Sentences with phrase «for alleged corruption»

Mr. Meier represents a full range of clients, including executives and companies faced with internal corporate fraud or other white collar investigations, public officials and other professionals under investigation for alleged corruption or ethical violations, private individuals alleged to have committed serious felonies, sexual assaults, or death - related crimes, and students facing disciplinary proceedings at academic institutions.

The anti-graft agency is prosecuting him in court for alleged corruption and money laundering offences committed while in the saddle as governor.

The level of secrecy surrounding the budget process in the National Assembly has invariably created a breeding place for alleged corruption.

«It should be noted that few days ago, the NJC sacked three judges for breaching the Codes of Conduct for Judicial Officers and went further to recommend that one of them, Justice Kabiru M. Auta, be handed over to the Inspector General of Police for prosecution for alleged corruption.

The Presidency on Wednesday said there was no truth in the reports that a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kola Awodein, gave Justice Niyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, currently standing trial for alleged corruption, N500, 000.00 at the behest of President Muhammadu Buhari during the certificate issue affecting the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says much of the responsibility for the alleged corruption scandal touching his administration is on the state university system, specifically SUNY Polytechnic Institute, which oversaw many of the contracts.

When Senator Skelos was arrested for alleged corruption on May 4th, a clock started ticking.

Justice A. S. Umar of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Monday, June 19, 2017 admitted in evidence two documents tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against a former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin, who is standing trial for alleged corruption.

From the minute Sheldon Silver walked into Manhattan federal court, where he is being tried for alleged corruption, he appeared nervous, out of place.

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party under the leadership of Senator Ahmed Makarfi has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend two of his ministers whose names were mentioned by some judges currently undergoing investigations for alleged corruption.

«It is on account of negligence on the part of the legal profession that the SSS has engaged in the arrest of judges for alleged corruption and abuse of office,» Falana said.

The plaintiffs with suit number M / 4853/17 had sought an order to compel the AGF to investigate Acting - chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu and his predecessors in office for alleged corruption.

Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday ordered Justice Mohammed Yunusa, a suspended judge of the Federal High Court, Lagos, to face trial for alleged corruption.

«Most importantly, it is assumed that before anyone can be arrested for alleged corruption, the EFCC ought to have done its job by gathering necessary facts.

The Presidency has said there was no truth in the reports that a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kola Awodein, gave Justice Niyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, currently standing trial for alleged corruption, N500, 000.

Governor Andrew Cuomo said much of the responsibility for the alleged corruption scandal touching his administration is on the state university system, specifically SUNY Polytechnic Institute, which oversaw many of the contracts.

The arrests follow a purge that has seen more than 80 executives at PDVSA and its suppliers jailed for alleged corruption as the state firm's new chief, Major General Manuel Quevedo, has sought to stamp his authority on the sector - the financial lifeblood of Venezuela's unraveling socialist government.

Richard was selected as Labour's official candidate in Blyth in Northumberland for the October 1974 election, but was defeated by the sitting MP, Eddie Milne, who had been deselected as the candidate for alleging corruption in the local Labour party and was then triumphantly re-elected as something of a local hero.

Not exact matches

Artemenko gave them a purported proposal for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia — paired with alleged evidence of corruption that he said could be used to discredit Ukraine's president.

For the 85 - year - old pontiff, the three - day trip outside the Vatican walls was a break from the Vatileaks scandal, which has seen his butler, Paolo Gabriele, arrested on suspicion of disclosing dozens of embarrassing letters alleging corruption and nepotism at the Holy See.

Trump has been scandal - ridden for his entire career — from alleged affairs with porn stars, to hush money payoffs, to alleged corruption in his corporate dealings — and still enjoys an approval rating of over 79 percent amongst white Evangelical Christians.

America had come to the merciful end of an off - season filled with grim headlines: from the epic corruption of ex — Fiesta Bowl chairman John Junker to the serial lies of ex — Ohio State coach Jim Tressel to the firing of coach Butch Davis at North Carolina (for presiding, albeit unknowingly, over academic fraud, among other sins) to Oregon's $ 25,000 payment to an alleged «street agent.»

Pitino was first placed on administrative leave, then fired by Louisville on Oct. 16 amid an FBI investigation involving corruption and alleged illegal payments to recruit Brian Bowen, who was cleared by the FBI but will not play for the Cardinals this season.

In the ongoing corruption scandal embroiling college basketball for months, federal prosecutors in New York added charges on Tuesday against a former Adidas rep, Jim Gatto, which allege payments to families of players at four universities.

Last year, amongst a flurry of articles, reports and exclusives accusing and alleging corruption at the heart of FIFA, Sepp Blatter proclaimed that the storm against the organisation and particularly its choice to select Qatar as the host for the 2022 World Cup was down to racism and discrimination.

But the growing list of complicated plots and shady deals can be boiled down easily: Prosecutors allege that the Dixmoor Park District has served as more of a theme park for public corruption than a place for public recreation over the last five years.

They had sued the Auditor General over audit reports alleging corruption cover up, taken the Smarttys re-spraying and branding of 116 new buses for the Ministry of Transport crying corruption in the payment to the private company owned by Selassie Ibrahim for the work done and paid for by the state.

Ricardo Morales, a former top New York City official, sued Mayor Bill de Blasio for more than $ 5 million, saying he was illegally fired for blowing the whistle on alleged City Hall corruption and refusing to help restaurateur Harendra Singh, who admitted to bribing the mayor.

ALBANY — Good - government advocates are pinning their hopes for passage of substantial ethics and campaign finance reforms on very public examinations of alleged corruption set to take place over the next six months.

As if to illustrate the findings of the State Integrity Investigation, the federal corruption trial of former state Senator Pedro Espada, Jr., continued this week, with Judge Frederic Block excoriating Espada's attorney for using questionable courtroom tactics, and with Espada characterized during trial as a «puppet master» for his alleged embezzlement of funds from the Soundview Healthcare Network.

Constitutional change is in the long grass for now (tho» perhaps the Labour lords» alleged corruption might spark some atoning measures...) while new labour's moves on civil liberties (via the transformational govt agenda, and database society) have been horrendous and wholly unacceptable for anyone Liberal.

Yesterday, we wrote about Shafran's role in excuse - making for the corrupt and dysfunctional legislature up in Albany, but what wasn't discussed is that Shafran also worked as the goto political spinmaster for Senator Malcolm Smith — the same Senator that was arrested in a statewide FBI corruption probe that alleges he attempted to rig the Mayoral election through fraud and bribes early this morning.

Former state Sen. George Maziarz is facing trial for alleged campaign - related corruption, and former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano is being prosecuted for charges of local government corruption.

His revelations of acts of alleged corruption that were going on under the administration, he said served as the main basis for the «evil doers» seeking to murder him.

Three top LPCiminelli executives facing corruption charges over an alleged bid - rigging scheme for a lucrative contract to build a solar panel factory in South Buffalo have resigned from the Buffalo contractor.

The tensions come just weeks before several former Cuomo associates, including former key economic development officials, go on trial on federal corruption charges for alleged offenses including bribery and bid - rigging.

On 16 March 2018 he found himself facing prosecution on 16 of the 18 corruption charges - for 783 instances of alleged wrongdoing.

Jury selection for Kaloyeros and development executives, who face charges related to alleged corruption involving the Buffalo Billion and upstate nanotechnology development initiatives, is set for June.

State Senator Adriano Espaillat and Adam Clayton Powell said they are returning the donations their campaign received in 2014 from businessman Jona Rechnitz, the businessman whose name came up as part of the US Attorney's probe of alleged pay - for - favor corruption in the NYPD, records show.

The state senator's campaign also took nearly $ 15,000 in 2014 from businessman Jona Rechnitz, whose name has also come up as part of the US Attorney's probe of alleged pay - for - favor corruption in the NYPD, records show.

He took questions from Mirabile on the third day of the trial examining an alleged corruption scheme that prosecutors say involved Mangano, his wife, Linda, and Venditto accepting a «stream of benefits» in exchange for county contracts and town - linked loans to Singh.

The Bill defined the modalities for the appointment and operations of the Special Prosecutor, which will have the mandate to investigate and prosecute cases of alleged corruption under the Public Procurement Act 203 Act 63, and other corruption - related offences implicating public officers, political office holders and their accomplices in the public sector.

The court had, on October 23, at the instance of Metuh issued a subpoena to compel Jonathan to appear in court for the purpose of giving evidence in his trial on an alleged corruption.

«After the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion was brought to your attention, did you take any step to refer your former NSA and all those involved in the diversion and sharing to appropriate anticorruption agencies to ensure that all those who were alleged to be responsible for this heinous crime of corruption are brought to justice?

Despite this, Mr Yeltsin was often criticised during his lifetime for paving the way for wealth oligarchs and alleged corruption in capitalist Russia.

The Leaderships of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress are demanding for the resignation of the Minister of State, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, for alleged involved in the handling of the case of corruption against the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Dr. Angela Uwakwem.

The wife of former top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco was paid more than $ 22,500 for less than half a week's worth of work at an alleged «low - show» job, according to testimony at her husband's corruption trial Wednesday.

«Assuming you did not directly order or authorise the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms for Nigerian soldiers, is it fair to suggest that you at least knew, or had reason to know, that your own former NSA was apparently involved in the heinous crime of corruption to wit: the diversion and sharing of over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms for Nigerian soldiers; and did not take all necessary and reasonable measures in your power as Commander - in - Chief and President to prevent the alleged diversion and sharing of our commonwealth, as explained above?

Federal charges are being levied against top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco, the influential head of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, and others for a series of alleged schemes that include fraud, bid - rigging and bribery; Kaloyeros is also facing felony corruption charges from the state.

The alleged corruption goes to the heart of what little influence remains for the New York City Republican county organizations and their chairmen.