Sentences with phrase «exchange for bribes»

Silver, 74, is being tried a second time over allegations that he sold his office in exchange for bribes from Taub and the two real estate firms.

Singh, 59, of Laurel Hollow, testified that he received lucrative county contracts and town - guaranteed loans in exchange for his bribes of the officials.

Smith agreed to steer $ 500,000 in state transportation money to an upstate project in exchange for the bribes paid on his behalf, according to the complaint, and in total Halloran allegedly accepted upward of $ 60,000 in bribe money while Tabone pocketed $ 25,000, prosecutors allege.

Singh said that in addition to the town - guaranteed loans, he received county contracts in exchange for his bribes.

North Koreans who left the country in 2014 and 2015 told Human Rights Watch that the government was tracking down and publicly executing border guards who allowed people to cross into China in exchange for bribes.

In exchange for bribes, Smith promised to get $ 500k in Senate transportation earmarks for a road project and Holloran promised hundreds of thousands in NYC City Council member items.

Percoco is on trial with three other defendants (who were Cuomo campaign contributors), accused of rigging lucrative public construction contracts in exchange for bribes.

One government favor done in exchange for bribes, according to prosecutors, was Percoco facilitating a $ 5,000 raise for Aiello's son in a new job in Cuomo's office in 2015.

Percoco is accused of helping rig state construction contracts for Cuomo donors in exchange for bribes.

The records came to light this week as part of an ongoing corruption trial in which Percoco is accused of helping rig state construction contracts for Cuomo donors in exchange for bribes.

The review, released Wednesday, is the state's first comprehensive account of events that preceded Navnoor Kang's indictment in December on federal charges that he allegedly steered trading business to certain brokers in exchange for bribes.

The high court is essentially being asked to clarify the line between a public official legally performing a routine courtesy for a benefactor and a politician corruptly using government power in exchange for a bribe.

Percoco earlier this year was convicted of federal corruption charges that stemmed from efforts to secure economic development contracts in exchange for bribes and a low - show job for his wife.

Some corrections officers had sued Seabrook over the $ 20 million in pension money he allegedly fed to a hedge - fund pal in exchange for a bribe, only to have the fund go bust.

A Manhattan federal jury found Silver guilty in November of abusing his power for more than a decade in exchange for bribes and kickbacks.

The Post reported last week that the Department of Investigation is probing the program over allegations that squatters are living rent - free in exchange for bribes and that tenant - association accounts have been looted.

In exchange for the bribes, the complaint alleges, Senator Smith was to use his influence to steer half a billion dollars in state taxpayer funds to build a road in Rockland County to benefit a real estate developer's project.