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And both women's suits could provide more fodder for federal complaints from the watchdog group Common Cause that the payoffs were, effectively, illegal campaign contributions.
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The following day, the federal complaint from Bharara's office charged Percoco — who is also identified as «a / k / a «HERB,» the defendant» throughout — and several upstate development executives (including the CPV executive referenced in the email) with taking part in a wide - ranging scheme to trade money for official favors.
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(By 2008 the company settled a lawsuit and a complaint from the Federal Trade Commission, agreeing to pay back as much as $ 30 million to its customers over the sketchy claims.)
In a federal court complaint, John Lockette, an African - American former wealth manager, alleged that he received negative performance reviews, was denied raises and given derisive nicknames, and was ultimately fired from Morgan Stanley in August 2016 as a result of his calling attention to the company's racial biases, Reuters reports.
Look at local, state and federal laws to ensure that you're compliant and will avoid penalties and complaints from employees.
The Federal Trade Commission said in a complaint filed in federal court in California that LendingClub deducted hidden fees from the loans it issued to borrowers, despite promising «no hidden fees.Federal Trade Commission said in a complaint filed in federal court in California that LendingClub deducted hidden fees from the loans it issued to borrowers, despite promising «no hidden fees.federal court in California that LendingClub deducted hidden fees from the loans it issued to borrowers, despite promising «no hidden fees.»
Damore was fired from Google shortly thereafter, and immediately filed a complaint with federal labor officials.
In his dissent, Pai's main complaint was with what he saw as a double standard: He said that the order unfairly stuck ISPs with stricter rules than internet companies like Google, which are able to harvest and monetize personal data more freely under looser guidelines from the Federal Trade Commission.
That payment is the subject of criticism from the watchdog group Common Cause, which filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission and the Department of Justice alleging it violated campaign finance rules.
The money, which Mr. Cohen has said came from his own personal funds, is the subject of complaints lodged by the group Common Cause with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department.
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.
OTTAWA — The federal government is announcing a slight change to its plan to streamline the spending - approval process into a single $ 7 - billion vote after complaints earlier this week from the parliamentary budget watchdog.
The group is weighing whether to file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission, and the EFF is evaluating a similar offering from Sprint.
The suit's claim that Trump knew about the payment and that it was aimed at keeping the affair from voters «confirms what we suspected,» said Paul Ryan, a top lawyer with Common Cause, one of the groups that have lodged complaints with the Federal Election Commission about the payoff.
I can already hear the complaints from the hard - money crowd about why this isn't good enough - the Federal Reserve is raising rates, but it's been at a glacial pace.
Louisville ousted Rick Pitino on Wednesday after a federal criminal complaint said money from Adidas was steered to high school prospects.
In the first complaint, the SEC charged Falcone, Harbinger and Peter Jenson, a former Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Harbinger, with violations of the federal securities laws in relation to the misappropriation of client assets (through the making of a $ 113.2 million loan from a fund managed by Harbinger to Falcone to pay his personal taxes) and the granting of undisclosed preferential redemption rights to certain investors.
Following a complaint by former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett, the ACCC will ask the Federal Court to ban Coles from selling any product promoted as baked fresh — including «baked today, sold today», «freshly baked» and «freshly baked in - store».
Abbott has settled similar complaints, including one from the Federal Trade Commission.
From New York City to Albany to Buffalo, when a federal pay - to - play complaint was unsealed yesterday, there were connections all across the state.
According to the federal complaint, Percoco took more than $ 315,000 in bribes from 2012 through 2016 from Syracuse - based COR Development and Competitive Power Ventures, an energy company looking to build a power plant in the Hudson Valley.
A government reform group is considering filing a complaint with a New York state ethics panel over a story in the New York Times that says the Assembly Speaker is under federal investigation for failing to disclose pay he received from a law firm.
To pull a few examples from the complaint: In May 2011, Howe emailed Aiello, saying «you should hold on making any political $ $ contributions to any state federal electeds, so we can make sure you can [get] the most leverage out of them.»
A government reform group is considering filing a complaint with a state ethics panel over a report in the New York Times that the Assembly Speaker is under federal investigation for failing to disclose pay he received from a law firm.
Candi was on board the rented jet when Rechnitz, Deputy Inspector James Grant and Rechnitz's pal and business ally Jeremy Reichberg took off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey on Feb. 2, 2013, for a Sin City jaunt over Super Bowl XLVII weekend, according to sources and a federal criminal complaint.
Brennan based his complaint on testimony from David Wildstein, the star witness in a Newark federal court case involving two of Christie's former aides, who testified that Christie learned about the lane closures while they were happening — and laughed.
NEW YORK CITY — A luxury real estate firm that owns more than 25 rental buildings from TriBeCa to Riverdale valued at over $ 1 billion is the powerbroker developer listed in the federal corruption complaint against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, sources confirmed to DNAinfo New York.
The complaint says Skelos and his son attempted to cover up their actions as it became clear that the federal authorities were onto corruption at the Capitol, doctoring documents to hide the true nature of the $ 20,000 payment from the developer to Adam Skelos.
Kaloyeros stepped down from the leadership of SUNY Polytechnic Institute in the fall after it was alleged in federal and state criminal complaints that he took part in a wide - ranging scheme that involved bid - rigging and bribery.
Sigfredo Gonzalez, 40, a Throgsneck medical supply salesman who ran unsuccessfully three times for the 79th Assembly District, ended up wearing a wire for the feds and acting as a go - between for bribes from his shady bosses to Assemblyman Eric Stevenson, according to a federal complaint.
In a letter of complaint to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the Connecticut Working Families Party's executive director, Lindsay Farrell, cited an Oct. 9 Courant article — which reported that Greenberg's campaign committee hadn't listed many rent payments on campaign finance reports from late 2013 into the first part of 2014.
The Connecticut Working Families Party said Friday that it has filed a complaint with federal election regulators against Republican 5th District congressional candidate Mark Greenberg and his campaign committee — for failing to pay a sufficient, market - value rent for campaign offices that he rents, in effect, from himself.
New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today vehemently objected to the recent decision by the federal Department of Education to no longer investigate civil rights complaints from transgender students regarding access to bathroom facilities.
In September, Percoco was arrested on a federal criminal complaint that described how in July 2014 Percoco sought an opinion from an unnamed «Assistant Counsel» in the Cuomo administration about his ability to work in the private sector while on leave from state government.
Federal aviation officials, battered by complaints that bureaucratic hurdles are preventing industry from realizing the economic benefits of drones, announced they are streamlining rules to expedite permits to fly small, commercial unmanned aircraft.
«It is appalling to see the federal government refuse to investigate these important civil rights complaints from transgender youth, who are valued members of our schools and communities across New York State.
Despite Federal Government's Refusal to Investigate Civil Rights Complaints from Transgender Students, NY Districts Have Independent Duties to Protect These Students from Discrimination and Harassment
According to a federal criminal complaint unsealed in Sept. 2016, Competitive Power Ventures had sought to obtain a power - purchase agreement from NYPA, which would have helped finance the company's power plant in Orange County.
The Sep. 2016 federal criminal complaint describes, in part, how a proposed $ 900 million power plant in Orange County needed certain regulatory approvals from DEC, PSC, and DOT.
Prosecutions and convictions for corruption have come from the federal government, like U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who oversaw the conviction of the former legislative leaders and who has issued criminal complaints against nine people involved in Cuomo's economic development projects.
The complaint says the federal charges stem from records obtained by investigators from the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption after it was disbanded by Cuomo in 2013.
In a statement from the School Board, Nate Kuzma, general counsel for the district, stated: «The Buffalo City School District, Board of Education and six individual board members were served tonight with a federal complaint filed by Park District Board Member Carl Paladino.
And yet, much as candid cables from overseas embassies, the morsels like that odd, conversationless phone call that turned up in the 53 - page federal complaint, if true, added colorful new brushstrokes to the public's understanding of how this otherworld of New York politics really worked — or, short of that, how corruption was committed.
Tighe is referring to three men involved in a federal corruption probe that were named in a complaint from Bharara's office in September.
Following the federal complaint, administration officials say, the governor moved major construction projects out from under SUNY Polytechnic Institute.
A stinging 35 - page federal complaint said Silver pocketed the loot over more than a decade and that his claims that he had legitimate outside income from personal injury firm Weitz & Luxenberg was «materially false and misleading.»
Parts of the 80 - page federal complaint unsealed yesterday read like a James Bond novel — with code names («Herb» for Percoco, «Dr. K» for Kaloyeros) and code words («ziti» — a term allegedly caged from the hit HBO show «The Sporano» for the bribes Percoco took).
Prosecutions and convictions for corruption have come from the federal government, like US Attorney Preet Bharara, who oversaw the conviction of the former legislative leaders and who has issued criminal complaints against nine people involved in Governor Cuomo's economic development projects.
After both the state and federal complaints were filed in September, Cuomo's re-election campaign set aside contributions from Nicolla and Columbia Development, as it did for the other people charged in those cases.
Republicans in the Hudson Valley have sent a complaint to Federal Election Commission alleging Sean Eldridge, a Democrat running against GOP Rep. Chris Gibson, accepted an illegal in - kind donation from a local economic group.