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The RCMP laid corruption charges against SNC - Lavalin Group and some of its units on Thursday, in relation to its operations in Libya.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission filed five corruption charges against the judge.
With under two weeks left in the legislative session, some New York lawmakers are pressing for reform of the state's economic development contracting process, in light of a scandal that's led to federal corruption charges against several former associates of Governor Andrew Cuomo.
That's after a scandal led to federal corruption charges against nine former associates of Governor Cuomo.
The criminal complaint, unsealed on Monday, lays out corruption charges against Senator Skelos and his son, Adam B. Skelos, the latest scandal to seize Albany, and potentially alter its power structure.
Former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver lost a bid Friday to have corruption charges against him thrown out.
Mr. Castro's role as an informer was revealed in April 2013 when Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, announced corruption charges against Mr. Stevenson and said Mr. Castro had resigned his seat and was cooperating with the government.
Federal prosecutors Thursday leveled public - corruption charges against eight individuals including Cuomo's former right - hand man, Joe Percoco, stemming from what was described as «two overlapping criminal schemes.»
The hedge fund at the center of a scandal involving corruption charges against former Correction Officers Benevolent Association president Norman Seabrook was able to convince a Manhattan judge Monday that it has the cash to repay a $ 30 million loan.
When Mr. Bharara brought corruption charges against Mr. Silver, he was almost gleeful.
The doctor at the center of the corruption charges against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver «disapproved» of him and his law firm and referred cancer patients there only as long as Silver was funneling him state money for research, new court papers claim.
The developer pulled out after delays and federal corruption charges against the architect of the plan, former SUNY Polytechnic head Alain Kaloyeros.
The corruption charges against State Senator Malcolm Smith and City Councilman Dan Halloran are a prime argument for non-partisan elections, Mayor Bloomberg said.
His son - in - law, Jared Kushner, has hired Abbe Lowell, a longtime Washington lawyer who recently got the Justice Department to drop corruption charges against Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, after a lengthy court fight.
Like the SolarCity project, the Syracuse plant was ensnared by bidding irregularities that resulted in federal corruption charges against development officials.
A Sokoto State High Court on Tuesday reserved July 4, for judgment in the alleged N15 billion corruption charges against Attahiru Bafarawa, former Sokoto State Governor...
In early July, The Alt reported, based on public records and other media accounts, that public and quasi-public entities» spending on outside counsel related to state and federal investigations that led to corruption charges against a total of ten former state officials and business executives could approach $ 7 million.
ALBANY — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's arrest on corruption charges Thursday may yet yield a «political tsunami» that would roil the State Capitol, but history and Assembly Democrats say the corruption charges against Albany's most powerful leader over the past 20 years won't likely change Albany in the short term.
It reversed corruption charges against McDonnell and his wife.
A federal judge today rejected former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's request that she throw out the corruption charges against him — but chastised U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the «media blitz» he conducted in the days and weeks following Mr. Silver's arrest in January.
reported, based on public records and other media accounts, that public and quasi-public entities» spending on outside counsel related to state and federal investigations that led to corruption charges against a total of ten former state officials and business executives could approach $ 7 million.
Federal prosecutors have also brought corruption charges against two former administration aides, a lobbyist and Syracuse and Buffalo business executives involved in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development projects.
The jury announced their partial verdict, but will continue their eleventh day of contentious deliberations on the rest of the corruption charges against the defiant politician and his son Pedro G. Espada, who also faces eight undecided counts.
Lawyers for former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam today argued that the federal corruption charges against the pair — which allege that the elder Mr. Skelos obtained posh jobs for the younger from companies with business before the state — really tell a heartwarming tale of a «caring and concerned» father and his «rude,» «volatile» and «immature and emotional» 33 - year - old boy.
Attorneys for Sheldon Silver have asked a federal judge to throw out corruption charges against the former Assembly speaker, citing the Supreme Court case that invalidated the convictions of Silver's old counterpart in Albany, former Senate majority leader Joe Bruno.
The development corporations have become more transparent in the face of the filing of corruption charges against Alain Kaloyeros, who directed the two organizations until his indictment last fall.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the same prosecutor who brought corruption charges against Mr. Skelos, has accused Mr. Silver of fraud and extortion in his dealings with real estate giant Glenwood Management — the same developer Mr. Skelos allegedly strong - armed.
that foretold the unsealing of federal corruption charges against former Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco and «a number of other individuals.»
The work of the Moreland Commission helped Mr. Bharara's office bring corruption charges against Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat who recently stepped down as speaker and whose arrest in January refocused attention on the need for better oversight on ethics.
That was one of several proposals put forth by Cuomo last spring in response to a spate of corruption charges against sitting state lawmakers.
Governor Cuomo's economic development chair was grilled by lawmakers at a budget hearing, as some of the programs are embroiled in a corruption scandal that's led to corruption charges against several former associates of the governor.
There he announced the 16th plank in his State of the State agenda — a $ 500 million expansion of the Buffalo Billion economic development program, which is at the center of the federal corruption charges against Cuomo aides and donors.
While roughly three dozen people rallied in support of Silver after federal corruption charges against him were announced on Thursday, the less senior members who have been stifled under the current system have grown increasingly restive.
The reform proposals follow a drumbeat of recent corruption charges against New York officials.
John Aretakis of Troy, an advocate for the Child Victims Act, said in a letter to the federal prosecutor who brought corruption charges against Silver in 2015 that Lynch effectively flipped the Assembly speaker on the issue.
That's after a scandal led to federal corruption charges against nine former associates of Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Cohen outlined the two schemes that led to federal corruption charges against Silver.
Federal officials Monday unsealed corruption charges against four NYPD officers and two businessmen linked to Mayor Bill de Blasio, popping the lid off an explosive scandal in which top cops allegedly got payoffs and prostitutes to provide help ranging from gun licenses and police escorts to closing a Lincoln Tunnel lane.
«We're pleased that a trial date has been set for the corruption charges against Sen. Maziarz,» said Amy Spitalnick, a spokeswoman for Schneiderman.
Some projects have led to federal corruption charges against associates of Cuomo.
In a sign of how common corruption charges against state legislators have become, political observers say the news sent shockwaves through the New York's political establishment, not because of what Silver is charged with, but because of the speaker's stature.
The case — along with corruption charges against another of Albany's most powerful politicians, State Senate Leader Dean Skelos, has rocked Albany this year.
Nassau's $ 12 million contract with an environmental company at the center of corruption charges against State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, has hit serious roadblocks, interviews and documents show.
In addition to the former aide, Joseph Percoco, the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan intends to bring public - corruption charges against a number of other individuals in connection with the wide - ranging investigation, these people said...
He disbanded his own anti-corruption commission before its work was done, but Gov. Cuomo claimed Tuesday a law he approved spurred corruption charges against one of New York's state legislative leaders.
«It will be recalled that following relentless media attack on my person by the EFCC acting in concert with some powerful families with known ties to the government which culminated in the filing of phantom money laundering and corruption charges against me, I made spirited efforts to engage with relevant officials of government including the EFCC, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Presidency to furnish them with all the information in respect of the OPL 245 Settlement Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited which was brokered by the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR.
Flanagan says the legislature made progress last year, even amidst the resignations and corruption charges against the two majority party leaders.
Unidentified supporters set up a «Skelos Family Legal Defense Fund» in an effort to fight off federal corruption charges against the lawmaker and his son, Adam.
The commission probes corruption charges against the governor and the legislature.