Sentences with phrase «alleged illegal payments»

to split the wide - ranging corruption case into two trials — one that would center on alleged illegal payments to Joseph Percoco, a former top aide for Governor Andrew Cuomo, and another that would center on certain upstate development deals connected to the Buffalo Billion that were administered by a nonprofit affiliate of SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

ALBANY — A judge dropped one of the extortion charges against a former top adviser to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, noting that some of the alleged illegal payments received by the ex-official, Joseph Percoco, came while he was off the state payroll.

Pitino was first placed on administrative leave, then fired by Louisville on Oct. 16 amid an FBI investigation involving corruption and alleged illegal payments to recruit Brian Bowen, who was cleared by the FBI but will not play for the Cardinals this season.

In January 2013, representatives Elijah Cummings and Henry Waxman reported that emails they received demonstrated that then - Wal - Mart CEO Mike Duke knew as early as 2005 about the alleged illegal payments to Mexican officials to secure construction permits.

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The Enquirer never published a story about the alleged affair, and Common Cause asserts that if the payment was intended to keep Ms. McDougal quiet, it would be an illegal coordinated expenditure by a company on behalf of the Trump campaign.

Cohen said he told the Federal Election Commission the same thing after the nonprofit government accountability group Common Cause filed a complaint alleging that the payment was an illegal «in kind» political contribution.

Campaign finance watchdog groups have filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department alleging that the payment amounted to an illegal campaign expenditure.

Campaign finance watchdog groups have filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and Justice Department alleging that the then - secret payment amounted to an illegal campaign expenditure.

Campaign finance watchdog groups have filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department alleging that the then - secret payment amounted to an illegal campaign expenditure.

Trump is already facing a complaint from the watchdog group Common Cause, which argues that Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's payment of $ 130,000 to Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump may have been an illegal campaign contribution.

A federal judge said that a lawsuit alleging gifts or payments from foreign and domestic governments made to Trump may be illegal can proceed.

The payment Cohen made to her is now the subject of complaints to the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission, alleging that it was an illegal campaign contribution.

Prosecutors allege that Silver had an «undisclosed interest» in helping Glenwood Management and that Silver was receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal payments.

He was also alleged to have used public funds to finance private expenses, while engaging in illegal payment of allowances to the university's council members.

Silver's lawyers argue each of the alleged schemes represents a «routine financial relationship with the entity to which he is allegedly steering business» and does constitute «the sort of «side payment... from a third party» that Skilling requires for a payment to be deemed an illegal bribe or kickback.»

Shapiro sued Navient in federal court alleging a raft of illegal conduct, most notably that it «willfully» and «knowingly» cheated struggling debtors who face long - term hardship by steering them into payment plans that postponed bills, allowing interest to accumulate, rather than helping them enroll in plans pegged to income.

The agency alleged that brokers ReMax Gold Coast of Ventura County and Keller Williams Mid-Willamette of Oregon, as well as mortgage servicer Planet Home Lending, accepted illegal kickback payments from Prospect.

Borrowers alleged that title companies made illegal kickback payments by splitting a fee with attorneys who referred business.