Sentences with phrase «brought criminal charges of»

In an unprecedented move, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office brought criminal charges of grand theft last week against 43 public - school teachers who received salary increases based on fraudulently obtained college credits.

Bharara's office last year brought criminal charges of alleged bid - rigging hit for projects in Buffalo related to at the SolarCity and other contracts in Syracuse and Albany.

Not exact matches

July 5, 2016: He holds news conference to announce that «no reasonable prosecutor» would bring criminal charges against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate, over her email practices as secretary of state, but criticizes Clinton and her staff for being «extremely careless» in their handling of classified material.

As France did not seek the Commission's approval Uber argued that criminal charges brought against two of the company's French managers were not valid.

Although no criminal charges were filed, the death of Darren Rainey has brought about major changes in the way prisons across the nation treat inmates with mental disabilities.

Federal prosecutors are weighing whether to bring criminal charges against members of the WikiLeaks organization, taking a second look at a 2010 leak of diplomatic cables and military documents and investigating whether the group bears criminal responsibility for the more recent revelation of sensitive CIA cyber-tools, according to people familiar with the case.

We've already seen criminal charges brought against Bear Stearns, and the FBI has announced that it's in the middle of a far - reaching fraud investigation.

We can take some comfort at the fact that finally, toward the end of the twentieth century, prosecutors have begun applying criminal statutes to corporate officers who make decisions that (for instance) cause death or injury to a worker or to the public, and charges brought against these individuals include manslaughter and homicide charges.

A prominent Cuban freedom of religion advocate has been detained without having any criminal charges brought against him, according to the religious freedom charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW).

All the available evidence, including the new material, has now been carefully considered by the CPS and we have concluded that there is sufficient evidence to bring criminal charges against Mr Huhne and Ms Pryce for perverting the course of justice.

The National Organization for Women of New York will hold a demonstration today outside Manhattan Criminal Court at noon to protest the DA's decision not to bring charges against the film titan.

But Flynn said he does not think he can bring criminal charges because the alleged sexual misconduct occurred too long ago and one of the alleged perpetrators is dead.

In looking back at our investigations into mishandling or removal of classified information, we can not find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts.

«After careful deliberation, given the totality of the circumstances here and absent additional evidence, we do not intend to bring federal criminal charges against the Mayor or those acting on his behalf relating to the fundraising efforts in question,» said Joon Kim, the acting U.S. attorney.

A year after federal investigators decided not to bring criminal charges related to de Blasio's lobbying nonprofit, New York's lobbying and ethics watchdog panel, JCOPE, is still investigating aspects of the mayor's former operation.

Singas said if she chooses to bring criminal charges, she would be constrained by the state's statute of limitations: A year for a violation, two years for a misdemeanor and five years for a felony.

«The charges brought against Mr. Aiello and Mr. Gerardi reveal how completely innocent business practices can be twisted by the government into allegations of criminal conduct, despite our clients» full cooperation from the start of this process,» the lawyers said.

The director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, said there was no evidence to bring criminal charges against David Cameron's director of communications.

Despite his frail health, the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh on Wednesday showed up at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for his trial which borders on a seven - count charge of criminal breach of trust and money laundering to the tune of N400m brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Wait, so Paterson calls the girlfriend of his aide who's filed domestic abuse charges to get her to drop the charges against his aide, but he's bringing up a 20 year old criminal conviction of Astorino's father?

Armsgate: Dasuki, Bafarawa, Yuguda Others Deny 19.8 bn Alleged Fraud Former National Security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki, former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda, former Governor of Sokoto State Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa and three others have denied allegations of diversions, misappropriation and breech of public trust in respect of N19.4 billion criminal charges brought against them -LSB-...]

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman of New York is moving to change New York state law so that he and other local prosecutors would have the power to bring criminal charges against aides to President Donald Trump who have been pardoned, according to a letter Schneiderman sent to the governor and state lawmakers on Wednesday.

It is thought to be the first time a secretary of state has been forced to quit as a result of criminal charges being brought against him.

A final decision on whether to bring criminal charges under the 2001 Prevention of Corruption Act will be taken by the Attorney General Baroness Scotland in the next few weeks.

The charges in part read: «That you Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki whilst being National Security Adviser and Shaibu Salisu, whilst being the Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the National Security Adviser and Hon. Waripamowei Dudafa (now at large) whilst bring Senior Special Assistant, Domestic Affairs to the President on or about 27th November within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court entrusted with dominion over certain properties to wit: the sum of N10billion being part of the funds in the account of the National Security Adviser with the CBN, the equivalent of which sum you received from the CBN in foreign currencies to wit: $ 47million and $ 5.6 million Euros committed criminal breach of trust in respect of the said property when you claimed to have distributed same to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Primary Election delegates and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 315 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532, Vol.4, LFN 2004.

Federal and local prosecutors said that there was insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges in the 2015 death of a prisoner at the Fishkill Correctional Facility who died after an altercation with a group of guards there.

Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey is calling for criminal charges to be brought against Clinton for the mishandling of classified information while she was secretary of state.

The fate of former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki is set to be decided upon as an Abuja High Court will on Monday February 8, 2016 rule on whether to discharge him or not from the criminal charges brought against him by the Federal Government.

Restoration of Controversial Fundraising Event Pro Tem Cup: The elimination of the oversight panel came on the same day that Senate Democrats announced plans to bring back the Pro Tem Cup, a controversial annual fundraising event that «was canceled in the wake of criminal charges filed against three Democratic Senators.»

According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi, the suspect who hails from Borno State, was arrested January 5 at his residence, 15, Anifowose Street, Amolasho, Abeokuta, the state capital by police detectives attached to the Abeokuta Area Command when report of his criminal act was brought to the Area Commander in charge of Abeokuta metropolis, by the victim.

*** Says he is not scared of trial The former National Security Adviser, Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki has asked an Abuja High Court to consolidate the two criminal charges bordering on alleged corruption and breach of trust brought against him by the Federal Government in -LSB-...]

The former National Security Adviser, Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki has asked an Abuja High Court to consolidate the two criminal charges bordering on alleged corruption and breach of trust brought against him by the Federal Government in the course of his official duties.

«Given the totality of the circumstances here and absent additional evidence, we do not intend to bring federal criminal charges against the Mayor or those acting on his behalf relating to the fundraising efforts in question.»

The vast majority of childhood sex abuse survivors only have until the relatively young age of 23 to bring criminal charges or seek civil relief.

Keir Starmer QC, director of public prosecutions, said: «Having thoroughly reviewed the evidence gathered by the police, we have decided there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest to bring criminal charges against Margaret Moran.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. is taking it on the chin these days for accepting campaign contributions from defense lawyers who represented high profile clients — including two of President Donald Trump's adult children and disgraced ex-Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein — against whom he declined to bring criminal charges.

Current law allows those victims to bring criminal charges against their alleged abuser until the age of 23.

When prosecutors announced on Thursday morning that they would not bring criminal charges against Mayor Bill de Blasio or his aides, following a series of overlapping investigations into his fundraising, they did not entirely clear the mayor from blame.

Washington (CNN)- The long - running federal criminal investigation of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has been closed, and no charges will be brought, DeLay said Monday.

[63] Although the verdict of the election court indicated a prima facie breach of criminal law, in March 2011 the Crown Prosecution Service announced that it would not bring criminal charges against Woolas as the finding of the Election Court already disqualified him from holding elected office and they felt that this was sufficient punishment.

Police will likely bring charges of criminal mischief and trespassing against whomever they determine is responsible.

Although the state constitution and county charter prohibit the use of government resources for political purposes, «it is nearly impossible to bring a criminal charge for these abuses under current law,» Singas wrote.

Ciminelli, caught up in a public corruption probe by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, is one of nine defendants charged in a criminal complaint brought by federal prosecutors.

But Kim said the office would not bring criminal charges, noting the «high burden of proof» required to prove such cases.

A small but exasperated group of protesters gathered on Staten Island tonight to denounce a grand jury's vote not to bring criminal charges in the death of Eric Garner, accusing the Staten Island justice system and the NYPD of once more discriminating against communities of color.

In a statement, Mr. Bruno, the State Senate majority leader, said the report confirmed his view that Mr. Spitzer «lied to the people of this State about his direct knowledge and involvement in the Troopergate scandal,» and criticized Mr. Soares for not bringing criminal charges.

Ndam is the third witness the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has brought to testify against the PDP spokesman, who alongside his firm, is answering to a seven - count criminal charge that borders on criminal breach of trust and illegal diversion of public funds to the tune of N400million.

The tribunal also dismissed the issue of multiple registration, saying that no criminal charges were brought against Obiano before any Magistrate or High Court in the state.

Former Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes declined for years to pursue the investigation, but Thompson has vowed that his office would take another look at the case to see if George should be brought up on criminal charges, despite the fact that the statute of limitations has already passed.

But the criminal charges, brought last week by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara as well as state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, have sparked widespread calls for more oversight and check - off procedures to prevent the kind of bid - rigging and pay - to - play allegations facing the defendants.