Sentences with phrase «by federal prosecutors with»

Our client was charged by federal prosecutors with money laundering for allegedly transferring proceeds abroad using a currency arbitrage platform.

This afternoon, Bloomberg reports that Dreier was charged by federal prosecutors with attempting to cheat hedge funds out of more than $ 100 million.

In April, Hillel Nahmad, 34, known as Helly, was charged by federal prosecutors with playing a leading role in a gambling and money - laundering operation that stretched from Kiev and Moscow to Los Angeles and New York, where he is based.

Former top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco, who was recently charged by federal prosecutors with soliciting over $ 300,000 in bribes in return for state contracts, is an executive at Madison Square Garden.

Nine former associates of Governor Cuomo, including a former top aide, have been charged by federal prosecutors with corruption including bribery and bid rigging in connection with the procurement of contracts for some of the Governor's largest economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion.

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.

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.

To the detriment of all New Yorkers, he and his family are being victimized by a federal prosecutor with a documented history of abusing both his power and the law.

Not exact matches

A wave of insider trading cases brought by Manhattan federal prosecutors, meanwhile, resulted in Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam's conviction in 2011 and a $ 1.8 billion settlement and plea deal in 2013 with hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LP.

In that case, led by the civil division of the United States attorney's office for the Eastern District of California, prosecutors found that JPMorgan flouted federal laws with its sale of subprime mortgage securities from 2005 to 2007.

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The search warrants were sought and executed by FBI agents and federal prosecutors in New York in coordination with special counsel Robert Mueller's team after an initial referral from Mueller's office.

The search warrants were sought and executed by FBI agents and federal prosecutors in coordination with special counsel Robert Mueller's team after an initial referral from Mueller's office.

By the end of the evening one thing was clear — Giuliani had concocted such a shifting, nebulous alibi for Trump that it didn't even hold up to a few hours of media scrutiny let alone a future interview with a Federal prosecutor.

Federal prosecutors also said they expect to begin handing over copies of all the documents and other material they seized to Cohen and his attorneys starting April 27, with plans to finish handing over most of the material by May 11, with the exception of several cellphones, which are locked and likely have to be decrypted by experts at the FBI crime lab in Quantico, Virginia.

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.

Peter Cutler, a longtime Democratic Party insider in Erie County and former Cuomo administration aide, says he has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors looking into the expanding Buffalo Billion economic development investigation, and plans to cooperate fully with the probe.

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.

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.»

Cuomo was not charged with any crimes by the federal prosecutor or implicated in Percoco's deeds.

The unique problem posed by Bharara is that few of the tools Cuomo typically uses to beat back problems (and opponents) will be at his disposal when it comes to dealing with the federal prosecutor.

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.

He said he was promised by federal prosecutors that he would not be charged with any crimes as long as testified truthfully.

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.

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.

Skelos along with his son had his conviction overturned last year and is awaiting retrial by federal prosecutors.

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.

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.

NYCHA's compliance with federal requirements «regarding lead and lead - based paint in public housing,» is being probed by prosecutors in US Attorney Preet Bharara's office, Judge Deborah A. Batts wrote in the order.

Executives at each firm were charged by state and federal prosecutors last week with improperly colluding with Todd Howe, the lobbyist, and officials SUNY Polytechnic Institute to win contracts building SUNY Poly facilities.

The town also disputes arguments by prosecutors that Town Attorney Joseph Nocella waived Oyster Bay's privilege in a conversation with federal prosecutors.

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.

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.

Federal prosecutors alleged that the ex-assembly speaker abused his power by helping women he had relationships with

The revelations into the steps leading to Ahmad Khan Rahami's New York and New Jersey bomb spree came in court documents in which federal prosecutors charge him with using a weapon of mass destruction, bombing a public place and two other charges leveled by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York.

He said he did not meet with the U.S. attorney during his visit to Albany, though he downplayed the significance by saying governors typically don't have much interaction with federal prosecutors.

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 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.

Federal prosecutors plan to sue New York City over widespread civil rights violations in the handling of adolescent inmates at Rikers Island, making clear their dissatisfaction with the city's progress in reining in brutality by guards and improving conditions at the jail complex.

Howard Zemsky, the leader of New York's economic development agency, maintained the Cuomo administration's no - comment policy with regards to questions surrounding a probe by federal prosecutors of the Buffalo Billion program — other than to say the agency is cooperating fully.

But for the past week, Buffalo's legal community has been buzzing about his relationship with Pigeon — a political operative whose dealings are under investigation by the state Attorney General's Office, federal prosecutors, the State Police and the FBI.

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.

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.

But with politics at play — given that Como is seeking re-election — federal prosecutors have begun investigating the roles played by Cuomo and members of his staff in the commission's demise, WCBS 880's Paul Murnane reported.

«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.