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Mangano's case is being handled by federal prosecutors on Long Island, overseen by newly appointed U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue.
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Mangano and Walker have both been identified in Newsday stories as being under scrutiny in an unrelated corruption probe by federal prosecutors on Long Island stemming from charges against restaurateur Harendra Singh, who was a major campaign contributor to Mangano and others on the Island.
The top two leadership posts in the State Senate has changed hands due former Majority Leader Dean Skelos being forced to step down after being indicted by federal prosecutors on bribery and extortion charges a few months ago.
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Nicolas De-Meyer, 40, was identified in an indictment unsealed Wednesday by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, who say he used a fake name, «Mark Miller,» to sell hundreds of bottles of the stolen wine to a North Carolina wine dealer he had found on the internet from 2014 to 2016.
The FBI was acting as part of a probe related to Cohen by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, who were acting on a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election as well as potential collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
Blood - testing firm Theranos Inc confirmed on Monday it is under investigation by federal prosecutors and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
More than four years later, Zambada — who currently resides in a federal prison in Milan, Michigan — still has not been tried, in part because of endless wrangling by prosecutors and defense attorneys on the size and scope of the pretrial legal discovery.
Reduces surging crime, drugs and violence by creating a Task Force On Violent Crime and increasing funding for programs that train and assist local police; increases resources for federal law enforcement agencies and federal prosecutors to dismantle criminal gangs and put violent offenders behind bars.
Fried Frank Of Counsel and author of the leading False Claims Act treatise, John T. Boese (on left), and his partner Douglas W. Baruch, offered insightful analysis on two recent Department of Justice policy documents (the «Granston Memo» and the «Brand Memo») and their impact on FCA actions by both qui tam relators and federal prosecutors.
Federal prosecutors and attorneys for Michael Cohen on Wednesday suggested seven candidates who could be picked by a federal judge to review materials seized in an FBI raid of Cohen's home and office last week and determine whether any should be protected under attorney - client priFederal prosecutors and attorneys for Michael Cohen on Wednesday suggested seven candidates who could be picked by a federal judge to review materials seized in an FBI raid of Cohen's home and office last week and determine whether any should be protected under attorney - client prifederal judge to review materials seized in an FBI raid of Cohen's home and office last week and determine whether any should be protected under attorney - client privilege.
A former U.S. Army sergeant and two other U.S. citizens were found guilty by a jury in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday of taking part in a plot to murder a woman in the Philippines for money, prosecutors said.
The growing legal questions around Mr Cohen's services for Mr Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand - jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
The growing legal questions around Cohen's services for Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
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.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's office on Thursday reacted to the decision by federal and city prosecutors to not bring any charges in multiple investigations into fundraising and political activities.
Bharara on Saturday said he was fired by the Trump administration as the Justice Department removed the final 46 Obama - era federal prosecutors.
A federal judge delayed sentencing of Edward Walsh, and set a date for a pre-sentencing hearing on whether new assertions by federal prosecutors are accurate and should potentially increase the prison time faced by the former Suffolk Conservative Party leader.
The ethics commission's first meeting comes on the same day that State Senator Carl Kruger pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to felony charges, for accepting more than a million dollars in bribes to maintain what prosecutors called a lavish lifestyle, including a large house owned by a former mafia boss and a Bentley automobile.
Federal prosecutors allege Silver reaped more than $ 3 million from legal settlements and verdicts won by the Weitz & Luxenberg law firm in Manhattan on behalf of people suffering from mesothelioma, a deadly cancer.
I fully concur with Senator Ball on this one.Leibell and company dishonestly framed this all as reasonable requests for leniency, as if what he had done was not so bad (and as if he had contritely cooperated with authorities), when in fact the former State Senator has been defiant in NOT helping Federal prosecutors — AND some of the letters in Leibell's behalf came from people who are still being actively investigated by Federal prosecutors.
Crains Insider: On Wednesday, court papers revealed that Queens state Sen. Jose Peralta was one of nine people secretly taped by Queens state Sen. Shirley Huntley — eight of whom, according to federal prosecutors, are under investigation, though not accused of wrongdoing.
«This puts an executive and legislative check on them by allowing their appointees call them in front of a commission,» said Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D - Nassau County), a former federal prosecutor who opposes the measure.
Mayor Bill de Blasio was grilled by heavy - hitting federal prosecutors about his campaign fundraising for over four hours on Friday.
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.
Federal prosecutors began presenting evidence to a grand jury in Brooklyn in the death of Garner, an unarmed black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white police officer in Staten Island in July 2014, according to a person briefed on the matter.
A palatial $ 2 million Staten Island mansion on Lighthouse Hill allegedly paid for with profits from a $ 16.6 million opioid pill - mill scheme was targeted in a forfeiture action by Brooklyn federal prosecutors.
NEW YORK (AP)-- For the second time in a month, one of New York State's biggest political figures is going on trial in a case brought by a federal prosecutor crusading against corrupt elected officials.
After a year and a half of investigations by state and federal prosecutors, SUNY Polytechnic Institute finds itself on the verge of something new.
Garcia has a long career as a prosecutor and defense attorney at both the federal and state level, including his recent work on behalf of Republicans in the State Senate as they faced inquiries from the Moreland Commission established by Cuomo.
The absence of the EFCC prosecutor, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, on Thursday stalled the trial by a Federal High Court in Lagos of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mohammed Belgore, charged with money laundering.
Percoco was off the state payroll but used his Manhattan office — near the governor's in the executive chamber — to make calls on 68 days during that period, according to evidence submitted by federal prosecutors at the trial.
Bellone ticked off a long list of what he said were failings by Spota, including the prosecutor's support for Burke and Spota's blocking of Suffolk police from cooperating with federal agents on the Gilgo Beach murders.
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.
Faulkner's comments came during a news conference announcing a Manhattan Supreme Court suit — first reported by The Post — over the $ 13.6 million in city money spent on lawyers who represented de Blasio and several «underlings» in connection with investigations by federal and city prosecutors.
The Times, which frequently breaks news regarding the activities of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office, reported that federal prosecutors have begun presenting evidence to a grand jury related to Skelos and his 32 - year - old son, Adam, centering on a contract awarded to AbTech Industries by Nassau County.
The federal prosecutor paid $ 14,000 to place ads on billboards owned by Clear Channel for 30 days, in advance of the election.
Questions about whether he's been contacted by federal prosecutors in their review of the Moreland Commission's work should be directed to the U.S. attorney, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters in Albany on Wednesday.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo deferred on Wednesday to prosecutors who have indicating they will continue to pursue a corruption conviction of ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver when asked after his conviction was tossed by a federal appeals court.
A politically connected lawyer says the Manhattan US Attorney should now go by «Ayatollah Preet Bharara» after the prosecutor's underlings on Thursday persuaded a federal judge to move ahead with indicted state Sen. Malcolm Smith's corruption trial in January — rejecting a bid to delay it to accommodate his wife's problem pregnancy.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The city Board of Elections (BOE) voted unanimously on Tuesday to refer the filing of petition signatures for Rep. Daniel Donovan by a Grimm campaign operative to local, state, and federal prosecutors.
A politically connected lawyer says the Manhattan US Attorney should now go by «Ayatollah Preet Bharara» after the prosecutor's underlings on Thursday persuaded a federal judge to move ahead with...
A third search warrant obtained by the state attorney general's office in May 2016 — information from which was shared with federal prosecutors — also was based on flimsy evidence, Miller wrote.
While the full scope of the new probe is unclear at this early stage, sources say that one of the focuses of FBI and federal prosecutors has been the central issue in the recently concluded SEEC investigation: the Democrats» 2014 spending on behalf of Malloy from a federally regulated campaign account fed by heavy contributions from state contractors.
«It's beyond us why Governor Christie would want to spend so much time with Andrew Cuomo, who is under investigation by federal prosecutors, got caught cheating on his property taxes and has an approval rating that plummeted to 42 percent,» said Astorino spokeswoman Jessica Proud.
The margin in favor of Mr. Kaminsky, an assemblyman and former federal prosecutor, over Republican Christopher T. McGrath, a personal injury lawyer, stood at 780 votes out of some 68,000 cast by Nassau County residents on the South Shore.
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo was not criminally charged on Thursday, but the schemes involving his close allies that were detailed by state and federal prosecutors are a serious blow to the Democratic governor and several of his proudest accomplishments.
A federal judge Friday delayed sentencing of Edward Walsh, and set a date for a hearing on whether new assertions by federal prosecutors should potentially increase the prison time faced by the former Suffolk Conservative Party leader.
Nearly a year ago, crusading federal prosecutor Preet Bharara mocked Albany's culture of corruption, heaping extra scorn on the deals hatched in secrecy by three men in a room.
Republican congressional and State Senate candidates Thursday called on Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto to resign after the GOP lawmakers were charged by federal prosecutors with receiving bribes from a businessman.
A motion filed by federal prosecutors in March revealed that Spota refused to issue a subpoena to aid my office's internal affairs investigation of Walsh, who was convicted later that month on federal charges of theft of government funds and wire fraud.