Sentences with phrase «by indictment under»

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The indictment stated that the company's virutal currency «was designed so that criminals could effect financial transactions under multiple layers of anonymity and thereby avoid apprehension by law enforcement.»

The searches open a new front for the Justice Department in its scrutiny of Mr. Trump and his associates: His longtime lawyer is being investigated in Manhattan; his son - in - law, Jared Kushner, is facing scrutiny by prosecutors in Brooklyn; his former campaign chairman is under indictment; his former national security adviser has pleaded guilty to lying; and a pair of former campaign aides are cooperating with Mr. Mueller.

The nudging is subtle: Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is under investigation by federal prosecutors, while the GOP's deputy majority leader, Tom Libous, is under indictment for lying to the FBI.

By the end of today, the three biggest recipients of state economic development building contracts, plus the governor's Upstate nano - tech czar and SUNY Poly President, and one of the governor's closest aides will all be under federal or state indictment in a sprawling bribery and bid rigging scandal that involves close to $ 2B in state -LSB-...]

By the end of today, the three biggest recipients of state economic development building contracts, plus the governor's Upstate nano - tech czar and SUNY Poly President, and one of the governor's closest aides will all be under federal or state indictment in a sprawling bribery and bid rigging scandal that involves close to $ 2B in state funds.

Grimm, a former Marine and FBI agent, is under federal indictment, accused of evading taxes by hiding more than $ 1 million in sales and wages while running a small Manhattan restaurant.

Astorino has decried the advertising as false and nasty, especially the ad in which he's accused of racketeering, the basis of which came from a lawsuit filed by a colorful Westchester County businessman now under indictment for fraud.

Democrats began whispering about the prospects of running in 2016 against a Republican conference whose two top leaders were both under indictment, further buoyed by the expected surge in Democratic turnout that would accompany Hillary Clinton's presidential run.

«The Senate Republicans have a Deputy Leader serving under federal indictment, a Campaign Committee Chair who was accused of double dipping the STAR rebate program and candidates like Richard Funke who oppose the protections provided by Roe v Wade.»

The Benue State government has fired the Registrar and the Bursar of the State University, Makurdi, Dr Timothy Utile and Mr Aondoakaa Kwaghfan over their indictment in the report of a seven - man visitation panel set up by the Governor, Samuel Ortom to review the activities of the institution from 2010 to 2015, under the leadership of former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Charity Angya.

Mr. Recchia, a former Brooklyn councilman, trailed Mr. Grimm, who is under indictment, by four points — equal to the margin of error — in a NY1 News / Capital New York / Siena College Research Institute released this week.

«Early on, this race looked like it was going to be one of the closest in the state, a former Democratic City Council member taking on an embattled incumbent Republican under federal indictment in a district that is, at least by enrollment, dominated by Democrats,» Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said in a statement.

Senator Tom Libous, their deputy leader, is under indictment for lying to F.B.I. agents about an alleged scheme to boost his son's salary by having the Senator ask a lobbyist to steer business to the law firm that employed him.

Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland Jr., already under indictment on federal bribery charges, is now being investigated by Albany County DA David Soares and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for allegedly claiming taxpayer - funded reimbursement of bogus expenses.

As expected former state Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's attorneys have filed an appeal of his January 2009 indictment on federal corruption charges, arguing in part that the theft of honest services statute under which he was convicted has been invalidated by the US Supreme Court.

The candidate also said he would fight for more affordable housing and focus on bringing Hurricane Sandy recovery funds to areas like Canarsie that were hit hard by the storm, something he said Sampson has been unable to do effectively while under indictment.

Fact 1: Republicans control both houses of Congress Fact 2: A Republican controlled ethics committee voted THREE TIMES to censure Tom Delay for ethics violations Fact 3: The Republican leadership, not liking this, removed the Republican on the committee who was voting to censure Delay and replaced him with a Republican who accepted Delay's leftover campaign money for his own campaign Fact 4: The Republicans further tried to shield Delay by making a change to the rules to allow a Congressman under indictment to retain their leadership post, relenting only when Democrats had a field day trumpeting that little change in the media

Congressman Michael Grimm — who is under a 20 - count federal indictment and famous for threatening on camera to throw a reporter off a balcony — cruised to re-election Tuesday night, beating Democratic challenger Domenic Recchia Jr. by 13 points at the end of race that was more of a circus.

«However, as a serving minister in an administration that is fighting corruption, Dr Fayemi has a duty to respond to his indictment by the judicial commission of enquiry, which probed the finances of Ekiti state under his watch.

The film is a quietly simmering character study about an immigrant named Abel Morales (Isaac) and his wife, Anna (Jessica Chastain), who attempt to grow their business under the shadow of an imminent criminal indictment and physical assaults on the company's drivers, presumably orchestrated by Morales» rivals.

Now, on the whole, I'm not one to go in for guilt by association: The fact that Michael E Mann's boss at the IPCC is facing sex charges for harassing women is no more relevant than the fact that Michael E Mann's boss at Penn State - Graham Spanier, the guy who hired him - is under indictment for obstruction of justice, failure to report child abuse, and child endangerment.

In fact, Mann's only «exoneration» came in an inquiry set up by a guy called Graham Spanier, now under criminal indictment and facing 20 years in the slammer for obstruction of justice.

Comparatively, Section 334 sets out that Theft under $ 5,000 is a hybrid offence and can be prosecuted either summarily or by indictment.

This is a writ of error to the County Court of Oneida County, in the State of New York (to which court the record had been remitted), to review the judgment of the Court of Appeal of that State affirming the judgment of the Supreme Court, which itself affirmed the judgment of the County Court, convicting the defendant of a misdemeanor on an indictment under a statute of that State, known, by its short title, as the labor

It is said that, under the form of writ used in this case, the defendant in the prosecution which might follow an indictment by the grand jury would not be apprised of the name of the precise witness who might have appeared against him, and § 829 of the Revised Statutes and the Sixth Amendment of the Federal Constitution are invoked.

Former leaders of Tyco, WorldCom and Enron under indictment were probably not seen by key employees as having the proper commitment and respect for compliance.

Currently, it is an offence punishable by a fine of up to # 5,000 on summary conviction or unlimited on conviction on indictment, under s 55 of the Act for anyone «to sell or offer to sell personal data which has been (or is subsequently) obtained / procured knowingly or recklessly without the consent of the data controller».

If the Crown chooses to proceed by indictment, the maximum penalty associated with a conviction is ten years imprisonment, with a minimum punishment of one year imprisonment if the victim is under the age of sixteen.

If prosecuted by indictment, there is a Defence election of Court under s. 536 (2).

A «theft under» type shoplifting charge is punishable by up to 6 months in jail and / or a $ 2,000 fine if the Crown lawyer chooses to proceed summarily (a less serious offence) or up to 2 years in jail if the Crown lawyer proceeds by indictment (a more serious offence).

Offences under s. 236 are ineligible for a conditional sentence order under s. 742.1 (b) and (c), as there are mandatory minimum periods of incarceration and, when prosecuted by indictment, the maximum penalty is 14 years or life.

Offences under s. 220 (b), 249.2 and 249.3 are ineligible for a conditional sentence order under s. 742.1 (c), when prosecuted by indictment, as the maximum period of incarceration is 14 years or life.

Nothing in KRS 432.230 to 432.270 shall prevent any court or judge from proceeding against any person writing or publishing a libel or slanderous words concerning such court or judge in relation to his judicial conduct in court by indictment, nor prevent any court from punishing any person guilty of a contempt in resisting or disobeying any judicial order or process issued by or under the authority of such court.»

The district judges shall be elected by the qualified electors of their respective districts, and shall hold office for the term of 6 years (excepting those elected at said first election) from and including the first Monday of January, next succeeding their election and qualification; provided, that the First Judicial District shall be entitled to, and shall have three district judges, who shall possess co-extensive and concurrent jurisdiction, and who shall be elected at the same times, in the same manner, and shall hold office for the like terms as herein prescribed, in relation to the judges in other judicial districts, any one of said judges may preside on the empanneling [empaneling] of grand juries and the presentment and trial on indictments, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by law.

The provision would extend the powers and rights of audience of DCWs by enabling them to conduct: - summary trials in magistrates» courts; - certain proceedings in magistrates» courts, including proceedings relating to offences triable only on indictment by a judge and jury at the crown court; - applications and other proceedings relating to «preventative civil orders» such as anti-social behaviour orders; and - certain proceedings (other than criminal proceedings) assigned to the director of public prosecutions by the attorney general under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, s 3 (2)(g).

An indictment for bigamy under sect. 5352 may, therefore, be found in a district court of Utah, by a grand jury of fifteen persons, impaneled pursuant to the laws of that Territory.

Also, really absurdly nitpicky note: under the «Don't include irrelevant info» paragraph it looks like the «arraignments» was written (def: A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted by law.