Sentences with phrase «cooperating witnesses who»

But prosecutor Thomas McKay argued the «brazen» nature of the schemes — Adam Skelos blew off work at the insurer, which needed regular legislation from the Senate — was what persuaded jurors, along with testimony from cooperating witnesses who said they were buying Skelos» vote.

And for an only - in - Albany twist, the unsealed complaint today indicates that Sampson had a mole in the U.S. Attorney's Office supplying him with information on possible cooperating witnesses who was later fired.

Rockland County, NY - A chasidic Jew from Rockland County has been identified as the cooperating witness who helped the FBI uncover a massive plot to rig the 2013 New York City mayoral race and led to the arrest of six politicians who allegedly accepted bribes.

NEW YORK CITY — The cooperating witness who was instrumental in the alleged bribery plot that took down state Sen. Malcolm Smith, a Queens councilman and city GOP bosses is a bankrupt, smooth - talking real estate investor who personally owes a staggering $ 126 million to Citigroup, DNAinfo.com New York has learned.

NEW YORK CITY — Moses «Mark» Stern, the cooperating witness who played a pivotal role in the arrests of state Sen. Malcolm Smith and five others, is a well - connected upstate powerbroker who kept dirt on politicians for a «rainy day» and had ties to many elected officials, including state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, sources said.

Attorneys for former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, are again seeking to impugn a cooperating witness who testified against them in their first trial.

Todd Howe is the case's connective tissue, a cooperating witness who seems to have figured in all the alleged schemes, however many you think the indictment shows.

No one from Glenwood has been charged with any wrongdoing and the complaint against Skelos indicated the top executive has since become a cooperating witness who is helping the federal investigation.

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This reminds us that the church must be ready to witness to the lordship of Christ by cooperating with people of goodwill of all religious and non-religious groups who are genuinely concerned to seek better ways of living and working.

The church must be ready to witness to the lordship of Christ by cooperating with men of goodwill who are genuinely concerned to seek better ways of living and working — no matter what their political, social, or philosophical convictions.

Rashan Michel, a founder of a clothing company based in Atlanta and former NBA and college referee introduced Person to «CW - 1» (a cooperating witness), who had a financial advisory / business management service.

Key testimony is expected to come from former lobbyist - turned - cooperating witness Todd Howe, who allegedly exchanged emails with Percoco in which they referred to cash as «ziti» — a move prosecutors say they lifted from HBO's mobster series «The Sopranos.»

Reichberg and associate Jona Rechnitz, who has been identified as a cooperating government witness in both cases, have also been linked to federal probes of Mayor Bill de Blasio's fundraising.

Bonomo, a major political player in the state, earned fame as the main witness who cooperated with prosecutors to convict former Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos (Nassau County) for accepting bribes.

A cooperating witness in the case who had already pleaded guilty is lobbyist Todd Howe, who admitted orchestrating the bid - rigging of «Buffalo Billion» development initiatives in exchange for kickbacks.

Todd Howe, who was the prosecution's star witness, agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors.

The senator, who represents Queens Village, St. Albans and Jamaica, is accused of conspiring in November 2012 with a cooperating witness and an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy real estate developer to bribe city Republican leaders in order to win Wilson - Pakula certificates.

Smith, the feds say, turned to Moses Stern — a crooked Rockland County developer who was, in fact, a cooperating federal witness — as well as another man he thought was a developer but who was actually an undercover federal agent.

Todd Howe, the lobbyist who prosecutors say set up both bribe schemes, then pleaded guilty and became a cooperating witness, is scheduled to take the stand Monday.

Howe, who admitted on Wednesday that he was a serial deadbeat who stiffed countless creditors over two decades, agreed in 2016 to become a cooperating witness, pleaded guilty to the bribery scheme and embezzling nearly $ 1 million from his law firm, and promised to keep his nose clean.

Sources and records show Rechnitz became a cooperating witness for the feds after he was snared in yet another bribery case involving Norman Seabrook, the head of the city Correction Officers union, who allegedly received $ 65,000 in bribes in exchange for funneling $ 20 million in union funds into a hedge fund operated by a friend of Rechnitz's, according to sources and court documents.

The charges state that, as early as 2010, an unnamed real estate developer, who is also a cooperating witness in the case, made a one - time, $ 20,000 payment to Adam Skelos for work that federal investigators say he did not do.

Dorego, who is a cooperating witness and is expected to testify Wednesday, «feared that Senator Skelos would harm his company» if he didn't comply with his request, prosecutors said.

The report was never released and Cuomo's office has insisted the story — third hand as told by cooperating witness David Wildstein who was convicted in the scandal — is false.

The criminal complaint charging Seabrook and his fellow defendant, hedge - fund manager Murray Huberfeld, strongly suggests that a witness who is cooperating with the government in the case, Jona S. Rechnitz, could also serve as an important witness in at least one of the fund - raising inquiries centered on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Smith, who represented southeast Queens in the state Senate, was done in when he unknowingly turned to Moses Stern — a crooked Rockland County developer who was, in fact, a cooperating federal witness — as well as ano ther man Smith thought was a developer but who was actually an undercover federal agent.

Over the weekend de Blasio fired back at Rechnitz, who is testifying as a cooperating witness in Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon Kim's bribery case against former jails union boss Norman Seabrook.

The charges state that, as early as 2010, an unnamed real estate developer, who is also a cooperating witness in the case, made a one time $ 20,000 payment to Adam Skelos for work that federal investigators say he did not do.

Sources said that the investigation stemmed from information provided by other state legislators who were under investigation as well as cooperating witnesses.

Calls on the Commission, by the end of 2013, to submit a legislative proposal establishing an effective and comprehensive European whistleblower protection programme in the public and in the private sector to protect those who detect inefficient management and irregularities and report cases of national and cross-border corruption relating to EU financial interests and to protect witnesses, informers, and those who cooperate with the courts, and in particular witnesses testifying against mafia - type and other criminal organisations, with a view to resolving the difficult conditions under which they have to live (from risks of retaliation to the breakdown of family ties or from being uprooted from their home territory to social and professional exclusion); calls also on the Member States to put in place appropriate and effective protection for whistleblowers.

Smith's attorney says the senator was a victim of a government sting operation by a «cooperating witness,» Moses Stern, a Rockland County businessman who has boasted of sway in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and was seeking leniency for federal charges he was facing for allegedly defrauding Citigroup of $ 126 million.

Sampson feared that the associate might cooperate with the government and disclose Sampson's embezzlement, so Sampson contacted a close personal friend, who was also a supervisory paralegal in this office, and asked him to find out if Sampson was under investigation and to obtain confidential information about the associate's case, including the identities of cooperating witnesses.

He referred to — and praised — the role of «Assemblyman 1,» who it quickly became known was Castro, and «CW,» or cooperating witness, who was Sigfredo Gonzalez, according to reports.

Mr. Howe, who has pleaded guilty to eight felonies and is cooperating with prosecutors in the case against Joseph Percoco, who served as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's executive deputy secretary, was taken into custody on Thursday after admitting on the witness stand that he violated the terms of his cooperation agreement.

Sources earlier had told TimesLedger Newspapers that former Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison last month on embezzlement charges, was a cooperating witness in the investigation that led to charges against Seminerio.

He described Mr. Smith as the victim of a government sting operation by a «cooperating witness,» Moses Stern, a Rockland County businessman who has boasted of sway in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and who was seeking leniency for federal charges he was facing for allegedly defrauding Citigroup of $ 126 million.

Counsel argued that in the light of the fact that Vander Wier had violently assaulted T, it would be inappropriate for the officer to be present in the courtroom and to have contact with witnesses who might feel under pressure to cooperate with the prosecution.

If you fight back, and you both have marks, then it again becomes a case of «he - said» and it's hard to prove who initiated the confrontation without cooperating witnesses, and you'd likely both end up being arrested when the police showed up if they can't determine who the instigator was.

Two cooperating witnesses interviewed by the FBI - one a «convicted transnational drug trafficker» arrested in September 2015 who's part of the Mexico - based Sinaloa Cartel, and the other a suspect who died in June 2017 of a drug overdose - «were client - customers of Phantom Secure and used Phantom Secure devices and service to conduct their transnational drug trafficking activity,» according to the complaint.

Children and adolescents who witness their parents cooperate are more likely to learn how to effectively resolve problems themselves.