NEW YORK - A former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was convicted on federal bribery and
fraud charges Tuesday in a trial that further exposed the state capital's culture of backroom deal - making.
Jurors convicted a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo on federal bribery and
fraud charges Tuesday in a trial that further exposed the state capital's culture of backroom deal - making.
Not exact matches
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch told CNBC
Tuesday he was «shocked» by allegations of accounting
fraud, which caused HP to post an $ 8.8 billion
charge and sent its stock reeling.
Investors may be dismayed by the headlines — on
Tuesday Arthur Porter, former head of SNC's building project McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), was arrested in Panama on
fraud charges — but analysts do not see the scandals harming the company in the long term.
Tuesday, the FBI shocked the sports world by announcing bribery and
fraud charges against four prominent college basketball assistant coaches and six peripheral hoops figures, implicating Adidas in a player - payments scheme, putting NCAA - probation'd Louisville in some really dangerous territory, and promising more names to come.
Kareem was arraigned on
Tuesday on a two count -
charge bothering on
fraud and stealing.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has on
Tuesday arraigned a former Director - General of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Emeka Mba alongside three others before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on a 15 - count
charge of money laundering and procurement
fraud to the tune of N2.8 billion.
Edward Walsh, the former politically powerful Suffolk County Conservative Party leader, was sentenced
Tuesday to 2 years in prison following his conviction on federal
charges of wire
fraud and theft of government services for pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Suffolk sheriff's department while golfing, gambling and politicking on county time.
Jimmy Meng, a former Flushing state assemblyman and father of current Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D - Flushing), was arrested on
charges of wire
fraud in an FBI sting operation after he accepted a fruit basket containing $ 80,000 in bribery money
Tuesday afternoon at his Flushing - based company, according to federal prosecutors.
To the growing annals of New York corruption trial history, enter
Tuesday, March 13: the day a long - deliberating jury found Joseph Percoco guilty of conspiracy to commit honest services
fraud and solicitation of bribes (he was also found not guilty of other
charges).
UPDATED, June 6, 2:30 p.m.: Steve Croman, one of the biggest multifamily landlords in the city, pleaded guilty
Tuesday to three felony
charges of grand larceny, tax
fraud and a third
fraud charge stemming from filing a false instrument.
MANHATTAN — The campaign treasurer for embattled City Comptroller John Liu was arrested
Tuesday on campaign finance
fraud charges — the latest blow to the presumptive mayoral candidate who has been wrangling with allegations about his fundraising efforts for months.
A state lawmaker from Brooklyn was indicted on
Tuesday on 11 counts of
fraud and obstruction
charges, in what federal prosecutors allege was a variety of schemes to defraud both the city of New York, the federal government and a bankruptcy proceeding.
(CNN)- New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith and New York City Councilman Dan Halloran were arrested
Tuesday morning on
charges they schemed to fix the city's 2013 mayoral election through
fraud and bribery, according to prosecutors.
Silver, who was indicted on a host of federal
fraud charges in February, appeared in Manhattan Federal Court
Tuesday to plea not guilty to all
charges, including additional criminal
charges related to his corruption case.
Jasmin, 49, a Spring Valley resident who was sworn into office in 2009, was arrested
Tuesday and
charged with mail
fraud.
A federal jury voted
Tuesday to convict Joe Percoco, former senior aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on three out of six
charges of bribery and honest services
fraud, but found two executives accused of bribing him not guilty of most of the
charges, and remain deadlocked over the guilt of a third executive, after more than a week of deliberation.
Sigl was sentenced
Tuesday in Cayuga County Court on
charges including second - degree grand larceny, filing a false instrument, insurance
fraud and a misdemeanor for failure to secure workers» compensation for his employees.
Halloran was arrested
Tuesday and
charged with wire
fraud and participating in a bribery conspiracy.
Savino, 45, a Rockland County resident, was arrested
Tuesday and
charged with wire
fraud and participating in a bribery conspiracy.
Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin was
charged Tuesday with mail
fraud in a complaint centering on New York City politics.
Former New York City Councilman Dan Halloran was found guilty on
Tuesday of bribery and
fraud charges connected with last year's mayoral race.
Halloran, a Republican, is running for Congress against Grace Meng, whose father was arrested
Tuesday on
charges of
fraud after allegedly stealing money from a man who wanted to bribe federal prosecutors to reduce tax evasion
charges aginst him.
Former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto was indicted
Tuesday on 21 new federal criminal
charges involving securities
fraud in the town's public offering of more than $ 1 billion in securities between 2010 and 2016.
A state assemblywoman who represents parts of Brooklyn is facing multiple
charges after she was indicted
Tuesday on federal
fraud charges.
Silver was sentenced on
Tuesday to 12 years in prison following his November 30, 2015 conviction on
charges that included honest services
fraud, money laundering and extortion.
(EFCC Press release) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 arraigned the immediate past Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, and the 2015 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Umar Nasko, before Justice Aliyu Maiyaki of the Federal High Court sitting in Minna, Niger State on a 6 - count
charge of
fraud to the tune of N3billion.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Former New York State Senator Pedro Espada and his son, Pedro G. Espada, returned to court
Tuesday to be arraigned on additional tax -
fraud and conspiracy
charges.
: New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith and New York City Councilman Dan Halloran were released on $ 250,000 personal recognizance bond on
Tuesday after appearing on
charges they schemed to fix the city's 2013 mayoral election through
fraud and bribery, according to prosecutors.
A day after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's conviction, legal experts said
Tuesday appeals are likely to focus in part on the government's aggressive use of «honest services
fraud»
charges in public corruption cases — the same issue ex-Senate leader Joe Bruno used to erase his corruption conviction.
The absence of Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court, Lagos on
Tuesday forced the adjournment until Dec. 5, 6 and 7 the trial of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air vice Marshall Adesola Amosu and 10 others
charged with N22.8 billion
fraud.
The EFCC on
Tuesday closed its case against former Taraba governor Rev. Jolly Nyame, who is standing trial before an FCT High Court on
charges of N1.6 bn
fraud.
► «Last week, federal prosecutors in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, announced the indictments of biomedical researchers Yu Xue and Lucy Xi, as well as three associates, for trade secrets theft, wire
fraud, and other
charges,» Mara Hvistendahl reported
Tuesday at ScienceInsider.
Tuesday, the HealthSouth founder and the former Alabama governor will stand together before a federal judge, facing the possibility of years in prison for convictions on federal bribery, conspiracy and mail
fraud charges.
For keeping quiet about its suspicions, on
Tuesday, JPMorgan agreed to forfeit $ 1.7 billion to settle criminal
charges alleging it turned a blind eye to the Madoff bank
fraud, plus it will pay an additional $ 543 million to settle civil claims by victims.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission on
Tuesday announced that its new cyber unit filed
charges alleging initial coin offering (ICO)
fraud.