Sentences with phrase «closed federal probe»

He first met with Offinger, who faced scrutiny during a now - closed federal probe into Hizzoner's fundraising practices in 2013.

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As part of its review of Amazon's agreement to buy Whole Foods, the Federal Trade Commission is looking into allegations that Amazon misleads customers about its pricing discounts, according to a source close to the probe.

In 2013, Google — like Microsoft before it — was threatened with a potentially costly legal battle when the Federal Trade Commission staff said the company «unlawfully maintained its monopoly» over internet searches, though the 20 - month probe was eventually closed.

«I also understand the political motive for such accusations as the grand jury investigation» — a federal probe into state Democrats» funding of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's 2014 re-election campaign — «gets deeper and closer to the Democratic Party,» Fasano wrote.

The firm was subpoenaed in a federal probe of de Blasio's fundraising that closed without charges.

With his former top aide facing a federal probe for potential conflicts of interest for consulting work, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said twice now that he did not know what the former close associate of the Cuomo family was up to.

«It's clear Cuomo and Rice have something to hide, refusing to answer pressing questions as federal prosecutors probe whether the governor shut down his own anti-corruption unit to protect his friends and improperly interfered with its investigations when they hit too close to home,» Short wrote.

There are also federal probes involving a former top aide and a close associate of Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration, as well as investigations into some acts by New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio's administration.

With his former top aide facing a federal probe for potential conflicts of interest for consulting work, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D - N.Y.) has said twice now that he did not know what the former close associate of the Cuomo family was up to.

ALBANY - Senate Republicans Tuesday pledged full support for Majority Leader Dean Skelos before and after their first closed - door conference since he was identified in news reports involving a federal corruption probe.

Cleta Mitchell, an attorney for O'Donnell, confirmed to CNN that a federal probe of her campaign has been closed.

Cuomo's economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion, were the target of a federal corruption probe that led to the arrest of nine former Cuomo associates, including the governor's former closest aide.

Todd Howe, the Washington - based lobbyist who is under federal investigation and has close ties to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has quietly been added to a state ethics website as a lobbyist for entities also tied up in the probe.

His «Buffalo Billion» initiative, meanwhile, is now the subject of a federal probe into improper lobbying and potential fraud by a pair of close Cuomo associates.

The FBI raided the homes of two men close to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as part of the widening federal probe into Albany corruption, The Post has learned.

The session is limping to a close, after a year that's seen the resignation of both leaders of the legislature over corruption scandals, and ongoing federal probes.

Former Congressman Rev. Floyd Flake, an investor in Aqueduct Entertainment Group and the leader of a publicly - subsidized housing empire in Queens, is coming under close scrutiny as a federal probe into the selection the new Aqueduct racino operator gets underway.

Rep. Meeks and some of his closest political allies in New York, including Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith and former Rep. Floyd Flake (D - NY), his predecessor in Congress, are the subject of a federal probe into their dealings with several nonprofit groups.41 According to press reports, investigators are looking into whether Rep. Meeks and the others used the groups to «benefit themselves, their families, and their friends.»

There also are federal probes involving a former top aide and a close associate of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration, as well as investigations into some acts by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration.

The session limped to a close, after a year that's seen the resignation of both leaders of the legislature over corruption scandals, and ongoing federal probes.

These efforts generated a tremendous amount of national publicity, the closing of numerous puppy mills, probes by the federal government's General Accounting Office and the Office of Inspector General, and the closing of the nation's largest pet store chain, «Docktors Pet Center».