Sentences with phrase «criminal allegations against»

I have no intention of concealing misconduct for Total Attorneys or anyone else, but I similarly expect that anyone who wants to raise criminal allegations against an enterprise be willing to stand behind them.

Federal criminal allegations against a professional are among the most complex for an attorney as we must simultaneously address the criminal charges, licensing board proceedings, ongoing state and federal police investigations, potential civil liability, and reputation concerns.

None of the criminal allegations against him have been proven in court.

The National Union of Teachers has called for an inquiry into how the government handled criminal allegations against Kings Science Academy after its founder and two staff were found guilty of fraud.

«The criminal complaint should be unsealed because it is a public record, the public has a right to know the specifics of the criminal allegations against Nojay, and because the continued sealing of the record could imply that Nojay has received preferential treatment in death that others do not receive,» attorney Christopher Thomas wrote.

Not exact matches

He notes there are three criminal cases pending against Deguito in Philippine courts that include allegations of anti - money - laundering violations, perjury, and falsification of documents.

He has never faced criminal charges, and the majority of the allegations against him stem from incidents that are decades old, well outside of the statute of limitations.

And the DOJ has dropped its criminal probe into allegations stemming from a 635 - page Congressional report that described how Goldman profited by betting against clients and appeared to have misled customers.

AUSTRAC will up the ante in its case against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, with the transactions regulator expecting to file fresh allegations on Thursday that it breached the law 100 additional times while facilitating banking by criminal syndicates involved in money laundering and terrorist financing.

Specifically, Omo - Agege's bill had stated that the immunity granted to the president, governors and their deputies in section 308 (1) of the constitution would no longer apply to criminal proceedings arising from allegations of financial crimes against them.

Hip - life musician and sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), A-Plus, has failed to honour an invitation by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for questioning over his allegations of corruption against some government officials.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver called the allegations against his conference member, Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland Jr., «totally, totally unacceptable» and «deplorable,» adding: «I hope that the criminal justice system will deal with them to the fullest extent of the law.»

«The charges brought against Mr. Aiello and Mr. Gerardi reveal how completely innocent business practices can be twisted by the government into allegations of criminal conduct, despite our clients» full cooperation from the start of this process,» the lawyers said.

Schneiderman, meantime, has reportedly hired top criminal defense attorney Isabelle Kirshner to defend him against sexual abuse allegations.

A Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, is expected to report to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), of the Police Service today [Tuesday], for investigations into the allegations of treason brought against him.

«On Wednesday, 2 December 2015, we were called to the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department, Accra and informed that after a careful study of the docket, the Attorney General had concluded that the rape and unnatural canal allegations made by Sarah Kwablah against Asamoah Gyan were totally baseless and that the docket should be closed.

Armsgate: Dasuki, Bafarawa, Yuguda Others Deny 19.8 bn Alleged Fraud Former National Security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki, former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda, former Governor of Sokoto State Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa and three others have denied allegations of diversions, misappropriation and breech of public trust in respect of N19.4 billion criminal charges brought against them -LSB-...]

«The Force therefore wishes to categorically state that, there is no iota of truth in the allegation and false assertion by the Senate President of plot against him by the IGP to implicate the Kwara State Government and the Senate President in any criminal matter.

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently «seek from the International Criminal Court an arrest warrant to bring Mrs Diezani Alison - Madueke before the court on allegations of corruption against her, which the government should consider as crimes against humanity and serious enough for it to sanction her prosecution before the court.»

Investigations by the Nigeria Police following a petition by the Bank in September 2013 also found Innoson and Chief Innocent Chukwuma culpable of the criminal allegations levied against them by the Bank, and Chief Innocent Chukwuma was accordingly charged to court by the Police.

It added that the arm - twisting tactic was a panicky measure to divert attention from the criminal libel suit by the former governor against a member of the House, Dr Samuel Omotoso, and the governor's aide, Lere Olayinka, over allegations of fraud.

The Criminal Investigative Department of the Ghana Police Service recently described as baseless the allegations of corruption levelled against two Deputy Chiefs of Staff by musician, A Plus.

The court, presided over by Mr Justice Victor Ofoe, dismissed the state's appeal over criminal charges against Woyome, pointing out that state prosecutors failed to establish allegations of fraud against the National Democratic Congress (NDC) financier.

It reads: To: His Lordship Justice John Ajet Nassam — You are hereby notified that following the prima facie case established against you on allegations of misconduct for: Ex parte discussions with one party on a case pending before you contrary to Rule 3 (7) and 4 (A) of the (CCJMG), Bribery and corruption contrary to S. 244 of the Criminal Offences Act and Rule (2) of the (CCJMG).

The Criminal Investigative Department of the Ghana Police Service recently described as baseless and unsubstantiated allegations of thievery and corruption leveled against two Deputy Chiefs of Staff by Kwame Asare Obeng popularly called A Plus.

According to the DA, the allegations against Taggard surfaced 10 years ago and involved criminal sexual misconduct with underage victims.

Under a state law passed in June of last year, ride - hailing contractors are required to pass a criminal background check, but county lawmakers lobbied for more thorough vetting for prospective contractors in Westchester amid a slew of allegations against Uber and its employees, including a class action suit claiming drivers had sexually assaulted customers.

The most damaging allegation to emerge against News International today was that its directors took part in an orchestrated cover - up of criminal wrong - doing and sought to destroy incriminating evidence.

Cuomo called the latest allegations against former Rep. Anthony Weiner — that he exchanged sexually explicit text messages with a 15 - year - old girl — «sick» and «possibly criminal.»

«As if the palpable odium of intiating a vacuous criminal charge against a whistle - blower, no less a person than a distinguished senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was not bad enough, the prosecuting authority, obviously urged on by the Inspector General of Police, threw pretension to adherence to democratic tenets of the rule of law when it sought from the court, albeit most illegally, to obtain summons against Senator Misau, while deliberately witholding service of the copy of the charge on the Senator, an obvious stratagem conceived to frame up all manner of false allegations tailored to suit the obvious purpose of yet another gestapo strategy to use state powers to swoop on the Distinguished Senator and keep him out of circulation»

«The allegations against Mr. Dirschberger are extremely serious and the administration never should have allowed him to cash in thousands of dollars in unused time until criminal proceedings were completed.»

The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, expects the President's Deputy Chiefs of Staff, Francis Asenso - Boakye and Abu Jinapor, to appear before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), following allegations of corruption made against them.

Meanwhile, Catholic bishops have spent on average $ 300,000 a year lobbying lawmakers in New York on a variety of topics, including against passage of the Child Victims Act, which would change the statute of limitations on civil and criminal cases of child sexual abuse and allow victims a one - year window to sue over potentially decades - old allegations.

Criminal charges against former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer are unlikely in connection with an allegation he roughed up a woman Saturday night in his suite at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, law enforcement sources said.

In response, police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, said the transfer of the suspects to Abuja was not because of Saraki: «The Force therefore wishes to categorically state that, there is no iota of truth in the allegation and false assertion by the Senate President of plot against him by the IGP to implicate the Kwara State Government and the Senate President in any criminal matter.»

Utah parents seek criminal penalties against teacher who they say went too far in sex ed class: «The Jordan School District is investigating allegations that a seventh - and eighth - grade health teacher violated the sex education statute by responding to questions from students about topics beyond the core curriculum, including homosexual sex, oral sex and masturbation.»

Last week, a judge in Verona dismissed a host of criminal charges against veterinary researcher and former politician Ilaria Capua, including allegations that she deliberately set off avian influenza outbreaks that also caused a human epidemic — a crime that would have been punishable with life imprisonment if proven.

Malfeasance or Malpractice misconduct allegations against a lawyer are among the most complex we handle because The Pattis & Smith Law Firm lawyer misconduct team must simultaneously address bar licensing proceedings, police investigations, criminal charges against the lawyer, potential financial liability in a civil court, and professional and personal reputation concerns.

In 1990, while working at the Center for Criminal Justice at Harvard Law School, she served on a commission appointed by the National Football League to investigate sexual harassment allegations by a Boston Herald reporter against members of the New England Patriots.

We have assisted young female complaints report allegations of sexual assault and provided expert advice regarding potential civil recovery and criminal charges against the perpetrator.

We have defended clients against allegations of insider trading; money laundering; health care, securities, accounting and government contracts fraud; violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; Anti-kickback Statute and False Claims Act; criminal environmental violations; criminal antitrust violations; and violations of other statutes.

Criminal charges against a personal support worker who spent more than two weeks in jail on allegations he sexually touched a patient have been stayed.

Our criminal attorneys and staff are experienced in defending against allegations of assault and are available to discuss your case.

Lawyers at Neuberger & Partners LLC use a variety of resources, including private investigators, technology experts and witness interviews, to develop a comprehensive defence against allegations of criminal harassment.

This allegation, not uncommon as an appeal ground in criminal court, may also be cited in a malpractice suit against the lawyer.

Disputes over what plea advice was given, what instructions were received, and allegations that the consequences of the plea were not explained lead, year after year, to claims against criminal lawyers.

«Since the time when the Review Panel made the decision to strike an Inquiry Committee to investigate allegations against Douglas ACJ, significant academic, legislative, and social changes have taken place that support the growing recognition that women whose intimate images are distributed without their consent are victims of a gendered form of abuse and worthy of protection while the perpetrators are morally culpable and deserving of criminal punishment.

In July 2004, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), began an investigation into allegations of corruption against BAE Systems plc (BAE), pursuant to ss 1 (3) and (5) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (CJA 1987).

A good criminal defence lawyer can minimize this anxiety, and increase the chances of getting the accused bail, by familiarizing the surety with: • The allegations against the accused.

Regina v. M.S. (2012) Application by complaint for a section 810 restraining order / peace bond against Mr. M.S. (former husband of the complainant) due to allegations of criminal harassment and threaten bodily harm, withdrawn prior to the hearing in the Ontario Court of Justice.