Sentences with phrase «complaint alleges they bribed»
A criminal complaint alleges they bribed state officials to secure the contract to build a nanotechnology hub in DeWitt.
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While alleging no misconduct by Cuomo, the complaint described how the bribe - payers donated use of a plane and $ 350,000 in contributions to his campaign.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in New York City alleged in a criminal complaint Thursday that Aiello and Gerardi, both founders of Fayetteville - based Cor, paid bribes to Howe and Joseph Percoco, a former Cuomo aide, to use their influence to obtain state - funded construction contracts.
However, the complaint from Bharara's office alleges that Silver performed no legal work at the firm, and his position was just a cover to allow him to accept bribes.
Records show Stevenson was due $ 8,986 in non-session travel, around the same time a federal criminal complaint alleges he was accepting bribes in exchange for introducing a bill that would have allowed developers to corner the market on an adult day care center.
The complaint alleges that Howe arranged for more than $ 315,000 in bribe payments to go to Percoco and his wife, Lisa Toscano - Percoco, who is not named in the complaint.
Howe and Percoco repeatedly referred to the alleged bribe money as «ziti,» the complaint says — a code word for money apparently lifted from an episode of HBO's mafia drama «The Sopranos,» Bharara said.
The complaint alleges that Percoco, from January 2012 until 2014 and then again in 2015, used his official position as executive deputy secretary to the governor to seek bribes from executives at companies with business before the state.
The 35 - page criminal complaint alleges that Silver, a lawyer, used «the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself millions of dollars of bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income.»
Savino and Tabone were both part of a criminal complaint that alleged that accepted thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for endorsing Smith's run on the Republican line by signing the waiver known as a Wilson - Pakula.
In September, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara rocked the state Capitol with the release of a criminal complaint alleging that some of Cuomo's most generous donors systematically bribed state officials or agents.
It alleges that Percoco actually took inspiration from the TV show about organized crime, choosing to use the word «ziti» as a code word when demanding bribe payments and, according to the complaint, saying at times, «keep the ziti flowing,» and «don't tip over the ziti wagon.»
A 35 - page criminal complaint filed by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office lays out his alleged scheme where Silver «used the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income earned by Silver as a private lawyer.»
According to the criminal complaint, Halloran needed the alleged bribe money to pay for his mortgage.
The complaint alleges Percoco, from January 2012 until 2014 and again in 2015, used his official position to seek bribes from executives at companies with business before the state.
The complaint alleges Percoco, from January 2012 until 2014 and again in 2015, used his official position to seek bribes from the executives.
The perennial question of how some people practice law while they make laws arises anew as U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's high - octane criminal complaint against Silver alleging «millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income earned as a private lawyer.»
Smith agreed to steer $ 500,000 in state transportation money to an upstate project in exchange for the bribes paid on his behalf, according to the complaint, and in total Halloran allegedly accepted upward of $ 60,000 in bribe money while Tabone pocketed $ 25,000, prosecutors allege.
In exchange for the bribes, the complaint alleges, Senator Smith was to use his influence to steer half a billion dollars in state taxpayer funds to build a road in Rockland County to benefit a real estate developer's project.