Sentences with phrase «bribe money paid»

Friday's developments in the Buffalo Billion case follow the March conviction of Joseph Percoco, Cuomo's longtime friend and confidant who was found guilty of three felony counts for his role in a bribery scheme in which corporate interests got special attention in return for a steady flow of bribe money paid into Percoco's personal bank account.

Joseph Percoco, who served as the insider among insiders to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, was convicted today of three felony counts for his role in a bribery scheme in which corporate interests got special attention before Cuomo's administration in return for more a steady flow of bribe money paid into Percoco's personal bank account.

Not exact matches

The U.S. says the money originated from a Swiss account controlled by Burzaco, part of what the businessman testified were the millions of dollars in bribes he paid to officials, including Marin, for the broadcasting rights to the Centennial tournament and another in Brazil.

Oh, by the way, how much money did the Archdiocese donate (pay as a bribe) to the majority conference?

``... If I have GHS10 to pay or to bribe anybody to speak for me, it is not Bugri Naabu that I'll be wasting that money on.

Misau, in a series of interviews with newsmen, accused the Inspector General of Police of taking bribe to post police officers as well as diverting for personal use money paid by private companies for police duties.

During the course of the bribery scheme, Percoco and Howe allegedly referred to bribe money to be paid to Percoco's wife as ziti, borrowing a term from «The Sopranos,» Bharara said.

Percoco's lawyers say any money paid to Percoco was not a bribe.

Of that, $ 250,000 was paid to Howe and $ 135,000 went to a shell company that Howe had set up allegedly to hide bribe money funneled to another state official, prosecutors said.

A former top manager for the state retirement fund accepted bribes ranging from money to pay for drugs, prostitutes, exotic watches, Paul McCartney concert tickets and a Utah ski trip in exchange for steering $ 2 billion in investments to a pair of Wall Street broker - dealers, federal officials said Wednesday.

According to the criminal complaint, Halloran needed the alleged bribe money to pay for his mortgage.

And there are the 2018 trials: the corruption re-trials of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos; the pay - to - play trial in June involving Buffalo Billion and other Cuomo administration economic development programs in upstate, and the recently concluded trial in which Joseph Percoco, a longtime confidante of Cuomo, was found guilty in a scheme of trading bribes for state action for those business executives giving him money.

In exchange for the state money, the duo would pay for and carry out the bribes.

Smith agreed to steer $ 500,000 in state transportation money to an upstate project in exchange for the bribes paid on his behalf, according to the complaint, and in total Halloran allegedly accepted upward of $ 60,000 in bribe money while Tabone pocketed $ 25,000, prosecutors allege.

During the meetings, both men separately denied paying a $ 35,000 bribe to Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, by sending the money to a shell company bank account belonging to Todd Howe, another former top aide to Cuomo.

He seems to think that as long as he makes money that he can pay out for bribes the changing sides in Vietnam, the tension from the war do not matter and that business just can go on a usual no matter who is in charge.

They paid all that money to Cuomo as a legal bribe.

Oh, I remembered the third rule of journalism: 3) If the Times only pays attention to the Big Five on their tout sheets, and they do it to gain advert money on their pages, then they are in effect taking bribes.

As the officer disembarked from his SUV and approached our truck, a few thoughts crossed my mind: Will didn't have his passport and we had almost no money in the event that we needed to pay a mordida, (a bribe, or, literally, a «little bite»).

Since Duffy clearly took the money, and his actions after the fact are not really being disputed, the only question I can see for the judge is whether paying back his disputed expenses, in a way that seemed to benefit the PMO, constitutes the type of action that is sufficient to make his receipt of the $ 90,000 «a bribe».

Why don't you start a program within your brokerage whereby «you» pay the Zoocasa bribe money up front on behalf of your «Zoocasa - selected» agents if you believe so strongly that you will ultimately net a good return on said investment.

Let's say for a while they persuade some hungry agents to pay them their 35 or whatever % of bribe money, I mean referral fees.