The plans also come a week before the Nov. 23 deadline
for federal criminal indictments against as many as eight individuals, including former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco, in a case brought by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara involving upstate development projects.
The SEC's case, which was accompanied by
a federal criminal indictment, is the first to charge market manipulation via Twitter.
«Kevin Schuler is a good man, but he's not the first person to plead guilty under the pressure of
a federal criminal indictment,» Paul Shechtman, an attorney for Louis Ciminelli, said in a statement.
A statement from Louis Ciminelli's attorney Paul Shechtman: «Kevin Schuler is a good man, but he's not the first person to plead guilty under the pressure of
a federal criminal indictment.
«Kevin Schuler is a good man, but he's not the first person to plead guilty under the pressure of
a federal criminal indictment,» Schectman said.
The firm cited
the federal criminal indictments of a current and former town official, including town supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence.
Environmental Progress discovered this after
a federal criminal indictment was filed by Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, on September 22, 2016.