Sentences with phrase «asset forfeitures as»

For property owners confronted with a seizure, contact an experienced criminal lawyer familiar with asset forfeitures as quickly as possible.

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In September, after a lengthy investigation by staffers at the Senate Judiciary Committee, chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa) blasted the service for using forfeiture funds to pay for perks and luxury items such as «high - end granite countertops and expensive custom artwork,» much of it installed, appropriately enough, at a new Asset Forfeiture Academy in Houston.

He said his office will seek to use the pensions as substitute assets to satisfy any forfeiture judgments they get as a result of their illegal schemes.

Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has described as political witch - hunt by an illegal body, the assets» forfeiture case launched against him.

The Manhattan District Attorney's office has hit the jackpot in asset forfeitures — with holdings of roughly $ 734 million as of June 30, according to the Independent Budget Office.

Under asset forfeiture laws, agencies such as Nassau and Suffolk police can take cash, cars, homes and other property linked to local and federal probes and then sell them at auction.

The probe is also exploring other cases involving investigations into Robert Stricoff, Donald Rodgers and Justin Meyers — figures associated with the administration of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone — and whether the distribution by the district attorney's office of millions of dollars in asset forfeiture money was improperly used by the DA's office as a reward for favorites or for the office's own political benefit.

Newsday analyzed 2013 asset forfeiture records for the Nassau and Suffolk police departments, as well as the Nassau County district attorney's office.

Sini, the Suffolk police commissioner, said in a statement responding to a Newsday question: «As District Attorney, I will not use asset forfeiture to pay bonuses to employees.

Asset forfeiture funds are financial assets recovered after the arrest and prosecution of criminals, such as drug money or the proceeds from auctioning off vehicles and other items confiscated during a criminal or narcotics investigation.

James Murdoch and News Corp could face corporate legal battles on both sides of the Atlantic that involve criminal charges, fines and forfeiture of assets as the escalating phone - hacking scandal risks damaging his chances of taking control of Rupert Murdoch's US - based media empire.

The consequences of defaulting on a car loan can be severe, as many loan servicers will require that the loan is repaid even after default and asset forfeiture.

A new report by the Canadian Constitution Foundation and Institute for Liberal Studies says the civil forfeiture laws are cash grabs for provincial governments, which have collected millions of dollars in assets as proceeds of crime.

That being said, the analysis may be less clear - cut when it comes to other special procedures, such as for example post-conviction proceedings dealing with the forfeiture of assets.

The number of cases in which abatement will occur is fairly small, I suspect, and it's not as if the government does not have access to civil forfeiture to recover Lay's assets.

If you are named as a defendant in a personal injury lawsuit your personal assets could be vulnerable to forfeiture if you do not have the capital necessary (or adequate insurance) to compensate the other party.

A conviction under the state's version of the federal RICO statute, known as the New York Enterprise Corruption Law, can result in a sentence of up to 25 years in state prison, not to mention significant fines and asset forfeiture to make restitution.

During his six years as a federal prosecutor, he led the investigation and prosecution of a wide range of federal crimes, including financial fraud, money laundering, public corruption, asset forfeiture, racketeering, narcotics trafficking, and murder.

Raised in Colombia, Marcela has experience representing a wide range of Latin American and other foreign clients in the United States as well as domestic clients in international transaction and litigation matters, including civil asset forfeiture defense, regulatory compliance and financial services.

Marcela has experience representing a wide range of Latin American and other foreign clients in the United States as well as domestic clients in international transaction and litigation matters, including civil asset forfeiture defense, regulatory compliance and financial services.

The team urged holders of the affected coins to withdraw their digital assets to other wallets before the set date as failure to do so would lead to total forfeiture of the altcoins.