Sentences with phrase «by federal corruption»

WASHINGTON - Sen. Robert Menendez, dogged by a federal corruption probe, was the target of a Cuban intelligence smear plot that managed to fool the FBI and media into investigating.

Construction of the DeWitt facility was delayed at least a year by a federal corruption probe of state contracts, including Cor Development Co.'s contract to build the Soraa plant.

McDonnell argued that simply referring a constituent to another state official was not among the «official actions» barred by the federal corruption law.

That explains why Curran has been consistently trying to tie Martins to the man whose seat both candidates are trying to win, retiring Republican County Executive Ed Mangano, who opted not to seek re-election as he fights federal corruption charges; as well as former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, another Long Island Republican felled by a federal corruption case, (though his conviction was overturned due to a U.S. Supreme Court decision).

The city's correction commissioner is fighting to keep union boss Norman Seabrook in power — because the labor boss is so distracted by a federal corruption investigation, he has no time to advocate for his members, according to a union challenger.

Days after then - Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano took the oath of office in 2010, he whined to Long Island restaurateur Harendra Singh — according to evidence presented by federal corruption...

There were also special elections yesterday to fill two state legislative seats left vacant by the federal corruption convictions of their former occupants — ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (lower Manhattan) and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (Nassau County, Long Island).

Then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver drove the effort in 2007 to replace Democratic Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who was forced from office by federal corruption charges.

Upstate Democrats had tried — without success — to win some additional clout in the downstate - dominated chamber by backing Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle, of Rochester, to replace Silver after the Manhattan assemblyman was toppled by a federal corruption scandal.

But Lavine's election did not end up sparking a massive reform wave at the Capitol, (he actually backed then - Speaker Sheldon Silver, who since has been toppled by a federal corruption scandal).

Not exact matches

The Tigers are one of four programs with an assistant coach indicted by a federal grand jury on fraud, conspiracy and bribery charges stemming from the FBI's investigation into corruption across college basketball.

Howard Glaser, a former top Cuomo aide, received outside income to teach classes in a Columbia University program run by a professor with deep ties to key players in an ongoing federal corruption investigation.

Extraneous influences Malami, however, said in tackling the corruption cases, the Federal Government would not be assuaged by what he called «extraneous influences» or action by available prima facie evidence.

The jury in the Joe Percoco federal corruption trial resumes its work today, after appearing to focus much of its attention last Friday on the low - show job given to Percoco's wife, Lisa, by a Maryland - based energy company, Competitive Power Ventures, which is behind a controversial new power plant in Orange County.

The guilty verdict in the case of Joe Percoco was coupled with not guilty results for two prominent upstate developers who had also been accused of corruption and bribery by federal prosecutors.

Melvin Lowe, a former top political aide to the indicted Sen. John Sampson whose job was nebulous — at best — is being eyed by federal prosecutors as part of a mushrooming corruption probe.

As he did in the wake of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's sentencing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a brief statement in response to the five year sentence handed down by a federal judge in the corruption case of ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The corruption conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on Tuesday was overturned by a federal appeals court, dealing yet another blow to the prosecutors who had sought to crack down on Albany's unseemly way of doing business.

He will remain a rank - and - file member of the Assembly as he fights the federal corruption charges lodged against him by US Attorney Preet Bharara.

Kaminsky won the seat vacated by former Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was also convicted on federal corruption, in a special election last April, defeating McGrath.

Fidler is running in the March 20 special election for the seat vacated by former Sen. Carl Kruger, who was forced to resign when he pleaded guilty last month to felony federal corruption charges.

The Working Families Party has endorsed Yuh - Line Niou to fill the Assembly seat vacated by former Speaker Sheldon Silver who was convicted of federal corruption last year and forced to resign.

Skelos, 67, and his son, Adam, 32, were arrested Monday by federal authorities on corruption charges.

Today's sweeping indictments by federal and state prosecutors resoundingly confirm that the state's use of non-profits and SUNY to award billions in state economic development contracts has created huge and systemic opportunities for corruption.

Restaurateur Harendra Singh on Thursday finished his testimony in the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, after 13 days on the stand and as the prosecution challenged two crucial sets of evidence submitted by defense attorneys.

Former state Senate Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam saw their federal corruption convictions overturned by a federal appeals court panel Tuesday.

Close to $ 2 Billion in public funds in play Today's sweeping indictments by federal and state prosecutors resoundingly confirm that the state's use of non-profits and SUNY to award billions in state economic development contracts has created huge and systemic opportunities for corruption.

The corruption conviction of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was overturned Thursday on a technicality by a federal appeals court.

The federal probe is being led by the FBI and the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office, and began with a corruption tip involving Philip Banks, the then NYPD Chief of Department.

Lipsky turned himself in to authorities March 10 in connection with a federal corruption probe alleging that he indirectly injected lobbying fees totaling $ 252,000 into an account accessible by Sen. Carl Kruger (D - Brooklyn) in hopes of encouraging him to take official actions to benefit Lipsky's clients.

Singh, on the stand for the 11th day in Edward Mangano's federal corruption trial, made the admission under questioning by Linda Mangano's defense attorney, John Carman, who presented as evidence several email exchanges between his client and Singh employees.

The former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd) who is being unlawfully detained against court orders by Department of State Service (DSS) has approached the Court of Appeal Abuja Division praying the court to set aside the subpoena issued against him by the federal high court to appear before it to testify in a N400m corruption charges brought against Former National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Olisa Metuh.

Mangano and his wife were arrested and charged with corruption by federal authorities in October.

The voting wrapped up a session clouded by federal investigations into corruption and the sentencing of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau County) to federal prison on bribery and extortion charges.

Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto «traded their office for money,» a federal prosecutor said Tuesday in the 10 - week - old corruption trial's closing arguments while Mangano's defense attorney countered that the government's star witness «desecrated the oath» by lying repeatedly on the stand.

Opening arguments began this week in the federal corruption trial of Pedro Espada, Jr., and his son Pedro Gautier Espada, who are accused of using the Soundview Healthcare Network as «their own taxpayer - funded piggy bank» by funneling more than $ 500,000 from the organization and spending it on cars, spa treatments, and other personal luxuries.

Abramowitz is a power player in New York politics; he recently served as a criminal defense attorney for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a federal corruption probe launched by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

The Soraa facility where NexGen is planning to relocate was built by Cor Development of Fayetteville, one of the companies tied up in the ongoing federal political corruption trial in Manhattan involving former Cuomo aide Joe Percoco.

Today, Silver was found guilty by a jury of seven counts in federal court related to corruption charges.

Bruno announced in a press release sent out by his longtime spokesman John McArdle that he would close out the remainder of his campaign account as well as a legal defense fund formed to help him fight federal corruption charges, with most of the money going to help the GOP maintain control of the chamber.

Meanwhile, the former top legislative leaders in the Senate and Assembly are being retried by federal prosecutors after their corruption convictions were overturned.

PRNigeria gathered that the Federal Government was infuriated by the action of Magu in engaging Keyamo as a private counsel to prosecute the CCT boss in purported corruption charge because, the same Keyamo is the counsel to Rasheed Taiwo Owolabi who is standing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal and who made the allegation in the course of his trial on criminal offence.

It also maintains the governor is under federal investigation for witness tampering and obsctuction of justice, which isn't entirely true, though it has been speculated that those could be charges under consideration — if any charges are indeed to be brought — by US Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office is investigating the demise of Cuomo's now - defunct corruption - busing Moreland Commission.

«Of course, much of what Cuomo has been talking about over the last several weeks has been overshadowed by the ongoing coverage of the Federal corruption trial in Manhattan, in which the Governor has been featured prominently.»

The governor frowned at the publicized arrest of President Buhari's associate and All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Jafaru Isa, and his reported refund of N100 million to the EFCC describing it as the first trick used by the Federal Government in its attempt to deceive Nigerians into believing that the fight against corruption was not selective.

Yet the initial surge of «Buffalo Billion» investment was clouded last year by federal indictments in a «pay - to - play» investigation led by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office had registered high - profile corruption convictions against former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The use of LLC's by a real estate company Glenwood Management, and it's billionaire CEO Leonard Litwin, has factored in to high profile federal corruption cases against the two former leaders of the legislature.

Silver was indicted by a grand jury last week on three counts, after having been arrested in late January and charged with five counts of federal corruption.

A Brooklyn assemblywoman facing federal corruption charges resigned her seat on Monday, according to a letter provided to the Times Union by her attorney.

Several Rockland County and New York City - based lawmakers were arrested by federal authorities on corruption charges today.