Sentences with phrase «alleged rigging of»

Kaloyeros, who has pled not guilty and maintains his innocence, is perhaps better known as the former president and CEO of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, but the charges against him center around his alleged rigging of RFPs issued by the school's nonprofit affiliates, Fuller Road Management Corp. and Fort Schuyler Management Corp., over which SUNY RF and the SUNY Poly Foundation essentially enjoyed joint custodianship.

Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has challenged former governor, Kayode Fayemi to go to court to prove the alleged rigging of the June 21 governorship election in his (Fayose's) favour.

To date, the legislature has not passed the comprehensive reforms needed to reduce the enormous corruption risks revealed by the alleged rigging of $ 800m in upstate economic development contracts.

(June 22, 2017, Albany) A coalition of prominent government watchdog groups say Governor Cuomo, Senate Leader Flanagan and Speaker Heastie have completely failed to address the huge problems revealed by last year's alleged rigging of $ 800m in state economic development contracts and that billions of state funds remain at risk for bid rigging and pay to play.

(June 22, 2017, Albany) A coalition of prominent government watchdog groups say Governor Cuomo, Senate Leader Flanagan and Speaker Heastie have completely failed to address the huge problems revealed by last year's alleged rigging of $ 800m in state economic development contracts and that... (read more)

Trading losses have cost JPMorgan nearly $ 6 billion so far, and scandals such as the alleged rigging of an international interest rate benchmark have only highlighted the risks lurking inside big banks.

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Martin Winterkorn is one of the executives who are alleged to have either rigged cars to beat emissions tests or taken part in a coverup.

On October 29th, 2015, a federal judge preliminary approved a settlement of a multi-district litigation alleging that JPMC and eleven other market participants rigged the credit - default swaps market.

On January 31, 2015, JPMC agreed to pay $ 99.5 million to settle claims by a class of investors who alleged that JPMC, along with twelve other banks, conspired to rig the $ 5.3 trillion - a-day foreign exchange market.

One of those arrested was Paul Commonas, 29, a member of a gambling ring known as the Miami Syndicate, which is alleged to have won a fortune betting on rigged games at Milford in 1977.

SUNY, meanwhile, released a memorandum of opposition questioning whether procurement reform would have prevented what prosecutors allege occurred: namely the rigging of state contracts for favored developers.

The changes come as lawmakers have sought to push for returning power to DiNapoli's office for procurement oversight following the arrests of prominent upstate developers, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic stemming from an alleged effort to rig state bids on lucrative economic development projects.

A former LPCiminelli executive has accepted a plea deal with the United States Attorney Southern District of New York and will serve as a cooperating witness in a trial this June connected to alleged bid - rigging for state - led development projects.

A Buffalo business executive who is a defendant in a federal case alleging the bid - rigging of massive upstate development projects was scheduled to plead guilty this afternoon and begin cooperating with the government.

The same day, Kaloyeros and Capital Region businessman Joe Nicolla of Columbia Development Cos. faced additional state charges related to alleged bid - rigging in the development of a $ 27 million SUNY Poly student housing project.

Nine people have pleaded guilty or been indicted in connection with alleged bid - rigging and other corruption charges involving some of Cuomo's economic development programs.

It also alleged that Kaloyeros and developers rigged the construction bids for several facilities, which the Democratic governor has touted as a cornerstone of legacy in upstate New York.

A Buffalo business executive who is a defendant in a federal case involving the alleged bid - rigging of massive upstate development projects pled guilty Friday afternoon and agreed to cooperate with the government.

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.

He recently described the Electoral Commission Chair Charlotte Osei, as an incompetent Chairperson appointed by the former NDC administration, alleging that the appointment of EC chair was an attempt by the NDC to rig the 2016 general elections.

An attorney for fomer LPCiminelli CEO Louis Ciminelli claimed the Buffalo - based development company has lost $ 3.88 billion dollars worth of inventory and work because of the company's alleged involvement in a bid - rigging scheme.

The Department of Justice alleges the nano - tech expert conspired with Cuomo donors to rig the bidding process for state contracts.

Nwoye, who said the outcome of the elections would have an impact on the November 18 governorship poll in Anambra State, vowed that the APC would resist the alleged rigging plot.

Bharara's office last year brought criminal charges of alleged bid - rigging hit for projects in Buffalo related to at the SolarCity and other contracts in Syracuse and Albany.

The SolarCity construction project, the biggest part of the Buffalo Billion, is embroiled in a corruption scandal as federal prosecutors alleged the $ 750 million state investment was awarded to LPCiminelli through a bid - rigging scheme.

FRMC, an entity that controls millions of public dollars that just last year adopted commonly accepted standards of transparency, figures in the state's criminal complaint against former president Alain Kaloyeros, who is alleged to have rigged the state - sponsored nonprofit's bidding processes to favor certain companies for construction - related contracts.

The quasi-public Fuller Road and Fort Schuyler, placed into ESD custodianship after federal and state prosecutors alleged that bidding processes for construction projects had been rigged by former SUNY Poly president Alain Kaloyeros and others (all of whom maintain their innocence), have not entirely allayed concerns about transparency under their new leadership.

That was the day that Alain Kaloyeros, the founding president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, was swept up in an alleged bid - rigging scandal that has rocked the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and cast a long shadow on the future of SUNY Poly, considered a keystone of the region's high - tech sector and a beacon for similar development across upstate.

Federal charges are being levied against top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco, the influential head of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, and others for a series of alleged schemes that include fraud, bid - rigging and bribery; Kaloyeros is also facing felony corruption charges from the state.

Greed and corruption are rampant among politicians in New York, the Manhattan U.S. attorney said Tuesday in a stinging indictment of the state's political system that he unleashed as he announced a massive alleged scheme to rig the city's mayoral race.

The former president of SUNY Poly Alain Kaloyeros was indicted earlier this year on corruption charges along with several other people associated with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's upstate development projects over an alleged bid - rigging scheme.

And last week, Trump himself plucked the one thorn from the governor's side: Preet Bharara, the hot - dogging U.S. Attorney who indicted a score of the Cuomo's top aides and donors last year in alleged bid - rigging and bribery schemes involving state contracts and services.

According to a recent filing in the federal case, prosecutors have sought records from more than a dozen individuals, companies and campaign accounts that were not named in a 2016 indictment that alleged key officials and developers were involved in rigging bids for some of the state's biggest projects.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo will «set aside» campaign contributions from COR Development and LPCiminelli, which federal prosecutors allege came to the governor's purse at the urging of a lobbyist involved in several bid - rigging schemes.

ALBANY, N.Y. — President and founder of Columbia Development Joseph Nicolla pleaded not guilty to charges related to alleged bid - rigging Monday morning.

Kaloyeros stepped down from the leadership of SUNY Polytechnic Institute in the fall after it was alleged in federal and state criminal complaints that he took part in a wide - ranging scheme that involved bid - rigging and bribery.

Aiello was one of two COR executives arrested along with Kaloyeros a year ago and charged in the federal bid - rigging scheme alleged against SUNY Poly.

The most recent reference from the petitioners had Mr. Amidu alleging that the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, was appointed to help rig the 2016 elections in favour of the NDC at the presidential and parliamentary level.

Kaloyeros, one of the state's highest paid employees, is facing federal and state charges for alleged bid - rigging and bribery.

Of the prosecution's allegations of harm done by the alleged bid - rigging scheme, one of the defense lawyers called it «entirely speculative and metaphysical.&raquOf the prosecution's allegations of harm done by the alleged bid - rigging scheme, one of the defense lawyers called it «entirely speculative and metaphysical.&raquof harm done by the alleged bid - rigging scheme, one of the defense lawyers called it «entirely speculative and metaphysical.&raquof the defense lawyers called it «entirely speculative and metaphysical.»

ALBANY, N.Y. — Alain Kaloyeros, the former president of SUNY Polytech pleaded not guilty to state charges connected to alleged bid - rigging schemes.

But he also put forth some new ideas to address some of the alleged activity of his former aide and allies who were arrested on charges of rigging an economic development project last year.

Coincidentally, DiNapoli in the previous week had called for restoring his office's oversight of procurement procedures for non-profits after nine people, including a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, were arrested in an alleged bid rigging scheme.

It would be recalled that Aluko had on Sunday granted a television station an interview, where he alleged that the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State was rigged in favour of Governor Ayodele Fayose.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has had a difficult four weeks after his former top aide and eight others were charged in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme that went to the heart of his key economic development efforts in upstate New York.

But Cuomo's support for the conference also comes as he is facing a mounting of series of political headaches, including the arrest of his former top aide and others in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme involving the governor's signature economic development efforts in upstate New York.

State lawmakers want to see more oversight of economic development spending after the arrests of nine people last week in an alleged widespread scheme involving bid rigging and bribery within key projects designed to spur job creation upstate.

Cuomo seemed to be of two minds about Alain Kaloyeros, who is facing both state and federal charges alleging that he engaged in bid rigging on contracts worth millions of dollars of taxpayer money and has been suspended without pay from his post as president of SUNY Poly.

In that book, Smith alleged the British rigging of the census to provide the North the right demographics to dominate.

Fears over poll: It is feared that the supplementary poll might not attract large turnout due to the pervading atmosphere of tension following accusations and counter-accusations from both sides of alleged stockpiling of arms in the area to be unleashed on Election Day to cow the electorates with a view to rigging the poll as well as alleged intimidation of perceived opponents by both sides.