Sentences with phrase «federal prosecutors passed»

State and federal prosecutors passed on the case, however.

Not exact matches

Though the town board passed resolutions in 2014 declaring that independent reviews showed Singh's companies had spent at least $ 11.7 million, the independent reviews provided by the town only account for $ 5.6 million and federal prosecutors said Singh diverted loan money elsewhere.

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.

As Gail Skelos, the ex-senator's wife and Adam's mother, passed Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was sitting in the back of the courtroom throughout the trial, she told the federal prosecutor: «You can go to hell.»

As Gail passed Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was sitting in the back of the courtroom throughout the sentencing Thursday, she told the federal prosecutor, «You can go to hell.»

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, predicts that there will be some kind of token reform passed before lawmakers leave for the summer, but he says the real changes are coming not from the state level, but form the federal prosecutor's office.

The law was passed in the wake of the 2009 trial of ex-Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, in which federal prosecutors charged the Brunswick Republican with using his position to enrich himself through a business he operated on the side.

Mongabay is reporting that a Brazilian federal prosecutor has launched an investigation into companies illegal harvesting wood from protected areas in the state and then passing it off as eco-certified in US, EU, and Asian markets: Though right now no specific firms have been named (at least not in this English - language source, any Portuguese speaking TreeHugger readers care to help out?)

Behre, the former federal prosecutor who is now a partner at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in Washington, told The Deal that even if Lay's assests pass to his wife or family, «they're still attachable and still forfeitable to the government.»