Sentences with phrase «cash bribes»

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian A. Jacobs told jurors that Stevenson accepted more than $ 20,000 in cash bribes in 2012 to help protect a new Bronx adult center in his district from competitors.

Halloran is accused of pocketing $ 20,500 in cash bribes for masterminding cross-party negotiations to help fix the Republican mayoral primary for Smith.

The other two complaints focus on coaches soliciting and accepting cash bribes in exchange for pressuring student athletes to hire certain business managers and financial advisors.

Coworkers exchange cash bribes for taking on secret extra projects?

Also Monday, the feds arrested Sgt. David Villanueva and Officer Richard Ochetal of the NYPD License Division for allegedly taking cash bribes from Brooklyn businessman, Alex Lichtenstein, who wanted gun permits for undeserving applicants paying him as much as $ 18,000 each.

In a prepared statement following the conviction, interim Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey Berman said, «Joseph Percoco was found guilty of taking over $ 300,000 in cash bribes by selling something priceless that was not his to sell — the sacred obligation to honestly and faithfully serve the citizens of New York.

Wormuth later pleaded guilty to taking cash bribes and stealing thousands of dollars from a campaign account for personal use.

Two county officials — Bronx GOP Chairman Joseph Savino and Queens GOP vice-chairman Vincent Tabone — are accused of demanding cash bribes.

We broke the rules twice (and paid cash bribes twice) to catch sunset at Dreamland Beach in Bali.

Napout's driver performed another duty — he drove 30 hours from Asuncion, Paraguay, to Buenos Aires and back to pick up and deliver cash bribes to his boss and facilitate payments to another Argentinian official, according to former sports - marketing executive Alejandro Burzaco, who pleaded guilty and is cooperating with the U.S. government.

Men and women who have been caught time and time again falsifying results for special interest groups with cash bribes and threats?

Soul singer Marshall Thompson, 59, of Oak Forest, a former sergeant with the Maywood Park District Police Department, acted as a «bagman,» relaying cash bribes from people who wanted badges.

The survey, tagged «Corruption in Nigeria — Bribery as Experienced by the Population» also revealed that custom officers, judges, magistrates and prosecutors were the public officials who received the largest average cash bribes.

According to city campaign finance records, the campaign paid Tabone $ 3,000 on Feb. 16 — two days after the aide allegedly took a hefty cash bribe from an undercover FBI agent posing as a real estate developer, according to the criminal complaint.

Do you really think a politician who'll trade anything to gain / retain office is somehow less venal than one who just accepts a cold hard cash bribe?

You forgot to mention that Bloomberg News reported this week that Ripple offered cash bribes to cryptocurrency exchanges to support XRP.

A jury concluded he collected more than $ 20,000 in cash bribes for promises that he would help developers of senior centers in the

His aide, Vincent Tabone, was arrested Tuesday and was accused of accepting cash bribes in return for helping Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith run for mayor as a Republican.

The jury agreed with the feds that Halloran pocketed $ 20,500 in cash bribes for masterminding cross-party negotiations to help fix the Republican mayoral primary for Smith.

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said: «Joseph Percoco was found guilty of taking over $ 300,000 in cash bribes by selling something priceless that was not his to sell — the sacred obligation to honestly and faithfully serve the citizens of New York.

«He was demanding cash bribes... This is not how honest public servants talk.

In his first public appearance since a jury convicted Percoco of accepting more than $ 300,000 in cash bribes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a hand - written note with his talking points as he discussed fallout of the trial with reporters.

Halloran is also facing charges of allegedly pocketing $ 18,300 in cash bribes and $ 6,500 in straw - donor campaign donations for agreeing to steer $ 80,000 of council discretionary funding for his district to a company he believed was controlled by those who paid him the bribes.

A jury concluded he collected more than $ 20,000 in cash bribes for promises that he would help developers of senior centers in the Bronx with custom - tailored legislation.

The feds showed Smith plotted with wire - wearing Stern and the agent for $ 40,000 in cash bribes to be paid to Tabone and Savino.

The motion, filed in February, asked U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack to allow Singh to testify about how a «panicked» Mangano asked him to exchange a cash bribe he'd received from a contractor, in case the bills were marked.

Halloran was also convicted for pocketing $ 18,300 in cash bribes and $ 6,500 in straw - donor campaign donations for agreeing to steer $ 80,000 of council discretionary funding for his district to a company he believed was controlled by those who paid him the bribes.

In return for his services, Halloran allegedly pulled in about $ 20,500 in cash bribes for himself and said he wanted to be named deputy police commissioner if Smith was elected mayor, officials said.

The Bronx Republicans are led by Chairman Joseph Savino, who was arrested Tuesday for accepting cash bribes to support Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith's attempt to run for mayor as a Republican.

But prosecutors argued that the tapes tell the story and provide evidence that Stevenson made a decision to sell his legislative powers for cash bribes.

He is accused of taking a $ 15,000 cash bribe in return for supporting Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith's bid to run for mayor as a Republican.

It also said the average sum paid as a cash bribe is approximately N5, 300 equivalent to $ 61 PPP, or an average of 28.2 percent of the average monthly salary of approximately N18, 900.

Halloran is accused of pocketing $ 20,500 in cash bribes for acting as an intermediary who set up the cross-party negotiations.

The feds say Smith also plotted with crooked Rockland County developer Moses Stern, a cooperating witness, for another $ 40,000 in cash bribes to be paid to Tabone and Savino.

The charge: accepting $ 22,000 in cash bribes and campaign contributions in exchange for a legislative bill that would give four Bronx businessmen preferential treatment in building senior daycare centers.

Almost lost among the tales of cash bribes, free vacations, limo rides and comped meals at the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto is the story of a commercial building near the Bethpage train station.

Lichtenstein — a member of Shomrim, the Orthodox Jewish crime - prevention group in Borough Park — approached an NYPD officer in April and offered thousands of dollars in cash bribes to secure gun licenses for associates, federal prosecutors said.

The prosecutor added that Halloran — who is accused of pocketing $ 20,500 in cash bribes for acting as an intermediary — masterminded the cross-party negotiations.

Mr. Tabone, 48, was convicted of receiving a $ 25,000 cash bribe in a sport utility vehicle parked outside a Manhattan restaurant by promising to deliver the county's support for Mr. Smith's mayoral bid.

Halloran allegedly pocketed $ 18,300 in cash bribes and $ 6,500 in straw - donor campaign donations for agreeing to steer $ 80,000 of council discretionary funding for the scheme, the feds say.

Halloran is also accused of pocketing $ 20,500 in cash bribes for masterminding cross-party negotiations for a failed $ 200,000 bid to get Smith — one of the state's top Democrats — the Republican line in last year's mayoral race.

Halloran is accused of pocketing $ 20,500 in cash bribes for masterminding cross-party negotiations to get Smith — one of the state's top Democrats — the Republican line in last year's mayoral race.

Anderson later showed the jury transcripts of text messages between Halloran and Savino on Valentine's Day 2013, shortly after Savino allegedly secured his cash bribe during a meeting outside Spark's Steakhouse in Manhattan.

Mr. Stevenson was convicted on four counts stemming from charges that he drafted legislation and performed official government services in exchange for more than $ 20,000 in cash bribes — the latest in a long string of corruption arrests hitting the state's lawmakers.

Halloran reportedly received $ 20,500 in cash bribes to act as the intermediary with the political leaders.

In the second scheme, Halloran allegedly received $ 18,300 in cash bribes and $ 6,500 on straw donor contributions in exchange for steering an $ 80,000 City Council contract to a company he believed was controlled by one of those who paid him the bribes.

Twenty percent of that — $ 640.00 — was paid out in a cash bribe.

«Joseph Percoco was found guilty of taking over $ 300,000 in cash bribes by selling something priceless that was not his to sell - the sacred obligation to honestly and faithfully serve the citizens of New York,» Berman said in a prepared statement.

Mr. Halloran was charged with accepting a $ 15,000 cash bribe in exchange for designating up to $ 80,000 in public funds to a nonprofit entity that would allow the money to be embezzled through a no - show job.