Sentences with phrase «civil investigations of»

Cuomo told aides over the weekend that due to the high - profile criminal and civil investigations of Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada (D - Bronx) that became public last week, he was shelving tentative plans to announce later this week right before a Waldorf - Astoria fund - raiser and a meeting of the Democratic Rural Conference.

When HMRC is considering whether a case should be investigated under the Civil Investigation of Fraud procedures or is the subject of a criminal investigation, one factor which HMRC will take in to account is whether the taxpayer (s) has made a complete and unprompted disclosure of the offences which HMRC suspect have been committed.

In some cases the flagged account or structure will have been created legitimately, but income from the structure has not been properly accounted for and the sums owed are within parameters that the domestic authorities will be receptive to voluntary disclosure through Hansard — now called civil investigation of fraud (CIF)-- type arrangements.

Not exact matches

After the announcement, Britain's data regulator said it would continue civil and criminal investigations of the firm and will pursue «individuals and directors as appropriate» despite the shutdown.

On Monday, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that his office would open a civil rights investigation of The Weinstein Company following allegations of sexual assault against producer Harvey Weinstein.

Most of the civil forfeiture cases have been put on hold while the Justice Department is pursuing a criminal investigation.

Lawmakers and advocates expressed concern Friday that Sessions could sideline or undo the Obama administration's civil rights efforts, which have included investigations of police departments for unconstitutional practices and lawsuits meant to protect the rights of transgender individuals and black voters.

The Democratic presidential candidate released a statement after the Department of Justice announced that it would be opening a civil rights investigation into the death of Alton Sterling: «Too many African American families mourn the loss of a loved one from a police - involved incident.

A 2009 memo from then - Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department is to advise the White House on pending criminal or civil investigations «only when it is important for the performance of the president's duties and appropriate from a law enforcement perspective.»

State and federal prosecutors often begin investigations because of consumer and whistleblower complaints, several civil and antitrust attorneys said, and gripes about rising insulin prices have been roiling the online diabetes community for the past few years.

He is a Certified Specialist both in Taxation Law and in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law (The State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization) admitted to practice law in California, Hawai'i and Arizona (inactive), specializing in Federal and state civil tax and criminal tax controversy matters and tax litigation, including tax - related examinations and investigations for individuals, business enterprises, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations.

Transactions related to 1MDB are under investigation in six countries including the United States, where the Department of Justice has launched civil cases to recover assets linked to the fund.

Cohen's declaration, in support of his request to pause proceedings in the civil case, cited an «ongoing criminal investigation by the FBI and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.»

In Guatemala in the mid-1990s, after a civil war that had lasted three decades, Catholic bishop Juan Gerardi mobilized the Catholic Church to conduct its own unofficial truth commission that uncovered over 14,000 human rights violations through a unique mode of investigation that supported victims pastorally.

That same year Justice also issued sweeping authorizations for more COINTEL - type FBI investigations of «subversives,» potential civil disorders and «potential crimes.»

On August 11, the FBI announced a civil rights investigation of the shooting and the ACLU has sued for the police report.

One can not help but wonder whether the parallels with the South's defeat in the American Civil War and the subsequent rise of the «Sun Belt» economy merit investigation.

Nothing in Matthew 18 demands that pursuit of personal offenses within the local church must trump reporting criminal activity or the proper civil investigation thereof!

As we were on the bridge over Old Man River, the announcement came that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had found the bodies of the three missing civil rights workers.

To support INVESTIGATION into unethical, improper and illegal adoption practices and the abuse of human and civil rights of mothers in North America.

«And for the miscreants and hoodlums, the Lagos State Government and the Police Command would not allow any act of civil disobedience and those arrested would be dealt with in accordance with the law and further arrests would be made as investigation continues,» he sai

Soon - to - be-former Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak's resignation in the face of multiple sexual harassment allegations may end an Ethics Committee investigation, but doesn't rule out a JCOPE probe or his alleged victims» civil suits against him.

-LRB-... Soon - to - be-former Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak's resignation in the face of multiple sexual harassment allegations may end an Ethics Committee investigation, but doesn't rule out a JCOPE probe or his alleged victims» civil suits against him....)

Danner's family has called for a federal probe of whether her civil rights were violated, in addition to demanding a criminal investigation into Barry's actions.

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has launched an investigation into UB's handling of a sexual assault allegation lodged earlier this year.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced an agreement with Westchester County that resolves the United States» long - running investigation into Westchester County Jail (the «Jail») under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act («CRIPA»).

There is constant movement of personnel of the Force to either quell civil disturbance, contain violent crime, investigation purposes or even routine movement of personnel on transfers / posting within or outside these locations.

D'Amico served as chief investigator in Cuomo's AG office, where he oversaw and coordinated the efforts of 300 criminal and civil investigators statewide in the Organized Crime Task Force, the Auto Insurance Fraud Unit, the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Investigations Bureau.

Ministers have launched an investigation after a letter by Whitehall's top civil servant warning against the leaking of government secrets was leaked to a newspaper.

It was gathered that the EFCC had pencilled down seven chief executive officers and four former top civil servants as the first set of people to be interrogated before the end of the month as part of its investigation into the firms.

The former minister first came under investigation in 2013 after a human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), wrote a petition against her for allegedly approving the purchase of two BMW vehicles worth N225m by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority in breach of the Public Procurement Act.

He held that the legal system had provided remedy for a suspect in the civil suit for relief from malicious process «if after the investigation with or without arrest and detention» or «after the trial the evidence does not establish the guilt of the suspect.»

The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned a federal civil servant, Mr. Ibrahim Tumsah and his brother, Mr. Tijani Tumsah, before the Federal High Court in Abuja with failure to declare their assets to the Chief Okoi Obono - Obla - led Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property.

A federal investigation into Burke's actions was launched in June 2013 by the civil rights division of the FBI office in Manhattan and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn at the civil rights division of the United States attorney for the Eastern District.

Bronx Assemblyman Nelson Castro cooperated in the investigation in return for the dismissal of felony perjury charges related to what he called a «civil» matter prior to his election.

«On July 31, 2009, I was indicted by a Bronx County Grand Jury for committing perjury in a 2008 civil matter, held prior to my election to the Assembly... Thereafter, I agreed to cooperate with the Bronx District Attorney's Office and, later, the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, in conjunction with various investigations aimed at rooting out public corruption,» Castro said.

«We await reports of EFCC investigations and we hope that the anti-corruption agency will be civil enough to allow an open and transparent trial in competent court of law and not media trial just to get at Governor Fayose because of his uncompromising stance against the misrule of the APC / Buhari led federal government.

A woman who claims she was sexually harassed by the peer refused to rule out legal action, while a statement issued on behalf of Rennard confirmed he was «having to take legal advice with a view to civil action» following an internal investigation into whether he has brought the party into disrepute.

The committee will be made up of representatives of; the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), the Tema oil Refinery (TOR), the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Bureau of National Investigations, Chamber of Bulk oil Distributors, Association of Oil Marketing Companies, Energy Commission and a representative from the relevant Civil Society Organizations.

Last month, Department of Justice investigators met with the Garner family and NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill as part of their investigation to see if Officer Daniel Pantaleo should be charged with violating Garner's civil rights for fatally choking him.

Even after a grand jury decided not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, sparking nationwide protests, the case promised to drag on for years thanks to a federal civil rights investigation, internal NYPD probe, and civil suit from Garner's family.

The report which exonerated the BOST MD of wrongdoing has since been pooh - poohed for its porosity by the public, with Civil Society Organizations calling for fresh investigation.

The prime minister has committed «seven mortal sins» that have degraded politics, Sir Alistair continued, including; the cash for honours scandal, his alleged disregard for cabinet government, the «shocking political interferenace» in the fraud investigation of BAE's arms deal in Saudi Arabia, his dismissal of concerns over postal voting, the handling of investigations in ministerial disconduct, an «undue reliance on spin», and «politicising» the civil service.

Though the Police Department has concluded its investigation into Mr. Garner's death, the results — and any internal discipline that may come for officers — are delayed until a civil rights inquiry by the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York is completed.

Civil society organization, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged anti-graft agency, the EFCC to commence investigation into alleged diversion of the N500 million Safe School fund budgeted for the rebuilding of the Government Girls School in Chibok, Borno State.

«The legal strategy that we decided was optimum from our point of view was to file the civil suit yesterday, lay out the entire case in a civil suit, seek certain remedies in the civil suit and commence a criminal investigation today on the same basic underlying facts and proceed with the criminal investigation jointly with our federal counterparts.»

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about a federal investigation into payments made to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver by a small law firm and Albany County legislature rejecting a proposed settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit about the county under representing minorities in the redistricting plan.

Roth said his investigation would supersede any present probes by DHS and its Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

One of the suspected vandals (name withheld) who was arrested at the scene admitted during a preliminary investigation by officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) that he had been in the business for the past three years.

On Friday, April 25 I sent a letter to the United States Attorney General after the verdict in the Sean Bell case was announced seeking an investigation of the facts of this case under federal criminal civil rights laws.