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Landlord Moishe Indig and other leaders of Williamsburg's Hasidic community are being questioned by federal investigators in their widening probe into Mayor Bill de...

One person who has been questioned by federal investigators in the Levy matter has been the county attorney under Levy, Christine Malafi, sources say.

► Michael Ameri - An inspector who was head of the NYPD's Highways Division was questioned by federal investigators in March, but was not considered to be a target of the probe.

Longtime Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen is fighting the seizure of his records by federal investigators in New York, but people close to the president are fretting he might fold if he faces severe charges.

President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, was reportedly wiretapped by federal investigators in the weeks leading up to the raids on his home and office in early April, two people familiar with the legal proceedings told NBC News.

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Government investigators alleged in internal documents that the company's lack of due diligence could have resulted in nearly 44,000 federal violations and exposed it to $ 2.3 billion in fines, according to confidential government records and emails obtained by The Washington Post.»

Cummings said in the letter, which he wrote with the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel, that «it appears that General Flynn violated federal law by omitting this trip and these foreign contacts from his security clearance renewal application in 2016 and concealing them from security clearance investigators who interviewed him as part of the background check process.»

Phone lines belonging to Michael Cohen, President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, were tapped by federal investigators, and at least one call between the White House and Cohen was caught up in the investigation, according to a report.

Cohen's disclosure comes on the eve of a Thursday court hearing in New York where a federal judge is poised to decide whether to appoint a special master to oversee the examination of documents seized from Cohen's office earlier this month to determine if they should be shielded from federal investigators by attorney - client privilege.

As confirmed by the memo, the FBI began a counterterrorism investigation of former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos in late July 2016 — about three months before federal investigators first sought the warrant on Page.

We believe boxing should be supervised by a federal boxing commission, with its own investigators and licensing power, and with the right and duty to call in the FBI, Treasury agents and anyone else who can catch the crooks and get rid of them.

An over-the-counter sinus medication, banned for pilot use by the Federal Aviation Administration because of its tendency to cause drowsiness, was found in the body of the pilot in a May 18 helicopter crash in Arlington Heights that killed four people, federal investigators said Federal Aviation Administration because of its tendency to cause drowsiness, was found in the body of the pilot in a May 18 helicopter crash in Arlington Heights that killed four people, federal investigators said federal investigators said Monday.

Human remains have been found during a search by Nassau County police and federal investigators in a wooded area on the Baldwin - Roosevelt line, police said Friday.

Last May, Inspector Michael Ameri, the well - respected head of the NYPD's Highways Division, killed himself after he was questioned by federal investigators as a possible witness in the case, after being suspected of obtaining police escorts for friends.

Republicans in the Senate have been previously at odds with de Blasio, but the dispute has taken on a more pronounced posture in recent weeks as the mayor's fundraising activities on behalf of Senate Democrats in 2014 have come under scrutiny by federal investigators.

Defense attorneys thus far have attacked Singh's credibility as a government witness and sought to use his own words against him — in part by playing secretly made recordings in which Singh says he has no story about politicians to share with federal investigators and Mangano gave him «nothing» for gestures such as hiring Linda Mangano.

The criminal prosecutions spawned by the CityTime case reached a quiet denouement when a federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Carl Bell, a computer specialist at the center of the scheme, to three years» probation, showing leniency because he had given crucial help to investigators.

Among other things, according to people who have been interviewed by investigators, the grand jury probe is trying to determine whether Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's re-election effort benefited improperly from money in the federal fund.

Emails obtained by the investigator show the campaign rejected two attempts, first because the corporation attempted to purchase the ticket, which is illegal in New York, and the second time because the company's founder, a Canadian national, tried to personally buy it — that's against federal law.

In a more extensive use of a wiretap by Spota's office, the federal investigators are seeking to determine if information gleaned on a wiretap on Macedonio was used only to convict Macedonio of drug possession, while other information involving possible fraud by Macedonio, political corruption in the county and possible illegal activities by a member of Spota's staff, was ignored, sources saiIn a more extensive use of a wiretap by Spota's office, the federal investigators are seeking to determine if information gleaned on a wiretap on Macedonio was used only to convict Macedonio of drug possession, while other information involving possible fraud by Macedonio, political corruption in the county and possible illegal activities by a member of Spota's staff, was ignored, sources saiin the county and possible illegal activities by a member of Spota's staff, was ignored, sources said.

Key state Democrats are finding it hard to believe the breathtaking claim by disgraced former Sen. Shirley Huntley's lawyer that Huntley provided federal investigators with information on supposed corruption involving Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who once served with Huntley in the Senate.

The dramatic predawn raid on Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada's health - care empire by state and federal investigators yesterday will likely result in his indictment on multiple federal charges in as soon as a month, law - enforcement sources told The Post.

At least three investigators with the Suffolk district attorney's office have been subpoenaed as a federal investigation has expanded into whether county investigators and prosecutors engaged in federal civil rights violations by illegally using a wiretap on Oliva.

ALBANY - Another leader in the New York State legislature is being investigated by the same federal investigator who arrested Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Newsday reported Saturday that federal investigators are probing whether Spota and one of his chief assistants took part in a cover - up of an assault by former Suffolk Police Chief of Department James Burke of a burglary suspect, according to sources.

In Syracuse, federal investigators have subpoenaed records concerning Howe and two companies awarded grants to restore the Nynex building in downtown Syracuse, according to a report by the Buffalo NewIn Syracuse, federal investigators have subpoenaed records concerning Howe and two companies awarded grants to restore the Nynex building in downtown Syracuse, according to a report by the Buffalo Newin downtown Syracuse, according to a report by the Buffalo News.

Those proposals include stripping public officials who are convicted of corruption of their pensions, while also new penalties for those who use county committees to circumvent donor limits — another area in which de Blasio has come under scrutiny by federal investigators.

Federal investigators are seeking information from the Cuomo administration on two companies represented by Howe: STV Group, a Manhattan engineering and architectural consulting and design firm; and 3Gi Terminals LLC, a Syracuse intermodal infrastructure company seeking to create an «inland port» in the area.

His efforts for Democratic candidates in 2014 has come under scrutiny by federal investigators for campaign finance practices.

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Acknowledging the investigation, Cuomo hired an investigator to review contracting in the economic development programs that have come under scrutiny by federal prosecutors.

In particular, federal investigators are looking at the contracts won by LPCiminelli, a developer who was selected to construct the SolarCity facility.

FBI agents and Rockland district attorney's office investigators fanned out across Ramapo today with search warrants demanding that vendors provide records and account for equipment allegedly bought by religious schools with millions in federal education technology dollars.

A Suffolk marketing executive, linked to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano in a reported exchange of sexually suggestive texts, helped promote a 2013 county fundraiser that was touted as helping veterans, but the checks went to a private group whose records have been subpoenaed by federal investigators.

Federal investigators» interest in the former gubernatorial aide came to light in late April, when the administration acknowledged that it had received a wide - ranging subpoena from Bharara's office seeking information about actions taken by a half - dozen current or former members of the administration, including Percoco, that might have benefited two dozen companies that had received state funds or other benefits.

By last month, when investigators subpoenaed Mr. Cuomo's office, the federal inquiry appeared to be focusing on the links between state officials and the sprawling investment New York has made, not only in Buffalo, but also in Syracuse and other struggling upstate cities.

One of the referrals made by the Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Moreland Commission to federal investigators concerned state funds steered by Assemblyman Dov Hikind to a hospital in his Brooklyn district, a person knowledgeable about the matter said.

In fact, Rattner was also being advised by his lawyers to make himself a lower - profile target for federal and state investigators who were probing whether he had paid off a middleman to win a lucrative contract from New York's pension system while he worked on Wall Street, a government source said Wednesday.

The complaint says the federal charges stem from records obtained by investigators from the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption after it was disbanded by Cuomo in 2013.

The pipeline will bring natural gas to the $ 1 billion 650 - megawatt Competitive Power Ventures plant in Orange County that is now being eyed by federal investigators after it was revealed the plant owner paid the wife of Joe Percoco, a former senior aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, more than $ 100,000 in consulting fees.

Human remains have been found during a search by Nassau County police and federal investigators in a vast wooded area on the Baldwin - Roosevelt line, police said.

One of the referrals made by the Moreland Commission to federal investigators before it shut down concerned state funds steered by Assemblyman Dov Hikind to a hospital in his Brooklyn district.

A U.S. judge ordered the State Department to release by Sept. 13 any emails it finds between Clinton and the White House from the week of the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, among the thousands of additional emails uncovered by federal investigators.

The investigator, Florence L. Finkle, is leaving less than a month after a damning federal inquiry chronicled assaults on teenage inmates by guards at Rikers, and criticized the division she oversaw as «ineffectual,» «understaffed» and biased in favor of correction officers.

Rechnitz later testified under oath in the federal corruption trial of disgraced NYC corrections union boss Norman Seabrook to a history of quid - pro-quo with Astorino, most notably helping Astorino obtain a $ 10,000 Rolex Submariner watch, which was later confiscated by federal investigators.

A quarter century ago as Niagara County clerk, his election committee pleaded guilty for failure to list the true identity of a campaign contributor discovered by federal and state investigators probing alleged corruption in the county.

The federal investigation, overseen by the United States attorney's office in Brooklyn, has placed Mr. Spota, who is in his fourth term, on the defensive as investigators pore over his cases.

He has also agreed to be questioned by federal investigators from the office of the United States attorney in Manhattan, Preet Bharara — an interview that is expected to occur in the coming days.

Federal investigators» interest in Percoco came to light in late April, when the administration acknowledged that it had received a wide - ranging subpoena from the office of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara seeking information about actions taken by a half - dozen current or former members of the administration, including Percoco, that might have benefited two dozen companies that had received state funds or other benefits.

Newsday has reported that federal prosecutors and investigators had been probing whether Spota and McPartland took part in the cover - up of the assault by Burke on Christopher Loeb, who stole a duffel bag from the chief's department SUV, parked in front of Burke's St. James home in December 2012.