Sentences with phrase «fraud counts against»

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Hours after jurors reached a partial verdict in the federal fraud case against former Bronx senator Pedro Espada Jr., the judge declared a mistrial in the remaining conspiracy and tax fraud counts against the politician and in all counts against his son.

The Chicago Tribune reports the lawsuit filed by Cook County State's Attorney Kimberly Foxx on behalf of Illinois residents brings one consumer fraud count each against Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.

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Don't count on the Securities and Exchange Commission or your state securities office to protect you against fraud.

The felony counts came amid three years of non-stop charges against JPMorgan Chase for unthinkable frauds: from rigging electric markets to ripping off veterans to charging credit card customers for fictitious credit monitoring and manipulating the Libor interest rate benchmark.

A jury of seven women and five men found Silver, 74, guilty of all seven counts against him, including two counts of honest services mail fraud and money laundering.

The five - count complaint against Mr. Silver on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy, and extortion outlines two schemes Mr. Silver used to leverage his official position as the Assembly speaer to rake in cash, which he presented as legitimately earned income for representing private clients.

Eleven counts remain against Menendez and Melgen, including bribery and fraud.

The felony tax fraud plea came after a 20 - count federal indictment was unsealed against him in April.

Orji made the revelation during the trial of Akpobolokemi and five others on a 13 - count of stealing and fraud proffered against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The fresh charges were filed eight days after Justice Ibrahim Buba ordered the arrest of Tompolo for his failure to appear on January 14, 2016 to take his plea on a separate 40 - count of alleged N34bn fraud earlier filed against him and nine others by the EFCC.

Justice Buba had on January 14 issued a bench warrant against Tompolo and ordered his arrest for failing to honour a court summons dated January 12 in respect of a 40 - count of alleged N34bn fraud levelled against him and nine others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

A grand jury today handed up a three - count indictment against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on charges of mail and wire fraud and extortion, a month after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara shook the city's political class with a criminal complaint against the longtime Manhattan legislator.

On Friday, May 11, the jury returned a guilty verdict on the corruption charges against the former Assembly 1speaker Sheldon Silver, convicting him on counts of extortion and honest services fraud.

The disgraced ex-pol was handed two prison terms by federal Judge Valerie Caproni: 12 years for the six criminal counts against him, including mail and wire fraud and extortion, and another 10 years on a seventh count involving money - laundering.

It was gathered that further investigation into the fraud had necessitated a need to amend the 24 - count charge initially brought against Oronsaye, on July 13, 2015, in which along with his co-accused, Osarenkhoe Afe, and Fredrick Hamilton Global Services Limited, he is alleged to have been complicit in several biometric contract awards during his tenure as HoS.

He added that Justice Umar reserved the sentence after the convict was found guilty of a one - count charge of fraud brought against her by the EFCC.

The jury will consider the following charges against both men: three counts of extortion under the color of official right, one count of conspiracy to commit it, one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and three counts of soliciting bribes.

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Abuja Federal High Court, Wednesday, dismissed one of the nine counts of $ 1.6 bn crude oil fraud filed against businessman, Jide Omokore, and five others.

Mr. Silver, 72, was convicted on Nov. 30 of all seven counts against him, including honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering.

Cohen and Molo argue that two of the three counts against Silver are undone by the 2010 Supreme Court decision in Skilling, which came four years after former Enron C.E.O. Jeffery Skilling was found guilty in 2006 of fraud and other charges in the collapse of the Texas energy giant.

UPDATE: As per NY1, which was in the courtroom this afternoon... Kruger pleaded guilty to four of the five counts against him, crying while he admitted to bribery and mail fraud.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday filed a 17 - count of alleged $ 15.6 m fraud against a former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo - Owei Dudafa, before a Federal High Court in Lagos.

Metuh is standing trial alongside his company, Destra Investment Limited, on a 7 - count charge of fraud to the tune of N400 million pressed against him by the -LSB-...]

The immediate past Governor of Plateau State and Senator representing Plateau North, Jonah Jang Wednesday appeared in court to answer a 12 - count fraud charge preferred against...

The disgraced ex-pol received two prison terms: 12 years for the six criminal counts against him, including mail and wire fraud and extortion, and another 10 years on a seventh count involving money - laundering.

AD86 Incumbent Bronx Democratic Assemblymember Victor Pichardo faces a repeat primary challenge from Hector Ramirez, a Bronx - based activist facing a 242 - count indictment for voter fraud related to the last time he ran against Pichardo.

His failure to disclose this asset in his bankruptcy schedules, as mandated by the Code, led a grand jury three years later to return a six - count indictment against him that eventually resulted in a bankruptcy fraud conviction and a 27 month jail sentence.

The 75 charges laid against Cho this morning include 25 counts of fraud over $ 5,000, 25 counts of possession of property obtained by fraud over $ 5,000, and 25 counts of criminal breach of trust, police announced this afternoon.

It is not uncommon for an accused person to have multiple counts of fraud and theft alleged against them if the fraud itself occurred over a lengthy period of time.

Mr. Romain also successfully represented the former Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae against securities fraud claims in which the plaintiff sought more than $ 2 billion in damages, and the court awarded his client summary judgment on all counts.

R. v. Arsenault, 2014 CACM 8 (35946) Several charges were laid against the Applicant, including one count under s. 130 of the National Defence Act («NDA») of committing fraud contrary to s. 380 (1) of the Criminal Code, two counts under s. 117 (f) of the NDA of committing acts of a fraudulent nature not particularly specified in ss.