Sentences with phrase «federal authorities said»

The former CEO of a Fort Lauderdale investment firm and other companies master - minded a 12 - year scheme that allegedly bilked 150 people out of $ 19 million after convincing them to invest in gems, insurance products and self - storage units, federal authorities said Monday.

Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the New York Assembly, exploited his position as one of the most powerful politicians in the state to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks, federal authorities said on Thursday as they announced his arrest on a sweeping series of corruption charges.

The bankruptcy scheme involved assertions Harris made in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in which she claimed she was receiving $ 1,200 a month in financial assistance from the landlord that she falsely claimed she was paying $ 1,550 a month in rent because her home had been damaged in the hurricane, federal authorities said.

Federal authorities said Kang carried out the scheme over a two - year period that ended when he was fired last winter.

A Howard Beach newspaper publisher in debt to the mob attempted to threaten a woman out of pursuing sex assault claims against a Bonanno crime family associate, federal authorities said.

A senior FBI agent was removed from the staff of Russia special counsel Robert Mueller earlier this year after Justice Department investigators began reviewing whether the agent exchanged messages critical of Trump, federal authorities said.

QUEENS — Power - hungry state Sen. Malcolm Smith schemed with a Queens councilman and GOP bosses to build a «corridor of corruption» in an ambitious attempt to line their pockets with cash and get him elected the mayor of New York City, federal authorities said Tuesday.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto were arrested Thursday and charged with receiving «bribes and kickbacks» from a businessman who also gave Mangano's wife a lucrative no - show job, federal authorities said.

As SI went to press, local and federal authorities said that no evidence had turned up to indicate the murder was tied in any way to James Jordan's, or his son's, well - known affinity for games of chance.

Now, federal authorities say those debts were at the center of a long - running insider trading scheme.

Federal authorities say Smith, a Democrat, wanted to run as a Republican.

Seabrook, who federal authorities say took $ 60,000 in cash in a designer bag from Rechnitz, was also arrested and is facing fraud and corruption charges.

She was seen leaving his room on a number of occasions,» a politically connected source said of the convicted ex-Assembly speaker and Janele Hyer - Spencer, one of the women with whom federal authorities say he had affairs.

In January 2013, not long after Adam Skelos's rocky call with the supervisor, federal authorities say that Senator Skelos called the chief executive of the malpractice insurance company, demanding to know why Adam Skelos was being «harassed.»

Federal authorities say the final disputed elements of a law controlling cigarette distribution have been resolved in a lawsuit brought by Seneca Indian Nation businesses.

Federal authorities say Adam Skelos relied on his father's name to land the job at the malpractice insurance firm and, once there, told his boss he did not have to come to work regularly because of who his father was.

The senator, federal authorities say, told the lobbyist that his son needed cash because he had just bought a house.

As for New York, the city says it doesn't count restraints because only police and emergency medical technicians are allowed to do them — a distinction federal authorities say is irrelevant.

But now federal authorities say the people behind the scheme also took several mouflon sheep from the Big Island and flew them to Maui.

Federal authorities say three Southern California men have been indicted for allegedly running a scam involving short sales that caused more than $ 10 million in loses.

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«We have been in contact with federal authorities regarding their execution of a warrant relating to Mr. Cohen,» the firm said.

The Department of Education has seen the surge in waiver applications because its Office for Civil Rights has «exceeded its legal authority» by taking the position since 2013 that the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination applies to transgender students, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory Baylor said.

In January, a federal appeals court, ruling in favor of Verizon in its suit against the FCC, said the FCC may have overstepped its authority in its 2010 Open Internet ruling.

By authorizing tax credits to those who purchase on federal exchanges, the plaintiffs say, the IRS has exceeded its authority.

Federal laws give the agency the authority to step in and quash state or local laws regulating the provision of Internet service, Verizon said in a 19 - page white paper submitted to the FCC last week.

«It is commonplace for federal authorities to directly contact Twitter and ask for assistance, rather than going through formal channels,» said an activist who has helped get numerous accounts disabled.

Europol said a host of organizations had been involved in the investigation, including the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the European Banking Federation (EBF), and the authorities in Spain, Romania, Belarus, and Taiwan.

Of a total federal inmate population of 156,238, prison authorities say only 1,021 fit the description — which includes everyone from insurance schemers to bankruptcy fraudsters, counterfeiters to election - law tamperers to postal thieves.

«In coordination with the French security authorities the federal police are strengthening their control in the area of cross-border traffic into France,» the police said in a statement.

While currently blocked by the federal judiciary, the group says the Clean Power Plan should be redrawn to address concerns about regulatory overreach and the possibility of infringing on state authority.

«Although the Federal Reserve generally monitors developments in virtual currencies and other payments system innovations, it does not necessarily have authority to directly supervise or regulate these innovations or the entities that provide them to the market,» Bernanke said in a letter.

The Trump Administration said Wednesday that unspecified local and state agencies as well as tribal authorities would help the federal government to create a set of drone regulations for commercial flights.

By contrast, Paul has said he'd like to scale back the authority of the Federal Reserve and make it more accountable to Congressional audits.

Multiple medical groups have urged the FDA to lengthen expiration dates, but the federal agency said it's not sure it has authority to do so.

Underscoring the breadth of the scrutiny, the people said, the Justice Department and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have discussed the possibility of striking a wide - ranging settlement to conclude many of the looming mortgage investigations from federal authorities and state attorneys general.

U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood said that federal authorities who seized documents from the lawyer, Michael Cohen, would provide copies to Cohen's team.

«Only the President has the authority to suspend or prohibit a covered transaction,» the federal guidelines say.

NEW YORK — The U.S. monetary authorities did not intervene in the foreign exchange markets during the January - March quarter, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said today in its quarterly report to the U.S. Congress.

NEW YORK — The U.S. monetary authorities did not intervene in the foreign exchange markets during the October - December quarter, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said today in its quarterly report to the U.S. Congress.

Federal legislation could help rationalize this patchwork and clarify which agency has the authority to police the underlying virtual currency cash market, the regulators said.

«I haven't seen any argument as to why the federal government doesn't have authority to regulate this interprovincial pipeline the way they have authority over all kinds of other interprovincial undertakings,» she said.

NEW YORK — The U.S. monetary authorities did not intervene in the foreign exchange markets during the July — September quarter, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said today in its quarterly report to the U.S. Congress.

In the federal indictment and a complaint by the Securities and Exchange Commission, authorities say Shkreli began losing money and lying to investors from the time he began managing money.

The National Federation of Independent Business, while acknowledging that Mr. Obama has the authority to place conditions on federal contractors, said his latest action was another burdensome government mandate on private firms.

Just over half (53 %) are of the view that the ultimate authority rests with the federal government, while just under half (47 %) say provincial governments should have the power to «veto» projects in their jurisdictions.

Mnuchin said U.S. authorities, including the Federal Reserve, were studying the pros and cons of issuing digital dollars instead of hard cash, but «the Fed and we don't think there's any need for that at this point.»

A notice slated to be published Friday in the Federal Register by the Bureau of Land Management said the agency «has concerns regarding the statutory authority, cost, complexity, feasibility, and other implications» of the 2016 rule, which is set to go fully into effect next month.

«He could just tell his supporters, «Look at the Nunes memo — it shows federal authorities are biased,»» Herman said.

The government says over time some actions have been taken by the communities under state pressure to end the discrimination but that federal authorities are seeking a court order to prevent future discrimination by the defendants.

Sam Mullet Sr. and 15 followers were found guilty last year of conspiracy to violate federal hate - crime law in connection with what authorities said were the religiously motivated attacks on several fellow Amish people.