Sentences with phrase «federal bribery charges»

The verdict ended an unusual turn of events that saw Mr. Boyland acquitted on federal bribery charges in Manhattan, only to be rearrested three weeks later on new bribery charges in Brooklyn.

Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney has no plan to return donations from Cor Development Co. executives in the wake of federal bribery charges against them.

He is the first senator to face federal bribery charges since 1980, when another New Jersey Democrat got involved in the Abscam scandal.

New York University (NYU) associate professor of radiology Yudong Zhu and NYU graduate student Xing Yang, both Chinese citizens, were arrested on 19 May on federal bribery charges in connection with an alleged conspiracy to pass nonpublic information from research funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to a Chinese company with ties to the Chinese government.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney has no plan to return donations from Cor Development Co. executives in the wake of federal bribery charges against them.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and one of the co-leaders of the state Senate have already taken some preemptive actions before the legislature is scheduled return to the Capitol following federal bribery charges against a state senator and an assemblyman, as well as other officials.

Democrat Malcolm Smith, was convicted this year on federal bribery charges after he tried to buy his way onto the New York City mayoral ballot.

His sentencing on federal bribery charges brought him back to earth with a thud.

In a 21 - count indictment — which came three weeks after Boyland Jr. was acquitted on separate federal bribery charges in Nov. 2011 — the Democrat was accused of participating in four schemes that included soliciting and accepting bribes in exchange for political favors.

And a former utility commissioner was indicted on federal bribery charges last year, prompting fresh questioning about the relationship between Arizona regulators and the companies they oversee.

Judge Laser also noted that judicial immunity does not shield a judge from criminal liability, nor does it shield a judge from being disciplined by the Judicial Discipline & Disability Committee, and he referenced Maggio's entry of a guilty plea to federal bribery charges back in January.

Although Percoco is still facing federal bribery charges, Judge Valerie Caproni agreed to dismiss a charge against Percoco of using his power to extort the Syracuse developers for the bribes, because he wasn't technically a state official at the time.

Governor Cuomo, and one of the Co-Leaders of the State Senate have already taken some preemptive action before the legislature's scheduled return to the Capitol, following federal bribery charges against a State Senator and an Assemblyman, as well as other officials.

Aquino pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges in January, admitting he bribed the former senator in exchange for Krugerâ $ ™ s lobbying -LSB-...]

When Carl Kruger, a Brooklyn senator facing trial on federal bribery charges, announced at a news conference in June that he would vote in favor of same - sex marriage, Mr. Cuomo stood with him and other wavering Democrats and publicly congratulated them.

Percoco's defense against the federal bribery charges — that one has to be a state employee in name, if not in fact, in order to act as a public official — troubles good government groups.

Percoco's defense against the federal bribery charges — that one has to be a state employee in name to act as a public official — troubles good government groups.

«The problem here is that in some ways what this is based on is the idea that you can violate state law and state prohibitions on using government resources during a campaign as a defense against federal bribery charges,» Kaehny said.

Last year, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng's father, Jimmy Meng (D), pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges.

Singh ultimately pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge.

A New York state pension plan said it cut ties last week with Amherst Pierpont Securities, a brokerage that won nearly $ 2 billion in annual bond - trading business during the tenure of a portfolio manager now facing federal bribery charges.

Duane in particular seemed key in winning the support of Sen. Carl Kruger, the Brooklyn Democrat who is facing federal bribery charges.

Mangano made no mention of the federal bribery charges he is currently facing.

Harendra Singh, the businessman at the center of the corruption scandal that has led to federal bribery charges against two top Nassau politicians, began his restaurant career modestly.

Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland Jr., already under indictment on federal bribery charges, is now being investigated by Albany County DA David Soares and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for allegedly claiming taxpayer - funded reimbursement of bogus expenses.

GRANVILLE, Ohio — Your Ramblers spent the morning at a fundraiser for state Sen. Joy Padgett, the Republican candidate for the 18th district seat being vacated by Rep. Bob Ney (R), who announced in mid-September that he will plead guilty to a federal bribery charge.

Such questions have become routine for Ms. Meng, 36, ever since her father, former Assemblyman Jimmy K. Meng, was arrested in July on federal bribery charges.

Five months after Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano was arraigned on federal bribery charges, Nassau Republican Party chairman Joseph Mondello summoned him to his Westbury office.

Correction Officers» Benevolent Association members must live with their board's controversial decision to force members to front the costs for ex-President Norman Seabrook amid his federal bribery charges,.

She said Wednesday that while corruption cases can take months to build, her office remained committed to launching such probes in the wake of Skelos» arrest and last month's arrest of Oyster Bay contractor Harendra Singh on federal bribery charges.

In New York, Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland is facing federal bribery charges just a couple of years after being acquitted of federal bribery charges, former Queens state Sen. Shirley Huntley pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal fraud charges and former Bronx Councilman Larry Seabrook was convicted last year of corruption charges.

Kruger, a powerful Democrat who represented a district comprising Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay and surrounding neighborhoods, was indicted in March 2011 — alongside Boyland Jr. and six other defendants — on federal bribery charges.

The latter won a State Senate primary in a Queens district last month, ousting embattled Sen. Malcolm Smith, who is facing federal bribery charges.

Boyland Jr., who hails from a prominent Brooklyn political family, was hit in March 2014 with a conviction on federal bribery charges.

But the relationship between regulators and the companies they oversee has come under greater scrutiny in the last year, after a former ACC member was indicted on federal bribery charges.