Sentences with phrase «case as a bribe»

«What you saw is the government being forced, post-Skilling to really pitch a case as a bribe case, without focusing on a failure - to - disclose theory,» said Daniel Richman, a professor at Columbia Law School.

Not exact matches

The probe, known as «Operation Weak Flesh», had uncovered some 40 cases of meatpackers who had bribed inspectors and politicians to overlook unsanitary practices, such as processing rotten meat and running plants with traces of salmonella.

Such decrees have been cited by Venezuela prosecutors as a means of extracting bribes in some recent PDVSA corruption cases.

In one of the three complaints, Jim Gatto — director of global sports marketing for basketball at Adidas — and four other defendants were accused of bribing high - school athletes to play at universities sponsored by Adidas (referred to as «Company 1» in the case).

(There are a few cases where buying foreign gear could be seen as a deliberate bribe of the supplier, I'll exclude those.)

Skelos's sentencing comes just over a week after his former counterpart, ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, was sentenced to 12 years in prison in a separate case involving the Manhattan Democrat masking bribes as legal referrals.

Nii Samuel Mohenu said since it emerged that Justice Ajet - Nassam was caught on camera as one of the corrupt judges who took bribes and subverted justice, they now believe he was compromised in the case between Abokobi and Berekusu.

Legal experts said Howe's arrest and the testimony that led to it would sap his value as a credible narrator of the alleged bribe scheme and leave prosecutors with an uphill slog to make their case.

Silver, who stepped down from his longtime position as Assembly speaker in the wake of the corruption case, was indicted on federal fraud and extortion charges in February related to claims that he took more than $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks.

The federal case against Silver focused on his private legal work, which generated millions in what prosecutors were able to cast as bribes and kickbacks disguised as legal fees.

Jimmy Meng, 68, a former state Assemblyman, touted his prowess as a deal broker and promised that he could bribe Manhattan assistant district attorneys pursuing a tax fraud case against an associate, officials said today.

Kelly Kramer, a white - collar criminal defense attorney at the Mayer Brown firm, said the Supreme Court has scaled back the «honest services fraud» statute, as it is called, in deciding the case of former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling, limiting such prosecutions to cases involving bribes or kickbacks, rather than mere self - dealing.

The stories of judges becoming very wealthy on bribes paid by litigants in election petitions and other high profile cases have become more pervasive and in matters of the sanctity of the judicial process, appearances are at least as important as the substance.

A little more than three months ago the defendant in question was a Democrat, Shelly Silver, accused of taking bribes and kickbacks of $ 4 million, some of the money being listed as «referral fees» for steering asbestos cases and real - estate developers to Silver - connected law firms.

Boone also signaled that the government in its case will highlight Percoco and Howe's use of the word «ziti» as code for alleged bribes, a term he says they took from the TV series about the mob «The Sopranos».

Singh pleaded guilty in 2016 to bribing de Blasio, as part of his deal to cooperate in the case against Mangano, Mangano's wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto.

For the first time since he began serving as a State Supreme Court judge in 1995, Michalek's role in the courtroom was as an admitted criminal, one who pleaded guilty to felony crimes of bribe - receiving and offering a false instrument for filing in a court case.

Dean Skelos» arrest marks the second major indictment of a leader of a legislative body following the case against Silver in January for using his powers as an elected official to elicit millions «in bribes and kickbacks» that he masked as legitimate income.

Cohen's 40 - minute overview made refrains of the phrases «bribes and kickbacks» and «secrets and lies» as she sketched the case against Silver.

«As I think case law says, and I think common sense tells you, it's very rare that you have a written agreement, where someone says, «I'll pay you this bribe, and you do this favor for me,»» Bharara said at a press conference.

Yesterday, the F.B.I. arrested Councilman Dan Halloran and State Senator Malcolm Smith for allegedly attempting to bribe Republican party officials and also, in the case of Halloran, planning to redirect City Council member items to an undercover agent posing as a real estate developer in exchange for money.

Specifically the question of outside income was at the heart of the case against Silver, who took bribes and kickbacks disguised as outside income.

Another option in this case is to try bribing your hamster with a treat — something you know he really likes such as a grape or a yogurt drop.

As mentioned before you've got nine primary skills such as stealth, persuasion, sagecrafting, lockpicking, detection and dispelling to play with, with each of them offering milestones at certain points which grant bonuses, such as cheaper bribes for guards in case you get caught stealing (yes, being a thief is an optionAs mentioned before you've got nine primary skills such as stealth, persuasion, sagecrafting, lockpicking, detection and dispelling to play with, with each of them offering milestones at certain points which grant bonuses, such as cheaper bribes for guards in case you get caught stealing (yes, being a thief is an optionas stealth, persuasion, sagecrafting, lockpicking, detection and dispelling to play with, with each of them offering milestones at certain points which grant bonuses, such as cheaper bribes for guards in case you get caught stealing (yes, being a thief is an optionas cheaper bribes for guards in case you get caught stealing (yes, being a thief is an option).

In the case of Innospec Ltd, 20 a manufacturer found to have paid substantial bribes to Indonesian officials, the English courts expressly criticised the three - year monitorship regime that had been jointly agreed by the SFO and DOJ as part of a «global settlement» with the company.

HB 1007 as amended provides that where a judge was either found or pleaded guilty to bribery in a case a party who had an adverse ruling against them as a result of the bribe could sue to recover not only compensatory damages but punitive as well from the judge personally.

They are referred to as Cases 3 to 6 and consider the link between the recipient of the bribe (R) requesting, agreeing to receive or accepting an advantage and the improper performance of a function or activity.

With the very narrow, newly created exception for guilty verdicts in criminal cases reached based upon racial or other kinds of impermissible prejudice rather than the facts of the case (or cases where there is an outside influence on the jury such as a bribe or someone looking up facts or law on the Internet), no one can challenge a jury verdict based upon the reasoning and conclusions actually made by the jurors, even if someone learns that the jury knowingly or accidentally didn't follow the law or was mistaken about the facts.

There is certainly a case to be made that the money qualified as a bribe in the broadest sense of the provision.

There have been a few cases wherein normal average students have occupations in top organizations since they have father or uncle working there as boss or supervisor; whereas bright students are still jobless on the grounds that they don't have a strong reference or enough money to give as bribe.

In all cases, it is a collection of skills and knowledge that create an approach to kids that treats them respectfully, as individuals, without the use of harsh punishments, bribes, or yelling.