Sentences with phrase «file the corruption charge»

Like Magu the senior Lawyer was given till Tuesday February 20, 2018 to furnish the Office of the AGF in writing detail of who engaged or issued him with authority to file the corruption charges.

In the same vein, in a separate letter to Mr. Festus Keyamo SAN, who was purportedly engaged as a private lawyer by Magu to prosecute the CCT boss was also requested by the AGF to confirm who authorise him to file the corruption charge against Umar.

The US Justice Department expects to file corruption charges against Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, culminating an investigation that has dogged the senator for two years.

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SNC - Lavalin has pleaded not guilty to the one fraud and one corruption charge filed by the RCMP against SNC - Lavalin and two of its subsidiaries.

Kansas and North Carolina State were named in new federal charges filed in the FBI's investigation into corruption in college basketball Tuesday.

He will remain a rank - and - file member of the Assembly as he fights the federal corruption charges lodged against him by US Attorney Preet Bharara.

My comments at the time I filed the original charges bear repeating: in New York, we will have no tolerance for government corruption.

The legislation, backed by good - government groups, was initially proposed in the wake of the corruption charges filed against former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros, former close gubernatorial aide Joe Percoco and upstate developers.

Joseph Percoco, formerly one of the governor's most loyal advisers, was named in a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan on public corruption charges.

Alain Kaloyeros, the former president and CEO of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, has filed a complaint against the school's two nonprofit development arms demanding that they cover his legal bills as he fights state and federal corruption charges.

But if he can't, the governor didn't sound like he's in a forgiving mood, even if some of the legislative skepticism stems from the corruption charges that have been filed over an alleged pay - to - play scheme at key Buffalo Billion projects.

Anti-Corruption prosecutors confirm working on criminal file drawn up on media - revealed corruption charges

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D - New Jersey, has filed a new motion to dismiss corruption charges against him, finding hope in last week's appellate ruling reversing the bribery conviction of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

What: A guilty plea by Howe was unsealed when Preet Bharara announced a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan on public corruption charges against nine people in September 2016.

SUNY Poly's seemingly precarious financial state — particularly since former president Alain Kaloyeros resigned in October after state and federal corruption charges were filed against him related to his oversight of bidding processes at two of the school's affiliated nonprofits — has been widely reported, but the internal documents offer a rare glimpse at how the crisis has been perceived and deliberated internally.

A succession of leaders of the Senate as well as rank and file members of both houses have also been investigated or arrested on various corruption charges.

SUNY Poly's seemingly precarious financial state — particularly since former president Alain Kaloyeros resigned in October after state and federal corruption charges were filed against him related to his oversight of bidding processes at two of the school's affiliated nonprofits — has been

Titled «FR VS Danladi Umar (CR / 109/18) request for Briefing,» the query read in part: «The attention of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation was drawn to news report that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed charges of corruption against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Hon. Justice Danladi Umar, before the FCT High Court.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a veteran of late budgets himself, is watching the process unfold as a rank - and - file lawmaker this year as he faces corruption charges.

«The attention of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation was drawn to news report that you have filed charges of corruption against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Hon. Justice Danladi Umar, before the FCT High Court.

In the query, signed by Mr. Dayo Apata, the Solicitor General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary Magu is to explain what informed the filing of corruption charges against the tribunal chairman having being cleared of corruption allegation two times by the same Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Those federal corruption charges came from Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney General for the Southern District of New York, and may also have come from the Moreland Commission files, the commission Governor Andrew Cuomo set up to investigate corruption...

Attorneys for former New York State Senator George Maziarz filed new motions Friday morning in Albany to have public corruption charges dismissed.

FILE — Dean Skelos, and his son Adam Skelos, leave Manhattan Federal Court after being found guilty on all counts of corruption charges in New York, Dec. 11, 2015.

ALBANY — The day after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was convicted of federal corruption charges he filed for a state pension that makes him eligible for an estimated $ 85,000 to $ 98,000 in annual benefits.

Bharara filed a criminal complaint in September charging eight individuals in connection with alleged corruption.

Kruger, Turano and Lipsky were among eight men busted Thursday on corruption «pay to play» charges filed in Manhattan federal court, where the senator is accused of collecting more than $ 1 million in bribes.

While the court system is just starting to work through the corruption charges filed against Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, calls for his resignation are already emerging.

As expected, former Sen. Vincent Leibell pleaded guilty this morning to two counts of federal corruption charges: Obstruction of justice and falsely filing tax returns in from 2003 to 2006, CapTon's Kaitlyn Ross reports.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver filed a Hail Mary motion Thursday to get all the corruption charges against him tossed out, but the judge overseeing his trial indicated she wouldn't...

Thomas was arraigned on felony corruption charges on March 12 that included grand larceny and filing a false instrument after being accused of stealing more than $ 10,000 from his campaign committee and lying about it on finance filing forms.

That was also the day JCOPE released financial disclosure forms filed by Percoco, the former top aide to Cuomo who was among eight people indicted on corruption charges in the federal grand jury investigation.

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano won't seek a third term as his campaign missed a filing deadline for petitions, effectively taking him out of the race as he fights corruption charges.

Embattled Sen. Carl Kruger's once prolific fundraising came to an abrupt halt after he was slapped with federal corruption charges in early March, according to the Brooklyn Democrat's July 15 filing with the state Board of Elections.

The guilty plea comes after Wills was found guilty of corruption charges filed by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for embezzling money from the state Office of Children and Family Services and the New York City Campaign Finance Board.

De Blasio praised Silver in spite of federal corruption charges filed against the state lawmaker.

This is coming on the heels of the seven - count charge slammed on the PDP spokesperson for alleged money laundering and corruption which were filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

«It will be recalled that following relentless media attack on my person by the EFCC acting in concert with some powerful families with known ties to the government which culminated in the filing of phantom money laundering and corruption charges against me, I made spirited efforts to engage with relevant officials of government including the EFCC, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Presidency to furnish them with all the information in respect of the OPL 245 Settlement Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited which was brokered by the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR.

«While I think Preet would be fantastic, the narrative of a campaign around corruption is harder to draw when no charges are actually filed,» Tusk said.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said federal corruption charges filed today against two Syracuse executives, a former governor's aide and others are further evidence of the «show - me - the - money culture» that defiles New York state government.

LOWER MANHATTAN — Prosecutors want disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to spend at least 14 years in prison — more than any jail term given to other convicted New York state legislators — for his conviction on corruption charges, according to papers filed in federal court Wednesday.

As The Times Union first reported today, lawyers for former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno filed a slew of documents in federal court seeking to dismiss the second indictment of public corruption charges calling the new case «fatally flawed.»

Prosecutors will not attempt to retry former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell and his wife Maureen on corruption charges, ending a four - year saga that rocked the Commonwealth's political class and cut short the rise of a Republican star, according to a court filing.

As expected former state Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's attorneys have filed an appeal of his January 2009 indictment on federal corruption charges, arguing in part that the theft of honest services statute under which he was convicted has been invalidated by the US Supreme Court.

Giuliani said in an interview with The Post that it's in Skelos» own interest — as well as the Senate's — to focus on defending himself from the corruption charges filed by US Attorney Preet Bharara.

He could be a potential witness if corruption charges are filed in connection with a separate lease negotiation between the city and Queens restaurateur Harendra Singh, The New York Times reported.

According to the criminal complaint filed by the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, Halloran envisioned himself as the deputy police commissioner or deputy mayor in Smith's administration, and the councilman was charged with corruption, bribery and several counts of fraud.

The governor has distanced himself from Howe since the corruption charges were filed.

The office has also filed two separate discovery requests that see to locate benefits paid to former City Councilman Hiram Monserrate and former Yonkers City Councilwoman Sandy Annabi, both convicted on corruption charges as well.

Well, he has to show concrete proof of how this is happening before the charge can hold water, not by merely pointing to a refusal of the agencies to turn in files of the corruption cases they initiated.