For years, according to testimony during former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno's 2009 trial, members of the state Senate's Republican conference were instructed to submit their annual financial disclosure forms by hand rather than through the mail in order to avoid potential
federal mail fraud charges.
Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. of Brooklyn is facing
federal mail fraud charges related to allegations that he filed bogus travel vouchers and collected per diem payments for days the lawmaker falsely claimed he was in Albany on legislative business.
As an example of such thinking, he cited the former leader of the State Senate who instructed his members to deliver their public disclosure forms by hand rather than mailing them so as to avoid any possible
federal mail fraud charges — the unspoken assumption being that lawmakers might have lied on those forms.
The 2011 bill passed after revelations former Senate majority leader Joe Bruno advised members of his conference to physically deliver the forms to avoid the risk of being hit with
federal mail fraud charges.
Not exact matches
Federal and State officials raided the offices of Espada's non profit Wednesday morning, searching for additional evidence to support possible
mail fraud, theft and conspiracy
charges.
A day later, Espada's clinic was raided by
federal and state authorities and law - enforcement sources said criminal
charges of
mail fraud and tax evasion were expected as soon as next month.
Congressman Michael Grimm pleaded not guilty this afternoon to a slew of
federal charges, including
mail, wire and health care
fraud, filing false tax returns, perjury, obstruction of an official proceeding and hiring undocumented workers.
In that case, SUNY Buffalo professor Steven Kurtz was accused of bio-terrorism before eventually being tried on
federal mail and wire
fraud charges.
A
federal grand jury handed down a new 11 - count indictment in the state Sen. Carl Kruger ongoing bribery scandal
charging the defendants, including real estate developer Aaron Malinsky and lobbyist Richard Lipsky, with conspiracy to commit
mail and wire
fraud.
He had faced three
federal charges —
mail fraud, wire
fraud and extortion — for each scheme, as well as a money laundering
charge after prosecutors accused him of having illegally laundered the proceeds of those schemes to lucrative investments with a Buffalo - area venture capitalist.
Such a
federal charge would likely be accompanied by other offenses such as
mail fraud, wire
fraud, extortion and even money laundering, sources said.
QUEENS — Former State Sen. Shirley Huntley pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn
federal court on Wednesday to
charges of conspiracy to commit
mail fraud, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
Federal prosecutors
charged Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. of Brooklyn with three counts of
mail fraud Monday.
Silver,
charged with five
federal counts of theft of honest services,
mail fraud, wire
fraud, and extortion for improperly using his public position to obtain nearly $ 4 million in illicit payments, and Skelos,
charged with six
federal counts of conspiracy, extortion, wire
fraud, and soliciting bribes in connection with exploiting his public position in order to secure a lucrative no - show job for his son, have both declared their innocence, with Silver's legal team attempting to paint its client's dealing as par for the course in Albany.
He has been indicted on
charges wire
fraud,
mail fraud, theft of government funds, making false statements, filing false reports with
federal election officials and filing false tax returns.
What happens now after Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been
charged by
federal authorities with bribery and
mail fraud in connection with his official duties?
A former lawyer from Chautauqua County may be facing as much as 20 years in prison and a $ 250 - thousand fine on a
federal charge of
mail fraud for a nearly three year long ponzi scheme.
The former governor was arrested the month before his resignation on
federal corruption
charges that included wire
fraud,
mail fraud and solicitation of bribery.
She faces up to two years in prison under the
federal sentencing guidelines for the
charge, conspiracy to commit
mail fraud.
Lanham, who earned $ 1.7 million working for the DOE, surrendered to
federal authorities Thursday morning on
mail fraud and theft
charges.
Village of Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin and Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret face bribery and
mail fraud charges in connection with a
federal corruption case stretching from New York City to Spring Valley to Albany.
On Friday, March 31, 2017 CCSA learned
federal authorities
charged Ben Chavis, former director of three California charter schools collectively known as the American Indian Model Schools (AIMS), with
mail fraud and money laundering in connection with the schools» applications for
federal grant funds.
Earlier this month, Kieffer was convicted on
federal charges of
mail fraud and impersonating a lawyer.
Tuesday, the HealthSouth founder and the former Alabama governor will stand together before a
federal judge, facing the possibility of years in prison for convictions on
federal bribery, conspiracy and
mail fraud charges.
Defending criminal
charges including drug crimes, DUI, CDV,
mail fraud, wire
fraud, bank
fraud, computer crimes, money laundering, and juvenile crimes, Pete also handles
Federal and State investigations.
Secured complete dismissal of criminal
charges of
mail fraud, false ERISA statements, and other
charges brought in
federal court against small business owners amounting to $ 2 million in alleged but unproven harm.
Federal prosecutors have
charged five men with «a widespread
mail and wire
fraud scheme» for running a slip - and - fall lawsuit scheme that cost insurers and property owners $ 32 million over five years, The New York Times reports....