Sentences with phrase «describe bribe payments»
Ziti was allegedly the code word that Percoco and Howe would use to describe bribe payments.
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The complaint accuses Kelly of distributing more than $ 750,000 in bribes — $ 474,000 to a lobbyist who acted essentially as a conduit for illegal payments and another $ 287,000 to Joseph Percoco, who is described as Cuomo's «right - hand man.»
A report carried by a Ghanaian newspaper and its website claim the leaked document from the Sports Minister, Nii Lante's office says his own government made $ 420,000 unclassified payments which the newspaper described as «bribe» to secure Ghana's qualification to the world football fiesta.
Naturally, the word «ziti» — the euphemism borrowed from The Sopranos to describe the alleged bribes to Percoco as payments to his wife for what prosecutors say was a «low - show» job — was tossed around in court on Tuesday.
Ziti is the term Percoco allegedly devised, Howe said, to describe alleged bribe payments Howe arranged for him.
The US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson, said corruption levels in Ghana are at a point where US companies looking to do business in Ghana, have mostly been frustrated with requests for the payment of «facilitation fee» — which he simply described as another language for bribe.