Sentences with phrase «bribes and kickbacks constitute»

«It has always been «as plain as a pikestaff» that bribes and kickbacks constitute honest services fraud,» Crater wrote.

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Silver's lawyers argue each of the alleged schemes represents a «routine financial relationship with the entity to which he is allegedly steering business» and does constitute «the sort of «side payment... from a third party» that Skilling requires for a payment to be deemed an illegal bribe or kickback.»