Sentences with phrase «first brought charges against»

It was Gov. Cuomo who first brought charges against Espada, claiming he was looting Soundview to live the high life.

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The indictment marks the first time that the U.S. government has brought charges against foreign officials for cyber spying.

It's significant as the first set of charges brought against a major UK bank for crisis - era activity.

Nevertheless, acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon Kim called it a win for New York City, saying that it represented «one of the first federal racketeering charges ever brought against a Russian vor,» another name for «mob boss.»

It will also bring back memories of his first game in charge, which came against Norway in 2012.

It is thought to be the first time a secretary of state has been forced to quit as a result of criminal charges being brought against him.

Preet Bharara, the federal prosecutor based in Manhattan, derailed the session before it began by bringing charges first against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and then Senate Majority leader Dean Skelos.

Yet when he had an opportunity to commission a full and independent investigation of the matter after the first complaint, Silver acted with the same lackluster effort that was displayed when negotiating the settlement following the harassment charges brought against Lopez.

Outgoing Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who first brought civil charges against Espada this spring, said of the senator's indictment: «I couldn't leave on a better note.»

After a court hearing Friday, Dean Skelos spoke about the case publicly for the first time, calling the charges — a key piece of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's crusade against Albany corruption — a «prosecution that should never have been brought» and predicting the jury «will find my son and myself innocent.»

Speaking for the first time since Comptroller Scott Stringer announced the settlement late Monday, the family and Sharpton said they would continue with efforts to have federal prosecutors indict officer Pantaleo after a Staten Island grand jury declined to bring criminal charges against him last year.

The Attorney General of Northern Ireland makes the first steps to bring contempt of court charges against Shadow Welsh Secretary Peter Hain over a passage in his recent memoirs

They found some minor numerical discrepancies in his data, which you're going to find in most people's data if you look far enough, and they claimed that he had committed scientific fraud and they brought charges against the University of Pittsburgh, all without first mentioning their affiliation.

They botch their first attempt (death by electrocution) and their second try (they fake a car crash) results in charges being brought against them, which may or may not stick.

Just like their first effort drastically altered the landscape of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, their followup brings back nearly every hero we've met in the franchise and pits them against one another in a politically charged adaptation of one of Marvel Comics» most popular crossover events.

The 2012 tenure reform law requires districts to bring tenure charges against those with ratings of» ineffective» for two consecutive years, and two years later, 2015 will be the first test to see if districts will move on the opportunity.

Already, dozens of cases in Ontario alone have been stayed under the Jordan framework, with the public becoming particularly familiar with the name when an Ottawa judge threw out a first - degree murder charge against ex-soldier Adam Picard, who was accused of killing 28 - year - old Fouad Nayel, after it took four years to bring his case to trial.

I found race (according to the linked article and attorney cited there), being an officer (according to the primary salient fact in the linked article) or otherwise working in the local criminal justice system, and being the first case in a county (according to what distinguishing fact can be found in the article) as potential determiners of whether or not charges are brought against a caretaker.

In the first case, criminal charges may be brought against a company, provided that the following conditions are met cumulatively:

A defendant learns first learns of the charges being brought against him at an arraignment before a district court judge or magistrate.

In April this year judgment was handed down in the first part of the eagerly awaited test case brought by the OFT against the UK's leading high street banks seeking a ruling on the fairness of their unauthorised overdraft charges (Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and others [2008] EWHC 875 (Comm), [2008] All ER (D) 349 (Apr)-RRB-.

In his first interview since his arrest, alleged BTC - e operator Alexander Vinnik has said he is innocent of charges brought against him by the U.S. government.