Sentences with phrase «by federal prosecutors who»

Not exact matches

Earlier this year U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who is hearing the civil action brought by Waymo, asked federal prosecutors to investigate whether criminal theft of trade secrets had occurred.

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.

But the account echoed wording in a comment made a day earlier to The Associated Press by longtime Comey friend Daniel Richman, a former federal prosecutor, who said the president had removed «somebody unwilling to pledge absolute loyalty to him.»

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.

Prosecutors say Edwards broke federal law by accepting about $ 725,000 from Mellon and more than $ 200,000 from Fred Baron, a now - deceased Texas lawyer who was his finance chairman.

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.

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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.

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 previously unreported testimony from the onetime senior Uber official, as well as interviews conducted by Reuters with five current and former Uber employees, rebuts statements made in an explosive 37 - page letter last year that triggered the internal probe and drew the attention of federal prosecutors, who are still investigating.

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 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.

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.

Self - help guru Keith Raniere, who has charged by federal prosecutors with running a violent sex - slave cult called NXIVM, allegedly used the star power of two actresses from the Superman - prequel TV series «Smallville» to lure other women into his organization.

Faced with a sprawling investigation by the special counsel in Washington, Trump must also contend with an independent - minded office of federal prosecutors in his hometown, New York, who are investigating Cohen.

At the time of the meeting, Cohen was under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in New York, who still are probing a $ 130,000 payment Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump.»

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.

The internal review will be conducted by Bart Schwartz, a former federal prosecutor who now works as an independent investigator, according to David's statement, which was released shortly after 5 p.m. — and minutes after the News article was posted online.

Cohen is blocked from commodities trading until 2018 due to an investigation by Preet Bharara, the former US Attorney who did not make life easy for the governor during his years as a federal prosecutor.

«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.

Azrack said the cases were different for three reasons: The de Blasio case involved only «campaign contributions» and not personal gifts, a fact that would increase the government's burden of proof for bribery; the defendants failed to demonstrate they are «similarly situated» to de Blasio; and, critically, the de Blasio matter was already reviewed by a different set of federal prosecutors, who declined to move forward with a case against him.

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 Buffalo native who worked as a director at QVC is accused of stealing more than $ 1 million from the company in a fraud scheme that funded his luxury lifestyle, according to an indictment unsealed earlier this month by federal prosecutors in Philadelphia.

Faced with a sprawling investigation by the special counsel in Washington, President Trump must also contend with an independent - minded office of federal prosecutors in his hometown, New York, who are investigating his longtime personal lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen.

«Ultimately, there is a person who is being investigated by a federal prosecutor.

«He was very much trusted by the governor, including handling such sensitive matters,» said Lacewell, a former federal prosecutor in Brooklyn who joined Cuomo when he was serving as attorney general.

The town filed papers late Wednesday night in federal court in Central Islip in response to a motion by federal prosecutors, who said they are entitled to see the complete documents.

The charges against Percoco were brought by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was fired by the Trump administration last year along with other federal prosecutors.

The U.S. attorney who originally brought the charges against Percoco, Preet Bharara, was fired by President Donald Trump last year in a nationwide purge of federal prosecutors.

He also said the charges raised by Morales and Cumberbatch were exhaustively reviewed by the same federal and state prosecutors who investigated the administration and decided in March not to pursue criminal charges.

«He fought to uphold the law and bring justice to those who break it as a former federal prosecutor, and he's continued that commitment by fighting for stronger ethics laws in the state legislature.

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.

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.

Todd Kaminsky (D - Long Beach), a former federal prosecutor, cast himself as the anticorruption candidate as he announced his candidacy for the State Senate seat vacated by Dean Skelos, who was convicted of bribery, extortion, and conspiracy charges in December.

For the monitorship of SAC Capital Advisors, which had reached an insider trading settlement in 2014, Schwartz was chosen by the company itself, and approved by an anonymous panel of federal prosecutors, who often do not disclose the names of those picked, he wrote.

The charges against Percoco were brought by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was fired by President Donald Trump last year along with other federal prosecutors.

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.

Late last year, federal prosecutors said they may introduce evidence at trial to show that Percoco «threatened at least four New York State employees... who were considering leaving their current jobs or State service entirely, by claiming that [he] would use his extensive influence... prevent them from finding future employment.»

Steven Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who has worked under Cuomo in the attorney general's and governor's office, dismissed speculation that Cuomo could be harmed by the trial.

«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.

Reich noted that Queens Democrats also sided with Leroy Comrie's challenge to then - senator Malcolm Smith, a former Democratic Conference leader who joined the IDC but was expelled after he was indicted by federal prosecutors.

Smith was brought down by Bharara, who, since being installed as the federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York in 2009, has charged a dozen legislators.

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.

A former federal prosecutor, Ms. Biben is a highly qualified individual who is well respected by her peers throughout the legal community.

«He fought to uphold the law and bring justice to those who break it as a former federal prosecutor, and he's continued that commitment by fighting for stronger ethics laws in the state legislature,» Cuomo said.

«It is disturbing to imagine that somebody under investigation by the attorney general's office would have been in a position to have information that would be damaging to the attorney general,» according to Harry Sandick, a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan who is now a white - collar criminal defense attorney.

Master was an assistant U.S. attorney who worked under Preet Bharara, who was fired by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions for refusing to submit a letter of resignation this year, after working as a federal prosecutor under former President Barack Obama.

It was the attorney general's reaction to horror stories of seemingly unwarranted seizures across the country that mostly resulted from roadside stops by local police agencies, said Thomson, the federal prosecutor who handles the forfeiture cases in the Syracuse area.

The announcement by Mattei, a former federal prosecutor who formed an exploratory committee for statewide office...

Silver, who has represented the Lower East Side since 1977, is accused by federal prosecutors of trading official favors for $ 6 million in «kickbacks» disguised as legal fees.