Sentences with phrase «alleged kickbacks»

Several people charged in alleged kickback scheme with Venezuelan financial official [/ a], Reuters

Represented a non-U.S. contractor in a DOJ investigation of alleged kickbacks on contracts awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense for reconstruction work in Iraq.

A settlement has been reached in the high profile case involving two former judges who took $ 2.8 million in alleged kickbacks from a commercial builder, an attorney, and a businessman in exchange for giving higher and more frequent sentences to juveniles in order to keep full two new juvenile deten...

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Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was indicted for alleged kickbacks he received through his secret legal work.

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

The Third Circuit recently remanded a class action against C - wide and Balboa alleging kickbacks on private mortgage insurance.

Percoco is facing charges related to alleged kickbacks received in exchange for official support for economic development projects.

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.

HUD receives hundreds of complaints regarding alleged kickback schemes every year.

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.

Next up: How regulators, the government - sponsored enterprises, mortgage insurers, and trial attorneys allowed banks to collect a decade of alleged kickbacks, and the deals» effect on lending standards.

The EFCC said Ozekhome ought to have «reasonably known that the N75m was transferred to him» from Fayose's account, which the EFCC claimed was used to retain proceeds of crime and alleged kickbacks from some contractors in Ekiti State.

Mr. Rattner, 58 years old, is reportedly nearing a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over alleged kickbacks.

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.

More than $ 3 million of those alleged kickbacks came from Taub, a prominent oncologist with Columbia University.

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.

The jury was especially interested in the testimony of Gloria Jones - Grant allegedly Seabrook's former mistress and head of the nonprofits that were a part of the alleged kickback scheme.

Moses and Rivera have struggled to grow Culinary Kids since refusing the alleged kickback.

A whopping $ 3 million of those alleged kickbacks came from Taub's referrals of his cancer study patients to Silver, who then made a cut of money earned on their lawsuit referrals to his firm, Weitz & Luxenberg.

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.

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.

He also received another $ 700,000 in referral fees from a real estate law firm in an alleged kickback scheme.

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.

Much of the testimony from Mr. Franco and a second witness, Steven August, a supervisor, focused on Mr. Silver's power to approve discretionary funding, known as member items, like the Health Department grants that the government says he arranged for the cancer specialist, Dr. Robert N. Taub, at Columbia University, as part of the alleged kickback scheme.

Prosecutors revealed in January, when handing over material to the defense, that Singh and Mei had pleaded guilty to various charges in connection with the alleged kickback - and - bribery scheme.

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.

Some feel that Silver's arrest has added to the stigma around 421a, because a portion of the alleged kickbacks that Silver was receiving came from referring real estate clients seeking 421a abatements.

New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver denies knowing about an alleged kickback scheme by William Rapfogel, the husband of his chief of staff.

In yet another incident, Imagine settled with an employee «who accused the company of firing her for reporting an alleged kickback paid to a co-worker.»