Sentences with phrase «as a referral fee»

They claim that those payments were disguised as referral fees from a law firm to which Silver directed some of Glenwood's legal business, according to the Times.

U.S. Atty. Preet Bharara said Silver collected about $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks disguised as referral fees.

Much of the money came as referral fees for cases and clients Silver sent to a personal injury law firm Weitz & Luxenberg and another small firm, Goldberg & Iryami, which handles real estate tax appeals.

The Friendship Bonus can best be described as a referral fee.

We've noted some serious «bracket creep» in RMCs» referral - fee requirements in recent years, with some now taking more than 40 percent of a commission side as a referral fee.

For their part, Zoocasa receives 35 per cent of the agent's commission entitlement as a referral fee, with almost half of this amount paid back to the consumer as a closing gift in the form of a cash rebate.

Zoocasa received 35 per cent of the agent's commission entitlement as a referral fee, with almost half of this paid back to the consumer as a closing gift in the form of a cash rebate.

Where a licensee receives remuneration, such as a referral fee, as a result of making a recommendation to a client, or recommending a client to a party, the disclosure must be in writing, but, it may NOT be in a written service agreement or any other agreement giving effect to a trade in real estate.

Not exact matches

Partnering retailers such as NewEgg and Barnes & Noble pay Jet a referral fee or a commission for items selling on Jet.

Referral fees would generally be viewed as variable compensation that is tied to the referral, so solicitors would also need to comply with the BIC Exemption once the new rule goes into effect on April 1Referral fees would generally be viewed as variable compensation that is tied to the referral, so solicitors would also need to comply with the BIC Exemption once the new rule goes into effect on April 1referral, so solicitors would also need to comply with the BIC Exemption once the new rule goes into effect on April 10, 2017.

The mortgage company reportedly established the $ 4,250 monthly fee by projecting the average number of lead referrals it expected to receive from Keller Williams Mid-Willamette real estate agents, as per the MSA.

Subscriptions that are eligible to earn referral fees under the rules set forth above are referred to as «Qualifying Subscriptions.»

The panel emphasized that the patient from New York did not seek out the New Jersey center but was directed there by her New York doctor as part of a referral fee agreement.

In a verdict celebrated at the time as a landmark setback for Albany's pay - to - play culture, Silver, 73, a Manhattan Democrat who had become a Capitol institution, was convicted of two schemes in which he allegedly made $ 4 million in legal referral fees for abusing his power as speaker.

The government's heavy handed tactics of contacting witnesses is just as legal as Silver accepting legal fees for referrals — sleazy and inappropriate but legal (as Silver plays the Joe Bruno defense of accepting a possible short term conviction but having that conviction tossed on appeal).

Prosecutors have alleged Silver traded official favors for legal referral fees that served as kickbacks.

«In truth and in fact, Silver has obtained millions of dollars in outside income as a direct result of his corrupt use of his official position to obtain attorney referral fees for himself, including from clients with substantial business before the State, and not as a result of legitimate outside income Silver earned as a private lawyer,» the complaint reads.

The shenanigans came during testimony by ex-North Hempstead Councilman Tom Dwyer, who said he handed Adam a $ 20,000 «referral fee» in 2013 as a favor to Charles Dorego of Glenwood Management.

Silver, who represented Manhattan's Lower East Side, was convicted in December for aiding an asbestos doctor with grants to research mesothelioma and two developers with legislation in return for their help in funneling $ 4 million in law firm referral fees to him, as well as for money laundering.

The speaker allegedly racked up $ 700,000 in referral fees from the law firm, which sources identified as Goldberg & Iryami, where one of the partners once served as his Assembly counsel.

Goldberg, who has known Silver for 65 years, said he had previously paid referral fees to lawyers who sent business his way, but asked Silver if it was legal in this case because of the pol's status as speaker.

The speaker allegedly steered real estate developers to a small law firm that paid him kickbacks disguised as «referral fees.»

The criminal complaint says there is probable cause to believe that Silver obtained about $ 4 million in payments characterized as attorney referral fees through the corrupt use of his official position.

The documents allege Silver received $ 1.4 million in salary from the law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg based on his official position as assembly speaker, rather than for work he performed, and $ 3.9 million in attorney referral fees.

The prosecutor said the money was disguised as «referral fees.»

«In truth and fact, Silver has obtained millions of dollars in outside income as a direct result of his corrupt use of his official position to obtain attorney referral fees for himself, including from clients with substantial business before the state,» not the result of legitimate outside income, it is charged.

Mr. Molo depicted the fees Mr. Silver received for the referrals as standard.

A little more than three months ago the defendant in question was a Democrat, Shelly Silver, accused of taking bribes and kickbacks of $ 4 million, some of the money being listed as «referral fees» for steering asbestos cases and real - estate developers to Silver - connected law firms.

From 2002 until 2013, Silver routinely listed his outside income from legal work as coming from «law practice,» with an added note about Weitz & Luxenberg, where he was of counsel and received referral fees for asbestos patients.

Mr. Silver is accused of two separate bribery and kickback schemes, both involving disguising the money as legitimate attorney referral fees.

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.

The money was disguised as «referral fees,» Bharara said.

He also received $ 5.3 million from Weitz & Luxenberg, including $ 1.4 million salary for a no - show job and $ 3.9 million in referral fees for asbestos cases that he did not work on, scheming with prominent Manhattan doctor — who sources identified as Robert Taub — to push patients to the firm in exchange for research money, court documents say.

Silver received $ 5.3 million from Weitz & Luxenberg, including $ 1.4 million as a salary for a no - show job and $ 3.9 million in referral fees for asbestos cases that he did not work on.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Silver did no work for the referral fees and used his power as speaker to direct tax breaks to two developers he referred as clients to Goldberg & Iryami, including luxury real estate firm Glenwood Management, the state's largest political donor.

As witnesses testified one after another, many of the specific actions involved in the alleged schemes — from receiving legal referral fees to issuing Assembly - sponsored proclamations — were far from illegal.

What prosecutors cast as misdeeds — collecting referral fees from a real estate law firm employed by major developers and a firm that represented asbestos patients treated by a medical researcher that Silver gave state funding — were presented as the inevitable conflicts of a part - time Legislature where lawmakers have side jobs.

According to Mr. Bharara's office, Developer 1 — not charged with any wrongdoing — hired the law firm Goldberg & Iryami as its lobbyist for matters before the state on Mr. Silver's advice, knowing that the powerful speaker received lucrative referral fees from the firm.

The indictment said that while Silver claimed the outside income was from clients at law firms, the speaker never represented any clients, but rather referred business to the two firms, collected referral fees and used his power as speaker to help a doctor and two developers get what they wanted from Albany.

Powers received $ 72,500 in referral fees from Miller as part of the scheme, Onondaga County prosecutor Michael Kasmarek said.

Glenwood associates also recommended that an environmental technology firm, Ab Tech Industries, hire Skelos» troubled son, Adam, as a consultant and also arranged for a title insurance company to pay a referral fee to Adam.

Bharara said Silver «corruptly collected some $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks disguised as «referral fees»» and said it accounted for «approximately two - thirds of all of Silver's outside income since 2002.»

Sheldon Silver had a big incentive for using his political weight as Assembly speaker to funnel asbestos victims to the Weitz & Luxenberg law firm — he got a one - third cut of their legal fees just for making the referrals.

The figure included $ 3.9 million characterized as attorney referral fees, the complaint said.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and FBI officials charged that for more than a decade Silver, a lawyer, received kickbacks disguised as «attorney referral fees» through schemes that hinged on his power as one of the three most influential men in state government.

The indictment seems to recognize the challenge posed by Skilling, and refers at various points to Mr. Silver's referral fees as «bribes» and «kickbacks.»

In one scheme, prosecutors charged, he had performed favors for a doctor who in return referred patients to Silver's law firm; as a result, Silver netted roughly $ 3 million in referral fees.

Mr. Schneiderman's call comes after the state's former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested on charges of fraud and extortion by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who alleged that the longtime power broker had used his influence to inappropriately earn attorney referral fees for work he had not done, disguising what amounted as «kickbacks» and «bribes» as legitimate income.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has accused Mr. Silver of collecting referral fees as outside income from law firms with clients who have business with the state, and thus monetizing his powerful position.