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Ross Ulbricht, 30, was convicted on all seven counts he faced by a federal jury in Manhattan, following a closely - watched trial that spilled out of U.S. investigations into the use of the digital currency bitcoin for drug trafficking and other crimes.
After a highly publicized five - week jury trial that was the most closely watched of a wave of corporate fraud trials, Stewart was found guilty in March 2004 of conspiracy, obstruction of an agency proceeding, and making false statements to federal investigators, and was sentenced in July 2004 to serve a five - month term in a federal correctional facility and a two - year period of supervised release (to include five months of electronic monitoring).
Ross Ulbricht, 30, was found guilty by a Manhattan federal jury on all seven counts he faced after a closely watched four - week trial spilling out of U.S. investigations of the use of the bitcoin digital currency for drug trafficking and other crimes.
The jury in the Joe Percoco federal corruption trial resumes its work today, after appearing to focus much of its attention last Friday on the low - show job given to Percoco's wife, Lisa, by a Maryland - based energy company, Competitive Power Ventures, which is behind a controversial new power plant in Orange County.
Jury deliberations in the federal corruption trial of Joe Percoco continue in a Manhattan courthouse today.
A judge set a date for the start of jury selection in the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and his wife, Linda, and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.
Besides the damaging claims likely to come out in the Walsh trial, a key Spota deputy, Christopher McPartland, is the target of a federal grand jury investigating allegations of a cover - up by the police department to protect James Burke, the former county chief.
The jury is deadlocked in the federal corruption trial of former top aide to Governor Cuomo, Joe Percoco.
Two others were also excused when they told Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni that their hatred of corruption was so strong they wouldn't want themselves on the jury if they were on trial.
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the bribery conviction of former Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. — despite acknowledging that some of the jury instructions at his trial were technically wrong under the new rules.
Jury selection begins Monday in Manhattan federal court in the extortion and bribery trial of former Senate leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam.
Dean Skelos, son Adam arrive at court Republican State Sen. Dean Skelos, his son Adam, and their lawyers arrive at a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Nov. 17, 2015, the second day of jury selection in their corruption trial on charges of conspiracy, bribery and extortion.
Former State Senate Leader Dean Skelos was stone - faced and silent as he left a federal courthouse where a jury found him and his son Adam guilty of public corruption charges today, after a four - week trial and just about eight hours of deliberations — but attorneys for both men said they would pursue legal challenges to the verdict.
Hanging over state business are both the federal corruption trial of Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, which is now in jury deliberations after closing arguments last week and this year's state - level elections, including the race for governor.
Federal prosecutors are continuing to try to make their case to a jury in the federal corruption trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Federal prosecutors are continuing to try to make their case to a jury in the federal corruption trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon federal corruption trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
The trial of the former state Senate majority leader and his son, Adam Skelos (pictured), begins with jury selection on Monday in Manhattan Federal Court.
The trial of the former state Senate majority leader and his son, Adam Skelos, begins with jury selection on Monday in Manhattan Federal Court.
The verdict came on the jury's third day of deliberations, after a five - week trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan.
Former New York state Sen. Majority Leader Dean Skelos was sitting in his own public - corruption trial Monday afternoon when he learned that a federal jury across the street convicted his longtime colleague, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, of trading his political influence for financial gain.
«We the jurors remain deadlocked on all counts,» read the note from the jury in federal corruption trial of City Council Member Larry Seabrook.
A federal judge said she would likely allow the jury in Sheldon Silver's corruption trial to hear evidence that a doctor at the center of kickback allegations disliked the desposed...
The jury is deadlocked in the federal corruption trial of Joe Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Federal prosecutors have asked a district court judge for an anonymous and partially sequestered jury in the trial of man who allegedly has extensive contacts among ranking al Qaeda members and participated in a 2003 ambush that killed two American soldiers and wounded several others.
The trial is being held at the federal courthouse in White Plains and the 60 - some - odd members of the jury pool said they had come from around the Hudson Valley, including Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange and Dutchess counties.
Jury deliberations continue in Manhattan in the federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam.
If you're looking for a guide to the upcoming federal corruption trial of former top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco and businessmen Peter Galbraith Kelly, Jr., Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, look no further than the jury questionnaire recently agreed to by prosecutors and the defense.
It was clear early on in the jury's deliberations in the federal corruption trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver that things were not going well, with one juror asking to be excused because she felt physically unwell due feeling «pressured.»
The jury resumes its deliberations in the federal corruption trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, while proceedings resume in the federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam.
Jury deliberations continue in the federal corruption trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, while proceedings continue in the corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam.
The trial of the former state Senate majority leader and his son, Adam Skelos, begins with jury selection tomorrow in Manhattan Federal Court.
The federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, starts today with jury selection.
The jury is expected to begin deliberating in the federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, in Manhattan.
A week from now, jury selection will begin at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Courthouse in Manhattan, Judge Valerie Caproni presiding, in the corruption trial of longtime and close Cuomo aide and confidant Joe Percoco and three others.
A federal judge seated a jury of six women and six men Monday in the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto — as Mangano maintained he would be exonerated.
A New York federal judge ruled Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son can stay free on bail while appealing their convictions on corruption charges, saying jury instructions in their trial could be flawed in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
A Manhattan federal jury said it is deadlocked in the bribery trial of ex - jail guards union boss Norman Seabrook after four days of deliberations.
Jury deliberations continue in the federal corruption trial of ex-NYC corrections officers union boss Norman Seabrook.
Outside of Manhattan's Federal District Court, site of the three - week trial, Silver's lawyers said they would file motions to challenge the jury's decision.
Jury deliberations could begin Thursday in the federal trial of State Senator John Sampson, after lawyers presented their closing arguments Wednesday in his obstruction of justice case.
A federal jury convicted Suffolk County Conservative Party leader Edward Walsh in just an hour Thursday after a 10 - day trial in which the government used thousands of records to prove Walsh was golfing, gambling and politicking on county time.
Republican State Sen. Dean Skelos, his son Adam, and their lawyers arrive at a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Nov. 17, 2015, the second day of jury selection in their corruption trial on charges of conspiracy, bribery and extortion.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's one - time top adviser Joseph Percoco was convicted Tuesday on three counts of soliciting and taking bribes by a Manhattan federal court jury after an eight - week trial.
Jury selection is expected to continue Tuesday in the corruption trial of Skelos, who is facing federal charges that he extorted bribes from companies with business before the state.
A federal jury continues to deliberate in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Chicago, Illinois (CNN)- A federal jury weighing the fate of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in his corruption trial told the judge on Thursday it has reached unanimous agreement on two of the 24 counts, but can not agree on 11 others and has yet to consider the rest.
«The defendant tried to bribe his way onto the ballot for New York City mayor,» said Douglas B. Bloom, an assistant United States attorney, as the bribery and wire fraud trial of Mr. Smith and two other defendants got underway before a 12 - person jury in a federal courthouse in White Plains.
Delayed from October due to the lawmaker's cancer treatment, the sentencing fell as former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's federal corruption case was being considered by a jury, and the trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — who worked with Libous to plot the June 2009 coup that derailed the Senate for five weeks — continued.
The trial judge, Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan, has already denied one defense motion, filed last month, asking her to acquit Mr. Silver even before the jury received the case.
Three weeks deep into the corruption trials of both Skeloses — and a day after a jury convicted former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in parallel proceedings — federal prosecutors continued to air audio obtained through wiretaps.