Sentences with phrase «corrupt scheme»

Silver was found guilty of operating several corrupt schemes in which he essentially monetized his powerful position as leader of the Assembly to illegally gain over $ 4 million.

Silver was found guilty of operating several corrupt schemes in which he essentially monetized his position as leader of the Assembly to illegally gain over $ 4 million dollars.

AS corrupt a scheme as has ever been imposed and folks in the city should be glad that BDB is fighting to end the blatant pay offs to the hick upstate pols!

Maurice Carroll, a political scientist at Quinnipiac University who spent decades as a New York political reporter, said Silver's conviction on charges that made $ 4 million in two separate corrupt schemes is on a level with the political downfalls of former President Richard Nixon and former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who resigned in 2008 amid a prostitution scandal.

Former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver made more than $ 750,000 from «investments not available to the general public,» using money obtained from allegedly corrupt schemes, according to a superseding indictment filed by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office on Thursday.

This isn't the first time Republicans have pushed incredibly farfetched theories of how Hillary Clinton is connected to some deeply corrupt schemes.

Schneiderman says, Pigeon, an attorney, engaged in a multi-year illicit and corrupt scheme with State Supreme Court Judge John Michalek.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office also said the hefty suggestion stemmed from «the many egregious aspects of the defendant's crimes — including Silver's role as a high - level public official, his engagement in multiple corrupt schemes, the millions of dollars in bribe money Silver took in, and his laundering of his crime proceeds.»

As most economists advise, this should be done with revenue neutral carbon taxes (and not cap and trade or other easily corrupted schemes).

Silver was found guilty of operating several corrupt schemes in which he essentially monetized his powerful position as leader of the Assembly to illegally gain more than $ 4 million dollars.

Silver, a Democrat who resigned as speaker after he was charged but continued to represent Manhattan's Lower East Side, was accused at trial of making $ 4 million in two separate corrupt schemes.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was found guilty of operating several corrupt schemes in which he essentially monetized his powerful position as leader of the Assembly to illegally gain over $ 4 million.

A once - prominent cancer doctor, Robert Taub, took the witness stand at Sheldon Silver's corruption retrial yesterday, telling jurors he was lured into a corrupt scheme by the former head of the state Assembly within days of meeting him in 2003.

Another $ 3.9 million came in attorney referral fees, of which more than $ 3 million were obtained «through a corrupt scheme» in which Mr. Silver obtained referrals of asbestos cases from a doctor by using his Assembly perch to secretly direct $ 500,000 in state funds to that doctor's research.

A once - prominent cancer doctor took the witness stand at Sheldon Silver's corruption retrial Monday, telling jurors he was lured into a corrupt scheme by the former head of the state Assembly within days of meeting him in 2003.

New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is under arrest and $ 3.8 million in eight different bank accounts held by Silver have been seized, as federal prosecutors accuse the Speaker of running two fraudulent and corrupt schemes.

A couple of weeks earlier, Silver received 12 years for his corrupt schemes that enriched him by millions of dollars.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is under arrest and $ 3.8 million in eight different bank accounts held by Silver have been seized as federal prosecutors accuse the Speaker of running two fraudulent and corrupt schemes.

At 11 a.m., Westchester County Independence Party members will reveal «shocking new details» about Astorino's «corrupt scheme» to secure their nomination, The New York Times Square Sheraton Hotel, Conference Room J, Executive Conference Center, 811 Seventh Ave., Manhattan.

An eight - count indictment accuses the two men of «a corrupt scheme to monetize Dean Skelos's official position,» in which the senator used his power to obtain for his son jobs and payments from companies with business before the state.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested Thursday morning and $ 3.8 million in eight different bank accounts held by Silver have been frozen, as federal prosecutors accuse the speaker of running two fraudulent and corrupt schemes.

The indictment alleges that Skelos and his son Adam Skelos «engaged in a corrupt scheme to monetize» the elder Skelos» positon as head of the Senate.

Since roughly 2000, Silver received approximately $ 6 million in kickbacks and bribes from two law firms — Weitz & Luxenberg and, according to sources, Goldberg & Iryami — in a «secret and corrupt scheme» above and beyond his $ 121,000 official salary, prosecutors said.

Silver is accused of receiving more than $ 3 million in those fees through a «corrupt scheme» for asbestos clients sent to the firm by a doctor in exchange for $ 500,000 state funding for research and other perks.

By giving prosecutors the testimony they wanted about the majority leader, which laid out a corrupt scheme, the Skeloses» attorneys argue, Bonomo was able to «divert attention from his own misconduct.»

A once - prominent cancer doctor took the witness stand at Sheldon Silver's corruption retrial Monday, telling jurors he was lured into a corrupt scheme by the former head of the state...

«From at least in or about 2000 up to and including in or about January 2015, Sheldon Silver, the defendant, engaged in a secret and corrupt scheme to deprive the citizens of the state of his honest services as an elected legislator and as speaker of the Assembly by using 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,» states the indictment.

The complaint labels the actions as a «secret and corrupt scheme» saying the speaker told the public that he worked at a law firm where private citizens hired him to represent them in personal injury lawsuits, and that none of his clients had any business before the state.

Or «Fat Boy,» the name the two men some used to describe an energy company executive involved in what prosecutors say was a corrupt scheme.

When bottom falls out of the entire setup, there's a flash of promise — of the movie having something to say about the sort of system that would prop up a corrupt scheme because everyone is either too lazy or too blinded by the prospect of money to do a basic search for the truth.