Sentences with phrase «alleged kickback schemes»

Two former film executives agree to settle lawsuit over alleged kickback schemes, The National Post

At the heart of the charges are payments Percoco and his wife received while the governor's aide was on sabbatical from the state to manage Cuomo's 2014 re-election campaign, though the complaint purports that the alleged kickback schemes date back as far as 2010 — the year then - Attorney General Cuomo successfully sought the state's top office.

His company was a key player in an alleged kickback scheme involving former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, as well as a figure in a corruption case against former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

He has said he knew nothing about the alleged kickback scheme, and another aide testified the governor was shocked to learn of the investigation of one of his closest confidants.

Four of the Democrats running in Long Island races — Jim Gaughran, Ryan Cronin, Adam Haber and John Brooks — released statements blasting the corruption scandal and alleged kickback scheme that has also engulfed Mangano's wife.

Silver received $ 700,000 in referral fees from a real estate law firm doing tax appeal work for Glenwood in an alleged kickback scheme as he directed tax breaks to Glenwood, the indictment claims.

Silver also received another $ 700,000 in referral fees from a real estate law firm in an alleged kickback scheme as he directed tax breaks to two developers, including Glenwood Management, the largest political donor in the state.

In March, the scheduled trial of a former Nassau County Executive begins for an alleged kickback scheme to help a restaurant owner receive over $ 20 million in grants and loans.

The arrests come just months after Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested for an alleged kickback scheme involving real estate deals and asbestos cancer patients.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

The bottom line for some in the Assembly is that A) Silver has been in the speaker's chair for far too long and B) The alleged bribery and kickback scheme that ensnared Rapfogel, the husband of Silver aide Judy Rapfogel, entered a new phase when the scope of the scandal was revealed.

And on Friday, DiNapoli in a radio interview on WCNY suggested he would support more controls for the state's procurement process after nine people — including a former top aide to the governor — were arrested in connection to an alleged bribery and kickback scheme.

Prosecutors in the Sheldon Silver corruption case called two key players, including an official with Glenwood Management, to the stand today to answer questions about the former Assembly speaker's alleged involvement in a real - estate kickback scheme.

Federal authorities plan to unseal charges against a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as early as Thursday in connection with an alleged bribery and kickback scheme involving the governor's signature economic - development program, according to people familiar with the matter.

NEW YORK CITY — Sheldon Silver is out as speaker of the Assembly just days after his arrest on federal corruption charges in an alleged bribery and kickback scheme.

Federal authorities plan to unseal charges against Joe Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as early as today in connection with an alleged bribery and kickback scheme involving the governor's signature economic - development program, according to people familiar with the matter.

The councilman was charged in a bribery scheme to get state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Hollis) onto the Republican ticket in the race for mayor and both were nabbed amid revelations of alleged kickbacks centering around the senator's desire for the mayor's office.

A 35 - page criminal complaint filed by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office lays out his alleged scheme where Silver «used the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income earned by Silver as a private lawyer.»

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.»

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.

Authorities allege that Mangano and Venditto schemed «to solicit bribes and kickbacks» from a businessman.

The class action alleged violation of U.S. securities law by Brazil's state - controlled oil company in connection with a multi-billion dollar bribery and kickback scheme.

Each of the alleged schemes involved the use of provider kickbacks, a popular activity in healthcare, to entice healthcare professionals to inappropriately redirect clients and beneficiaries to specific healthcare businesses.

Home mortgage borrowers allege that bank, mortgage servicer, and reinsurer created a captive reinsurance scheme whereby they selected mortgage insurers for their customers, and the insurers then paid kickbacks to the Defendants for non-existent reinsurance services in violation of RESPA.