites, had the phones turned off, and sent out mailings alleging evrything from sex with animals to blaming each other for every heinious crime ever committed in the city.

In a swaggering press conference at his offices in Manhattan, Mr. Bharara detailed two alleged extortion schemes Mr. Silver undertook to enrich himself: one involving an unidentified doctor handling asbestos cases, who was not charged with a crime after cooperating with the U.S. attorney's office, and another with a small, politically - connected real estate law firm that also avoided charges in this complainIn a swaggering press conference at his offices in Manhattan, Mr. Bharara detailed two alleged extortion schemes Mr. Silver undertook to enrich himself: one involving an unidentified doctor handling asbestos cases, who was not charged with a crime after cooperating with the U.S. attorney's office, and another with a small, politically - connected real estate law firm that also avoided charges in this complainin Manhattan, Mr. Bharara detailed two alleged extortion schemes Mr. Silver undertook to enrich himself: one involving an unidentified doctor handling asbestos cases, who was not charged with a crime after cooperating with the U.S. attorney's office, and another with a small, politically - connected real estate law firm that also avoided charges in this complainin this complaint.

«We will also seize this opportunity to call upon the President, His Excellency Nana Akufo - Addo not only to concentrate on alleged crimes committed in the past but also crimes committed under his watch by members of his government and party.»

The former pension boss was declared wanted by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for an alleged N2bn pension's biometric fraud in November 2015

Rights groups accuse his government, however, of pursuing a policy of victors» justice in which they say Gbagbo's allies are prosecuted while alleged crimes committed during the war by Ouattara's backers go unpunished.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, Weekend, advised President Muhammadu Buhari on his order for 18 Military Generals to be probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged involvement in the $ 2.1 billion arms deal.

«After the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion was brought to your attention, did you take any step to refer your former NSA and all those involved in the diversion and sharing to appropriate anticorruption agencies to ensure that all those who were alleged to be responsible for this heinous crime of corruption are brought to justice?

Wu says while a grand jury will have to determine whether any actual crimes were committed, he says alleged interference by Cuomo's staff in an ethics commission sending out subpoenas is potentially in violation of several state statutes, including conspiracy to perform official misconduct and the hindering of prosecution.

«Assuming you did not directly order or authorise the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms for Nigerian soldiers, is it fair to suggest that you at least knew, or had reason to know, that your own former NSA was apparently involved in the heinous crime of corruption to wit: the diversion and sharing of over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms for Nigerian soldiers; and did not take all necessary and reasonable measures in your power as Commander - in - Chief and President to prevent the alleged diversion and sharing of our commonwealth, as explained above?

Commending the Federal Government over its declaration that the case was not dead, Fayose said it was not enough to tell Nigerians that a case like the Halliburton and Siemens, in which many people have been jailed in other countries, especially the United States and investigations concluded in Nigeria with those alleged to be involved questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was not dead, rather, those already found wanting should be prosecuted.

Toss in the former key Gov. Cuomo associates who face criminal trials this year, plus the several City Council members sent to the hoosegow as well as other local officals across the state, and the only thing that stands out about Harris is that she ran for office after starting her alleged crime spree.

It could be recalled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had dragged Adoke to court over alleged involvement in a $ 1billion Malabu Oil Block deal.

The Q&A included detailed discussion of the 2014 crime stats and a discussion of two specific cases: a Manhattan man allegedly shot by his adult son while in his Beekman Place apartment and the Manhattan DA's decision to not charge Sandford Rubenstein in connection with an alleged rape.

Confirmation of Silver's power came in the immediate aftermath of his indictment, as Democratic and Republican politicians declined to criticize him, even as startling details of his alleged crimes filled the news.

Justice Buba had on January 14 issued a bench warrant against Tompolo and ordered his arrest for failing to honour a court summons dated January 12 in respect of a 40 - count of alleged N34bn fraud levelled against him and nine others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The other two grounds are that the National Industrial Court is the court with jurisdiction because the alleged crime was made in the course of Agbo's employment and that the case against her is unknown to law.

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) is currently investigating five officials of SSNIT for their alleged involvement in the acquisition of a OBS software.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday re-arraigned a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, his son, Senator Abdulaziz Nyako, along with others before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged N40bn fraud.

The statement read in part: «SERAP believes that as important as it is, the recovery of alleged stolen public funds from Mrs Diezani Alison - Madueke is far from adequate to redress the crimes against humanity that have been committed against Nigerians.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday grilled a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Michael Aondoakaa (SAN), for his alleged role in the $ 182m Halliburton scandal.

But because the alleged crimes took place in the past, they also would be allowed to keep their state pensions if they are convicted.