The National Republican Campaign Committee already has sought to link Rhodes to the ongoing
federal corruption cases against former Cuomo aides and associates, including long - time confidante Joseph Percoco.
Bharara won convictions in
federal corruption cases against New York's two most powerful legislative leaders: former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
The use of LLC's by a real estate company Glenwood Management, and it's billionaire CEO Leonard Litwin, has factored in to high profile
federal corruption cases against the two former leaders of the legislature.
Glenwood Management, the real estate development firm at the center of
the federal corruption cases against former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, is the state's most generous political donor and a robust utilizer of the LLC loophole.
At this time,
federal corruption cases against Silver and Skelos were beginning to take shape.
A trial will begin Oct. 30 in New York City in
the federal corruption case against two Percoco, Alain Kaloyeros, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, and five other men, including two executives from Fayetteville - based Cor Development Co..
It is the bond at the heart of
the federal corruption case against Edward and Linda Mangano and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, one the Manganos have consistently said was just a friendship, with nothing improper.
Singh, taking the stand for the first time as the government's star witness in
its federal corruption case against Mangano, retraced the arc of his life and career to the jury in the Central Islip courtroom.
In court papers filed Monday in
the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Management.
Disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is facing a mountain of «very damning» evidence that could make
the federal corruption case against him a slam dunk and put him behind bars...
A Buffalo attorney is shedding some light on
the federal corruption case against New York's top Republican.
The founder of the struggling environmental services company at the heart of
the federal corruption case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, testified at their trial yesterday that days after Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012, the senator provided valuable business intelligence that the company felt would be helpful.
In court papers filed yesterday in
the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, US Attorney Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Management.
«It's just surreal,» said Jaron Benjamin a week after the conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and on the day of closing arguments in
the federal corruption case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, knowing that those cases may have been bolstered by work he did years ago in the fight to strengthen the state's rent laws.
A key prosecution witness in
a federal corruption case against a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testified Wednesday to his own yearslong criminal résumé that included fraud, embezzlement and lawsuits involving friends, family, his lawyers, a gym, a tutor and even a dog walker.
ALBANY —
The federal corruption case against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver rests in part on his alleged scheme with a doctor who referred asbestos cases to the Weitz & Luxenberg law firm where Silver is of counsel.
Skelos» private law practice has come under scrutiny in
the federal corruption case against him.
A trial will begin Oct. 30 in New York City in
the federal corruption case against two former top state officials and six other men, including two executives from Fayetteville - based Cor Development Co..
Not exact matches
Federal prosecutors rested their
corruption case against Joe Percoco today, but first displayed a series of emails intended to show the power the former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo wielded at the highest levels of state governments.
The
federal judge presiding over the
corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife Linda, and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto has denied all defense motions challenging the
case against them.
Allegations of plagiarism from nearly three decades ago are once again dogging a central figure in the
federal government's
corruption case against Alain Kaloyeros, the physics professor credited with creating the State University of New York's Polytechnic Institute.
Brooklyn
federal prosecutors yesterday slapped the disgraced former state Senate majority leader with yet another round of charges in the growing
corruption case against him.
The superseding indictment adds 21 more counts to the alleged
corruption and kickback
case that Eastern District
federal prosecutors had already brought
against Venditto, Edward Mangano and Linda Mangano.
Grandeau says despite the rampant
corruption, all of the
cases against lawmakers in recent years have stemmed from
federal prosecutions, not state ethics authorities.
«For years we have been relying on
federal prosecutors to bring the lion's share of
corruption cases against state officials,» Kaminsky said.
A
federal judge has officially «severed» the
corruption trials
against eight individuals in a
case that began with an alleged bid - rigging probe of the Cuomo administration's Buffalo Billion program — setting one of the trial dates in the midst of the governor's expected re-election bid.
Long Island Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a former
federal prosecutor who was elected in 2016 running on an anti-
corruption platform following Skelos» conviction (but was not involved in either the Silver or Skelos
cases), released a statement saying the Silver decision demonstrates the need for state lawmakers to stop relying on the feds to bring
corruption cases against state - level elected officials, and also pass more anti-
corruption measures, which lawmakers declined to do this past session.
Glenwood has been embroiled in the
federal criminal
corruption cases against former Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
Federal criminal
case No. 18 0087 filed Thursday
against Rob Walker is just the latest entry in Long Island's culture of
corruption sweepstakes.
The
federal judge presiding over the
corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto has denied all defense motions challenging the government's
case against them.
It's long been rumored, even accepted really, that Oyster Bay restaurateur Harendra Singh was cooperating with
federal authorities in the
corruption cases against former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.
The Leaderships of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress are demanding for the resignation of the Minister of State, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, for alleged involved in the handling of the
case of
corruption against the Chief Medical Director of the
Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Dr. Angela Uwakwem.
A
federal grand jury is investigating Christopher McPartland, the top
corruption prosecutor in the Suffolk County district attorney's office, for possible obstruction of justice charges as an outgrowth of the
case against former Suffolk police chief James Burke, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
The
case — along with the conviction of former Senate leader Dean Skelos, who is to be sentenced May 12 — was a capstone of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's crusade
against Albany
corruption, and prosecutors asked for more than 14 years in prison — the highest
federal sentence ever for a New York legislator.
The trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, in
Federal District Court in Manhattan on an eight - count indictment that includes bribery and extortion charges is scheduled to begin today — just as the unrelated
corruption case against Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the State Assembly, enters its third week.
Federal prosecutors have turned over to the defense over one million pages of documents and other materials in the government's alleged
corruption case against former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.
Federal prosecutors, bent on telling a story of public
corruption, used cherry - picked evidence, untrustworthy witnesses and innuendo to build a
case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, lawyers for the men said in closing arguments yesterday.
The jury in the political
corruption case against Dean Skelos, the former State Senate majority leader, and his son, Adam, began its deliberations yesterday, after a nearly four - week trial in
Federal District Court in Manhattan.
A
federal grand jury is investigating Christopher McPartland, the top
corruption prosecutor in the Suffolk County district attorney's office, for possible obstruction of justice charges as an outgrowth of the
case against former Suffolk police chief James Burke.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he met with
federal authorities about a
corruption case against a former top aide.
MANHATTAN
FEDERAL COURT — «Power, greed, corruption» are at the heart of the case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, federal prosecutors said Tuesday during opening arguments in the
FEDERAL COURT — «Power, greed,
corruption» are at the heart of the
case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver,
federal prosecutors said Tuesday during opening arguments in the
federal prosecutors said Tuesday during opening arguments in the trial.
Sen. Joseph L. Bruno exits the James T. Foley U.S. Courthouse in Albany December 2009 after being found guilty of two felony charges brought
against him in a
federal corruption case.
Recall that a
Federal High Court in Abuja had taken its final decision on the
corruption case involving Justice Ngwuta, pointing out that the prosecution in the Justice Ngwuta's
case failed to comply with the condition precedent before bringing charges
against a judicial officer.
The jury in the political
corruption case against Dean G. Skelos, the former State Senate majority leader, and his son began its deliberations on Thursday, after a nearly four - week trial in
Federal District Court in Manhattan.
The alleged arrangement, which has become the heart of the
corruption case against Mr. Silver, came into focus at his trial on Wednesday, as Dr. Robert N. Taub of Columbia University testified in
federal court in Manhattan as a government witness.
Former Senator Skelos, left, and his son, Adam B. Skelos, center, leaving
Federal District Court in Manhattan this month after being convicted on all counts in the
corruption case against them.
Attorneys for Sheldon Silver have asked a
federal judge to throw out
corruption charges
against the former Assembly speaker, citing the Supreme Court
case that invalidated the convictions of Silver's old counterpart in Albany, former Senate majority leader Joe Bruno.
Glenwood's giving largely dried up in 2015, when it was drawn into the
federal corruption cases brought
against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
ALBANY —
Federal prosecutors in the
corruption case against state Senator Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, on Thursday filed a 164 - page letter detailing the application for a wiretap
against the two defendants.
Grandeau says that, despite the rampant
corruption, all of the
cases against lawmakers in recent years have stemmed from
federal prosecutions, not state ethics authorities.