Sentences with phrase «charged in the case thursday»

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A Texas man who operated Bitcoin Savings and Trust was charged on Thursday with bilking his investors, in what prosecutors called the first federal criminal securities fraud case arising from a bitcoin - related Ponzi scheme.

NEW YORK (AP)-- The once high - flying hedge fund SAC Capital was sentenced on criminal fraud charges Thursday under a $ 1.8 billion deal that prosecutors say included the largest criminal fine ever imposed in an insider trading case.

NEWARK, N.J. / BOSTON (Reuters)- Federal prosecutors said on Thursday they have charged five men responsible for a hacking and credit card fraud spree that cost companies more $ 300 million and two of the suspects are in custody, in the biggest cyber crime case filed in U.S. history.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)-- Four white people are facing charges in the deaths of two black men whose bodies were found dismembered and chained to cinder blocks in an Oklahoma City pond, but the prosecutor handling the case said Thursday the killings are not believed to be racially motivated.

Nevertheless, McGowan could face indictment in Virginia on a felony drug - possession charge after a judge found probable cause Thursday to send the case to a grand jury.

As in the case of Marilyn Lemak, police officials are suggesting a deteriorating marriage drove 36 - year - old Chun Anderson, who has been charged with attempted first - degree murder for allegedly tricking her daughter into overdosing on sleeping medication Thursday before taking the medication herself.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto were arrested Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, in connection with a 13 - count federal indictment on charges including conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and honest services fraud, according to sources familiar with the case.

A federal appeals court in Manhattan agreed Thursday to postpone any retrial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges until the Supreme Court acts on a planned petition to further review his case.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday threw out the 2015 conviction of former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on honest services fraud because the charge to the jury did not comport with the Supreme Court's 2016 decision in the case of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, which narrowed the definition of an «official act.»

But Thursday's federal charges against Sen. Carl Kruger and Assemblyman William Boyland, both Brooklyn Democrats, in an influence peddling case elicited more than the usual, «What, again?»

Sheldon Silver funneled $ 500,000 in state slush funds to a leading Manhattan oncologist in exchange for a steady stream of asbestos - related cancer cases, which he then fed to a personal - injury law firm that paid him more than $ 3 million in fees for the referrals, federal prosecutors charged Thursday.

Thursday, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara threw that book first, charging 9 people in a sweeping corruption case involving Cuomo biggest economic development projects in Buffalo, Syracuse, and elsewhere.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was indicted Thursday on three charges after his arrest last month in a federal bribery case.

On Thursday, the detectives, who have resigned from the NYPD in the wake of dozens of charges leveled against them by the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office, had been called to court for a hearing on their request to have the judge drop the case.

A Queens Supreme Court judge denied motions by state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D - East Elmhurst) to throw out his indictment and suppress evidence in his pending case on assault charges last Thursday, setting a Sept. 14 start date for his trial.

I know you've read it by now but just in case you're out of the loop, last Thursday Randi Weingarten essentially charged that school choice is perpetuating segregation and racism in this country.