Sentences with phrase «federal prosecutors in that case»

Howe was a key witness for federal prosecutors in that case.

The other donor, Leonard Litwin's Glenwood Management, stopped giving at about the same time a senior vice president at the firm signed a non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in their case against former Senate majority leader Dean Skelos.

The federal prosecutors in the case, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Catherine Mirabile, Lara Treinis Gatz and Raymond Tierney, declined to comment, according to Eastern District spokesman John Marzulli.

She was a federal prosecutor in the case of Vega, on whom Moriel had informed.

I have defended scores of individuals charged with Possession and / or Distribution of Child Pornography and have blogged many times about the increasingly harsh penalties that are being sought by both state and federal prosecutors in these cases.

Not exact matches

FBI agents seized documents using several warrants after the case was referred in part by Mueller to New York federal prosecutors, Cohen attorney Stephen Ryan wrote in an email.

He has since sued FBI agents and federal prosecutors, including the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan Preet Bharara, and the case was allowed to move forward earlier this year.

Perhaps the closest parallel was in a case filed by federal prosecutors against Lavabit, a privacy - oriented email service used by Edward Snowden.

He also spent more than three years as a federal prosecutor at the United States attorney's office in Manhattan, where he focused on insider trading and other financial fraud cases.

A wave of insider trading cases brought by Manhattan federal prosecutors, meanwhile, resulted in Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam's conviction in 2011 and a $ 1.8 billion settlement and plea deal in 2013 with hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LP.

A Texas man who operated Bitcoin Savings and Trust was charged on Thursday with bilking his investors, in what prosecutors called the first federal criminal securities fraud case arising from a bitcoin - related Ponzi scheme.

In other cities, federal and state prosecutors shun securities cases for all kinds of understandable reasons.

That article landed Manafort in hot water with prosecutors and the judge presiding over the federal criminal case against him.

In yet another twist to the case, in early November of 2014, The Miami Herald reported that Rodriguez had actually admitted to federal agents that he had used performance - enhancing drugs from 2010 - 12, after being granted immunity from prosecutors during a drug investigatioIn yet another twist to the case, in early November of 2014, The Miami Herald reported that Rodriguez had actually admitted to federal agents that he had used performance - enhancing drugs from 2010 - 12, after being granted immunity from prosecutors during a drug investigatioin early November of 2014, The Miami Herald reported that Rodriguez had actually admitted to federal agents that he had used performance - enhancing drugs from 2010 - 12, after being granted immunity from prosecutors during a drug investigation.

In that case, led by the civil division of the United States attorney's office for the Eastern District of California, prosecutors found that JPMorgan flouted federal laws with its sale of subprime mortgage securities from 2005 to 2007.

(Chicago constructed this story from thousands of pages of federal court records, police reports, and court testimony from related cases, as well as from official government reports and dozens of interviews with federal and local law enforcement officials and attorneys for some of the defendants; through a spokesman, prosecutors in the Zambada case declined comment.)

«It's the nuclear option,» said Jeffrey Neiman, a lawyer in Florida who was one of the lead prosecutors on the federal government's initial 2009 case against UBS's Swiss bank.

USA Gymnastics hired the former federal prosecutor last fall to review its practices and policies following criticism of its handling of sex abuse complaints, including a case involving the longtime team physician that has resulted in federal charges.

NEWARK, N.J. / BOSTON (Reuters)- Federal prosecutors said on Thursday they have charged five men responsible for a hacking and credit card fraud spree that cost companies more $ 300 million and two of the suspects are in custody, in the biggest cyber crime case filed in U.S. history.

October 13 — In a stunning twist to their anti-corruption football probe, Swiss federal prosecutors have opened a criminal case against the Qatari boss of Paris St Germain, Nasser Al - Khelaifi, for suspected bribery linked to World Cup broadcasting rights.

Manhattan federal prosecutors told the judge who sentenced Dean and Adam Skelos last week that the government won't push for them to go to prison until at least three - plus months after the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a pending case on anti-corruption laws.

The guilty verdict in the case of Joe Percoco was coupled with not guilty results for two prominent upstate developers who had also been accused of corruption and bribery by federal prosecutors.

Federal prosecutors said NXIVM founder Keith Raniere's «decades» long history of abusing women and girls» is among the reasons he should remain in custody without bond while his criminal case is pending.

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.

Howe admitted he lied to the credit card company about a stay in New York at the time he was cooperating with federal prosecutors in the corruption case.

The Cohen investigation has since been reassigned to federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), providing some indication that the Cohen matter may be unrelated to the core of Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, although it remains unclear whether the case was wholly transferred to the SDNY or if Mueller retains certain aspects of it that are related to the Russia investigation.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are expected to rest their case today against Sheldon Silver.

Scaring told the judge that federal prosecutors had asked for a delay in their case because of a scheduling conflict with one of the witnesses.

His purchase of a bottle of Snapple, a cigar and rounds of golf were included among the mountains of records that federal prosecutors introduced Thursday in an attempt to build a case against Suffolk County Party Conservative Party leader Edward Walsh.

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.

«In order to get the OK to raid Cohen's office, prosecutors would have had to get approval from high up — in this case from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein — and demonstrate to a federal magistrate both probable cause and the need for a warrant instead of a subpoena (such as a concern that Cohen might destroy evidence), Litman explained.&raquIn order to get the OK to raid Cohen's office, prosecutors would have had to get approval from high up — in this case from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein — and demonstrate to a federal magistrate both probable cause and the need for a warrant instead of a subpoena (such as a concern that Cohen might destroy evidence), Litman explained.&raquin this case from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein — and demonstrate to a federal magistrate both probable cause and the need for a warrant instead of a subpoena (such as a concern that Cohen might destroy evidence), Litman explained.»

The case will be a test for the Democratic governor, but also for federal prosecutors in New York, where former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara brought a parade of indictments against people in state politics.

«The U.S. Attorney's statements violated no ethical rule, did not unfairly prejudice the defendant, and were consistent with the stated mission of the [Department of Justice],» Bharara's team wrote in a Manhattan federal court filing responding to Silver's motion to have the case tossed based on the prosecutor's post-arrest statements.

«She is glad that federal and state prosecutors have taken action in this case,» Caplin said.

Newsday reported in January that Spota's top corruption prosecutor, Christopher McPartland, is under federal investigation for possible obstruction of justice involving the case of James Burke, the former Suffolk police chief and district attorney's chief investigator who pleaded guilty in February to beating up a suspect and then arranging a cover - up.

Bruno since his acquittal has become a critic of the power federal prosecutors wield, especially in white collar and public corruption cases.

The case, which is being handled in federal court in Manhattan, will pause now for a period of «discovery» while prosecutors and defense attorneys exchange information.

NEW YORK (AP)-- For the second time in a month, one of New York State's biggest political figures is going on trial in a case brought by a federal prosecutor crusading against corrupt elected officials.

This includes a $ 2,700 donation from Brian Meara, a friend of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver who received a non-prosecution agreement from federal prosecutors in exchange for his cooperation as a «fact witness» in the federal case against the former speaker.

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.

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.

According to a recent filing in the federal case, prosecutors have sought records from more than a dozen individuals, companies and campaign accounts that were not named in a 2016 indictment that alleged key officials and developers were involved in rigging bids for some of the state's biggest projects.

Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York and the Manhattan district attorney's office declined to bring a case against de Blasio, even as Eastern District federal prosecutors proceeded against the Manganos and VeFederal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York and the Manhattan district attorney's office declined to bring a case against de Blasio, even as Eastern District federal prosecutors proceeded against the Manganos and Vefederal prosecutors proceeded against the Manganos and Venditto.

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.

Sheldon Silver funneled $ 500,000 in state slush funds to a leading Manhattan oncologist in exchange for a steady stream of asbestos - related cancer cases, which he then fed to a personal - injury law firm that paid him more than $ 3 million in fees for the referrals, federal prosecutors charged Thursday.

The federal case against Silver focused on his private legal work, which generated millions in what prosecutors were able to cast as bribes and kickbacks disguised as legal fees.

The justices remanded the case to a federal appeals court and left open the possibility that McDonnell could be re-tried if prosecutors had evidence to show that the former governor agreed to pressure state researchers to study Anatabloc or force the supplement's inclusion in the state health plan.

«If it's a reversal, it's going to make it more difficult for these cases in the future,» said Randall Eliason, a former federal prosecutor specializing in public corruption and government fraud.

Prosecutors have decided not to file charges in an emergency food stamp fraud case involving nearly 200 state employees who claimed federal benefits in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene.

Arlo Devlin - Brown, a veteran federal prosecutor in Manhattan who led a string of prominent Wall Street cases and more recently oversaw the prosecutions of two of New York's most powerful state politicians, is departing for the private sector.