Sentences with phrase «for accepting bribes»

In separate prosecutions by federal attorneys in Philadelphia and Wilmington, Wilmington Trust loan officers have been convicted and imprisoned for accepting bribes for making improper loans during the bank's last years.

Council worker Charles Owenson was sentenced to 4 years and 4 months for accepting bribes.

The undercover work of the assemblyman, Nelson L. Castro, a Bronx Democrat who cooperated to avoid prosecution for perjury, helped federal prosecutors in Manhattan with an investigation that led to charges against another Bronx Democrat, Assemblyman Eric A. Stevenson, for accepting bribes.

Mei, 58, of Bayville, pleaded guilty in 2015 to honest - services fraud for accepting bribes from Singh, who gave him $ 50,000 in checks made out to cash, trips to South Korea and Italy and cash payments for a $ 36,000 BMW lease.

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano is facing trial for accepting bribes but the Republican might still run for re-election.

-LSB-...] County Executive Ed Mangano is facing trial for accepting bribes while surrounded by a cloud of corruption owing to the arrest of his aide Edward Ambrosino.

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano is facing trial for accepting bribes while surrounded by a cloud of corruption owing to the arrest of his aide Edward Ambrosino.

Bonomo, a major political player in the state, earned fame as the main witness who cooperated with prosecutors to convict former Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos (Nassau County) for accepting bribes.

Last week, former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Lower Manhattan) escaped justice when a federal appeals panel overturned his conviction for accepting bribes and money - laundering.

At the same time two Congressmen who received the top score for their «Christian» legislative activity were shortly to be convicted for criminal activity: one for accepting a bribe of $ 25,000 in the Abscam scandal and the other for homosexual solicitation of boys in Washington.

On February 17th, 2009, an Italian court sentenced Mills to four years and six months in jail for accepting a bribe from Berlusconi and giving false evidence on his behalf.

Judge Alcee Hastings (Southern District of Florida) for accepting a bribe, and committing perjury during the resulting investigation.

Philadelphia's former Democratic district attorney Seth Williams was sentenced Tuesday to 60 months in prison for accepting a bribe during his corrupt tenure.

Philadelphia's former Democratic district attorney, Seth Williams, whose tenure as the city's first black top prosecutor was mired in corruption, was sentenced Tuesday to 60 months in prison for accepting a bribe.

Savino was subsequently arrested by the FBI and, after an emergency meeting of the Town Board, he was fired for accepting a bribe to give an election line to a Democrat in the New York City mayoral race.

These plans collapsed when Savino was arrested for accepting a bribe — he was fired by Gromack after an emergency Town Board meeting — and is now cooperating with the Feds prior to being sentenced to prison.

Supervisor Gromack, who provided the job for Savino based on representations to him from Sparaco and the ex-Chairman of the Republican Party, Vinnie Reda, held an emergency Town Board meeting to fire Savino upon his arrest for accepting a bribe.

Not exact matches

She settled one lawsuit brought by a fashion designer for a reported $ 430,000, and has since been sued by a former lawyer after alleging the attorney had accepted a bribe.

The defendants portrayed the bribes as an accepted part of the NCAA, according to an undercover agent pretending to be a financial backer for two defendants» sports - management business.

Beginning in or around 2004 and continuing through 2011, I and others on the FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup... Beginning in or about 1993 and continuing through the early 2000s, I and others agreed to accept bribes and kickbacks in conjunction with the broadcast and other rights to the 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003 Gold Cups.

Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner accepted a $ 1 million bribe to back Morocco's bid for the 2010 World Cup, but gave his support to the South Africa campaign because it gave him more money, the Telegraph reports.

In Iowa it is illegal to bribe an athlete but quite legal for the athlete to accept the bribe.

Richardson, an assistant coach under head coach Sean Miller since 2009, allegedly accepted $ 20,000 in bribes from agency «runner» Christian Dawkins and financial adviser Muhish Sood for steering a top Arizona point guard recruit to work with them.

Diack's son involved in accepting bribes from countries like Qatar for the naming of the world champs.

According to the coalition, there are a number of instances where duty bearers accept bribe and fail to discharge their duties as expected of them thus giving room for the illegality to thrive.

Because the US is so polarized politically, there is very little chance that a Republican controlled House of Representatives would choose to impeach a Republican President even if there were overwhelming evidence that he had accepted a direct bribe from the Russian government (such as, for hypothetical example, a 19 % interest in the Russian gas company Rosneft) in return for promulgating policies favorable to the Russians, let alone confirmation of the allegations that his Presidential campaign had coordinated election strategy and tactics with the Russians.

In a split verdict, Percoco was convicted of soliciting and accepting more than $ 300,000 in bribes from executives working for two companies with state business, but not guilty of extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion.

Percoco stands accused of accepting more than $ 300,000 worth of personal bribes in exchange for favorable action on behalf of two of Howe's clients — Steve Aiello and Joe Gerardi, executives at Syracuse real estate firm COR Development, and Peter «Braith» Kelly, a government relations executive at energy company Competitive Power ventures.

Percoco is on trial on charges that he accepted over $ 300,000 in bribes, most of it in the form of a job for his wife, in return for help he provided three businessmen who are co-defendants with him.

The governor's former closest aide is accused of accepting $ 35,000 in bribes from the Syracuse developers, in exchange for helping ease economic development projects in Central New York.

The ethics commission's first meeting comes on the same day that State Senator Carl Kruger pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to felony charges, for accepting more than a million dollars in bribes to maintain what prosecutors called a lavish lifestyle, including a large house owned by a former mafia boss and a Bentley automobile.

Mei, who was charged with accepting $ 50,000 and cash payments for a luxury car lease from Singh, secretly pleaded guilty in September 2015 to receiving «bribes and kickbacks» for helping Singh secure the loan guarantees, according to an indictment unsealed last week.

Percoco is accused of accepting bribe money from an energy company executive, through a «low - show» job for his wife in the company's education outreach program.

Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Cuomo and a consultant for COR, he's accused of accepting bribes in return for state assistance on development projects.

What: Pleaded guilty to accepting nearly a half - million dollars in bribes, reportedly to pay personal expenses for his «intimate associate» Michael Turano.

Boyland, a Democrat, was convicted in 2014 of accepting $ 13,800 in bribes for helping to a carnival promoter get a carnival permit, and of funneling more than $ 84,000 in state funds for a nonprofit in his district to his campaign coffers.

In another alleged scheme, Silver was accused of accepting bribes in exchange for enacting tax breaks that helped a Manhattan real estate firm.

Allegedly, Halloran accepted a $ 7,500 bribe from an informant to get his support for State Senator Malcolm A. Smith, a Queens Democrat who rose to become the first black president of the State Senate, to enter the Republican primary for mayor, which Read more»

Agnifilo of Manhattan contrasted the bribes that Mei pleaded guilty to accepting from Singh — multiple overseas vacations to South Korea and India and $ 1,000 monthly lease payments for a convertible BMW — with Venditto's alleged benefits, which included «discounted» limo rides and the use of a conference room in the basement of one of Singh's restaurants.

The charges come just months after Mr. Bharara charged former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver with accepting what he described as kickbacks and bribes disguised as legitimate work done for law firms.

Pigeon — who for decades has quietly assisted candidates, companies and sitting officials as they navigate the labyrinthine factions of Erie County politics — was arraigned the day after the judge, state Supreme Court Justice John Michalek, resigned from office and pleaded guilty to accepting bribes.

In one instance in 2012, the Real Estate Board of New York solicited donations for Lewis A. Fidler, a Brooklyn Democrat who at the time was running for a State Senate seat (whose previous occupant had pleaded guilty to accepting bribes).

He said the money was given to the Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak for onward distribution to the members of the Minority, adding the Minority MPs initially accepted the monies thinking it was payment of their sitting allowance, but when they got to know it was monies from the Minister designate to bribe them, they returned the money.

Count three: «That you Godsday Peter Orubebe while being a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in charge of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs on or about September 19, 2012 asked for and accepted the sum of fifty million naira from one Pastor (Dr) Jonathan Alota, as bribe for the contract awarded in favour of his company, Chemtronics Nigeria Limited and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 10 of the CCB & T Act, and punishable under Section 23 (2) of CCB & T Act.

Count four: «That you Godsday Orubebe, while being a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in charge of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, on or about 2013 asked for and accepted the sum of twenty million naira from one Pastor (Dr.) Jonathan Alota as additional bribe for the contract awarded in favour of his company Chemtronics Nigeria Limited for the construction of skill acquisition Centre at Edo State for the sum of one billion seven hundred and ninety nine million, nine hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty naira eighty eight kobo only (1,799,914,251.88 K) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 10 of CCB & T Act.»

Todd Howe, a lobbyist accused of accepting the bribes, has already pleaded guilty and is a cooperating witness for the government.

Marc Agniflio, the lawyer for former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, jumped right in after the lunch break Tuesday, hitting hard at prosecution witness Frederick Mei's credibility — and culpability for accepting cash, trips and other bribes from restaurateur Harendra Singh.

Mangano is accused of accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bribes from Singh — including a no - show job for his wife, Linda, who is a co-defendant — in exchange for official favors.

Percoco is on trial in Manhattan federal court on charges that he accepted over $ 300,000 in bribes, most of it in the form of a job for his wife, in return for help he provided three businessmen who are co-defendants with him.

Venditto is accused of soliciting and accepting bribes from restaurateur and former town concessionaire Harendra Singh in return for helping him obtain town guarantees on $ 20 million in loans.