Sentences with phrase «federal shakedown»

A judge sentenced former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to five years in prison Thursday for running a federal shakedown scheme that «caused immeasurable damage.»
A judge sentenced former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to five years in prison for running a federal shakedown scheme that «caused immeasurable damage.»

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If Quebec's economy minister Jacques Daoust followed through on his promise (and there's no reason to think he didn't), within minutes of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing his new cabinet on Wednesday, Daoust commenced the latest shakedown of federal taxpayers on behalf of Bombardier.
Shakedown Sharpton has struck again, according to an Arizona trucker, who says in a new federal lawsuit that the good reverend promised to help him, then took him for $ 16,000.
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