Sentences with phrase «extortion scheme involving»
The aide, Joseph Percoco, was convicted of three felonies in March for running a bribery and extortion scheme involving state economic development contracts.
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Former city Councilman Dan Halloran was also ensnared in the scheme that federal prosecutors said involved conspiracy, wire fraud and extortion charges.
In a swaggering press conference at his offices in Manhattan, Mr. Bharara detailed two alleged extortion schemes Mr. Silver undertook to enrich himself: one involving an unidentified doctor handling asbestos cases, who was not charged with a crime after cooperating with the U.S. attorney's office, and another with a small, politically - connected real estate law firm that also avoided charges in this complaint.
New York Senate Leader Dean Skelos has been charged with extortion, conspiring to commit fraud, and soliciting bribes in a corruption scheme also involving his son Adam Skelos — making Mr. Skelos the second of Albany's famous «three men in a room» leadership to face criminal charges from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
From 2014 to 2016, Zakharova allegedly targeted Spitzer in an elaborate extortion scheme that involved him making regular hush - money payments of $ 3,000 to $ 50,000 a pop, according to prosecutors.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara charged Mr. Skelos with extortion, conspiring to commit fraud and soliciting bribes in a corruption scheme also involving his son Adam Skelos