Sentences with word «bribe»

Savino and Tabone were both part of a criminal complaint that alleged that accepted thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for endorsing Smith's run on the Republican line by signing the waiver known as a Wilson - Pakula.

The executives are being investigated by the German public prosecutor for taking bribes from contractors in connection with office projects in Frankfurt and Munich, The Wall Street Journal reported.

«I believe he was guilty of taking bribes in exchange for setting up the meetings with the county chairs,» said the juror, a 26 - year - old man from Duchess County who was dismissed because he could no longer serve on the lengthy trial.

Mangano is charged with accepting bribes from Singh in return for county concession contracts and for helping to induce Venditto to arrange indirect loan guarantees for Singh.

The federal complaint targets former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco, lobbyist Todd Howe and Kaloyeros, as well as executives from Syracuse - based COR Development, Maryland - based Competitive Power Ventures and Buffalo developer LPCiminelli, who are all accused of paying bribes for official favors that included advantages in multimillion dollar state contracts.

The operation used con artists to help ensnare politicians with bribes by fake Arab sheiks.

Netanyahu is accused of accepting gifts as bribes from Australian billionaire James Packer and Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan.

College basketball coaches accused of taking bribes by @FBINewYork in exchange for steering players toward certain agents

Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has on Tuesday paraded some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), arrested for allegedly receiving bribe from the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.

However, don't bribe people for these reviews in offering free products for their reviews or testimonials.

Prosecutors have accused Boyland of soliciting bribes in exchange for helping a carnival promoter get permits and leases.

But, politicians are now aware from focus groups how best to say to the electorate what it wants to hear; they know to offer bribes not ideas since people intensely dislike all ideologies but their own.

In emails, Howe and Percoco refered to the alleged bribe money as «ziti,» just like the characters on the «The Sopranos» did.

Percoco is accused of accepting bribe money from an energy company executive, through a «low - show» job for his wife in the company's education outreach program.

His aide, Vincent Tabone, was arrested Tuesday and was accused of accepting cash bribes in return for helping Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith run for mayor as a Republican.

The stories of judges becoming very wealthy on bribes paid by litigants in election petitions and other high profile cases have become more pervasive and in matters of the sanctity of the judicial process, appearances are at least as important as the substance.

Energy executives behind the project are charged with bribing Percoco in order to win valuable agreements with the state.

And we've all read too much about the exploits of Jayson Blair of the New York Times and Jack Kelley, USA Today's star reporter, who allegedly bribed people to confirm stories — or pretend to be part of stories — that he had fabricated.

* Some policy and fiscal decisions were influenced by people who prosecutors say used bribes given to Percoco in ways only subpoenas could reveal in order to enrich their companies and themselves.

The defense lawyers have contended that Singh lied about bribing Edward Mangano and Venditto, in an attempt to cut a deal with prosecutors and his testimony was aimed at getting a lenient sentence.

The Bronx Democrat rose to power over the last several days following Silver's arrest on charges that he has used his office to enrich himself through bribes masked as referrals.

Singh is testifying against Mangano as part of a deal with the feds in which he secretly pleaded guilty to eight felonies, including bribing de Blasio with campaign cash for a «favorable» lease extension on his since - shuttered Water's Edge restaurant in Queens.

The indictment also presents charges unrelated to the Buffalo Billion, including bribes allegedly paid by Syracuse business executives to Joseph Percoco, who once served as Cuomo's executive deputy secretary and was the manager of Cuomo's 2014 re-election campaign.

Two of Tierney's slides detailed and put a price on bribes Mangano and Venditto allegedly accepted from Singh.

Another Howe email to Percoco worried about a halt in alleged bribe payments from the energy company executive; Howe called it time for «operation ziti replenishment.»

Who was given bribes for their vote in City Council to keep this profusely obnoxious creep in power.

It is important to emphasise that it is the workers of the IKEDC who collect bribe from defaulting residents instead of disconnecting their power supply from the electric pole.

@gameroutlawzz: It's ironic because Dark Souls was never supposed to be a trilogy or a franchise; they kind got bribed into the sequel machine by Namco.

The single - source contract began in May 2016, after NYPA was served with a grand jury subpoena related to Competitive Power Ventures, the energy company that employed Peter Galbraith Kelly, Jr., who prosecutors say bribed ex-Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco in exchange for official actions.

Aiello is charged with bribing state officials — including Percoco — in exchange for government favors.

Specific crimes must be proved, of course, but if bribe solicitation, payoffs and related self - dealing reside at the center of your program, then it's probably a failure functionally as well.

Restaurateur Harendra Singh and prosecutors say he hired Linda Mangano for a no - show job that paid $ 450,000 from 2010 to 2014 as a means of bribing Edward Mangano.

Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn

Howe, a former lobbyist, is expected to testify that he was part of scheme that involved bribing Joseph Percoco, the former executive deputy secretary to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«I also heard that the police had got bribed not to enter the hotel room for 24 hours.

You've yelled, nagged, pleaded and even tried bribing her, but she just digs her heels in and says, «Nope, not going, no matter what you do.»

Smith and Halloran were charged with bribing Republican officials in an effort to get Smith, a Democrat, on the GOP ballot.

An ethical bribe usually comes in the form of a white paper, guide or case study.

After bribing them, they came up with some ideas.

The owner of a Long Island City electrical company who bribed former state Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin was sentenced in Manhattan Monday to three months in jail, the city Department of Investigation said.

Not without bribing, cajoling, pleading, and yelling.

It's easy to forget that Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy, Michelle Dockery, Nate Parker, Corey Stoll and Lupita Nyong» o are all in the film as well, but when you've got Neeson doing things like bribing unruly passengers with free international flights to save the day, there's just no way anyone else can come close to stealing the spotlight.

Companies offer bribes because they know their product or service isn't good enough to compete otherwise.

As it recounts Jan's wild business ideas, such as when Jan and his clarinetist bribe someone at the Vatican so that Jan's European tour group can met the pope, the broad comedy becomes a weaker substitute for the more lively curiosities behind this bizarre story.

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has stated that the Nigerian Senate are allegedly demanding bribes as condition for passing the budgets of Federal Ministries, Departments and...

Singh also pleaded guilty to bribing Venditto with free limousine rides for the supervisor and various family members.