Sentences with phrase «fraud trial for»

Dudnikov, a specialist in Russian and CIS work, says clients find it helpful he is a native Russian speaker; «as a result, I've picked up some really interesting, varied work», ranging from a Russian fine art dispute to a US $ 175m fraud trial for a Russian bank.

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In another case, Detroit body broker Arthur Rathburn is scheduled to stand trial in January for fraud, accused of supplying unsuspecting doctors with body parts infected with hepatitis and HIV for use in training seminars.

NEW YORK, April 17 - The judge overseeing the $ 1 billion fraud case of defunct New York hedge fund firm Platinum Partners has ordered a separate trial for a defendant planning to argue that Platinum Chief Investment Officer Mark Nordlicht and other defendants were guilty as charged.

Wu Xiaohui, the former chairman of China's Anbang Insurance, has changed course and requested leniency at the end of his high - profile trial in Shanghai for alleged economic crimes such as fraud and a $ 10 billion embezzlement.

Berlusconi, who has been sentenced for tax fraud and is on trial accused of having sex with an under - aged prostitute, is reported to have made rude remarks about Merkel's appearance in a phone call wiretapped by investigators, though he denies this.

NEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters)- The judge overseeing the $ 1 billion fraud case of defunct New York hedge fund firm Platinum Partners has ordered a separate trial for a defendant planning to argue that Platinum Chief Investment Officer Mark Nordlicht and other defendants were guilty as charged.

«Nearly a decade of investigation and Lanham's trial have shown that Verizon was not responsible for Lanham's fraud,» a spokesman says.

Adoboli was convicted of fraud in November 2012 and spent around nine months incarcerated while he waited for his trial.

Jesse Eisinger, writing for the New Yorker, reported that the SEC attorney, James Kidney, who was in charge of bringing the ABACUS case to trial, wrote in an email to his boss at the SEC that it was an «unbelievable fraud.»

Last month Manchester United striker Alexis Sanchez accepted a 16 - month suspended jail sentence for tax fraud in return for avoiding a trial after being accused of using a company based in Malta to receive image rights

Lionel Messi's tax fraud trial has concluded with a public prosecutor calling for the player's acquittal and the government prosecutor renewing his demand for a conviction.

Dec. 5, 2017: A federal judge delays for two months the corruption trial of the Manganos and Venditto because Venditto's attorneys said they needed more time to prepare to fight the additional securities fraud charges.

Former State University of New York Polytechnic Institute head Alain Kaloyeros» trial is set for June, allegedly for his involvement in a fraud and bribery scheme in connection with the governor's Buffalo Billion economic development initiative.

Molo opened his summation with the legal instructions Caproni gave jurors when the trial began Nov. 3: that actions could be taken to «cultivate goodwill, or to cultiave a relationship with the entity that provided the benefit, and not in exchange for any official act» without constituting honest services fraud.

The trial of Joe Percoco, who faces fraud and bribery charges, is not expected to be delayed by the federal government shutdown, at least for now.

A legal practitioner, Kingsley Ekwem, on Tuesday declined to testify as a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu and two others facing trial for alleged N2.9 bn fraud.

CHINATOWN — Embattled City Comptroller John Liu all but officially declared he will run for mayor Tuesday night — just weeks before federal fraud cases against his former campaign treasurer and a top fundraiser are set to head to trial.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday commenced afresh, for the fifth time, the trial of a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche, accused of N125bn banking fraud.

His trial for tax fraud also happened to disclose an old paternity suit against him.

Several potential jurors at the federal securities fraud trial of Martin «Pharma Bro» Shkreli were excused after telling the judge they couldn't be impartial toward the flamboyant former pharmaceutical CEO because of his notoriety for raising the cost of a life - saving drug 5,000 percent.

«I am very pleased the judge has indicated her intention to move as expeditiously as possible to trial, as thousands of Mr. Trump's alleged victims have been waiting years for relief from his fraud,» Schneiderman said.

A New York judge decided that a fraud case against Trump over his former school for real estate investors will go to trial — raising the possibility that the Republican presidential primary front - runner could testify during campaign season.

Disgraced former state senator and current Bridgeport city councilor Ernie Newton appeared before the state Supreme Court Wednesday, where he argued that his latest conviction, for campaign finance fraud, should be reversed because the judge at this trial...

Michael LoPorto enters the Rensselaer County Courthouse for jury select in his ballot fraud trial which is moving forward in Troy, New York Jan 17, 2012.

The Cabinet Office said the trial for English voters was deemed necessary «after reports of alleged electoral fraud through voter impersonation more than doubled between 2014 and 2016», citing Electoral Commission data.

Terseer Chogah, a witness in the alleged N9.79 billion fraud trial of former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, on Thursday narrated how N450 million was withdrawn for running of the Benue State Government House.

For two full days, a key witness and alleged co-conspirator Aaron Troodler was questioned on the witness stand in the federal fraud trial against Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence.

Those were the two narratives presented to jurors today in the Manhattan federal courthouse where Mr. Silver, still an assemblyman and once among the three most powerful men in the state, is standing trial on charges of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering for allegedly taking more than $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks.

The state Republican Committee on Monday released a digital ad blasting Gov. Andrew Cuomo's record on ethics and corruption in Albany as his former close aide Joe Percoco is on trial for bribery and fraud.

The on going trial of a former Head of Service, HoS, Stephen Oronsaye, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for a N2 billion fraud to November 25, 2015 has been adjourned by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

For years, according to testimony during former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno's 2009 trial, members of the state Senate's Republican conference were instructed to submit their annual financial disclosure forms by hand rather than through the mail in order to avoid potential federal mail fraud charges.

The Judge said that it was wrong of the EFCC to have claimed that the defendants were indicted for N36B alleged fraud when such a bogus figure was not contained in the charge adding that such press statement will prejudice fair trial of the defendants.

Justice Kolawole had on March 21, 2017 stopped the trial of the defendants in the case when the EFCC in a press statement quoted the court proceedings upside with claims that the defendants were indicted for N36B contract fraud and put on trial before the court.

In a separate trial, Melgen was previously convicted of fraud for improperly billing over $ 100 million in medicare insurance payments.

The BBOG said Buhari should direct the Attorney - General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to set up a special desk with the responsibility for fast - tracking the trials of the arms procurement funds fraud.

Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples» Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, who is facing trial for N400 million fraud relating to the 2015 general election, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to allow him to call detained ex-National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, rtd, to testify as his witness.

To judge by Donald Trump's claims of voter fraud in the US, and the government's plans for voter ID trials in the UK next year, you might gain the impression that our democratic system is being widely abused.

The name of a «high elected official» who is alleged to have received cash payments or campaign contributions in exchange for giving a Stony Brook title company public work can be revealed in an upcoming fraud trial, according to a court ruling issued Thursday.

At least two of the checks were cut while Walsh was on trial for wire fraud and theft of government funds.

The charges of fraud and grand larceny, for which he is now on trial, came in 2014 from Mr. Schneiderman and Thomas P. DiNapoli, the state comptroller, as part of a joint anticorruption initiative.

«The defendant tried to bribe his way onto the ballot for New York City mayor,» said Douglas B. Bloom, an assistant United States attorney, as the bribery and wire fraud trial of Mr. Smith and two other defendants got underway before a 12 - person jury in a federal courthouse in White Plains.

Caird came to the witness stand in the trial of County Democratic Elections Commissioner Edward McDonough and former City Councilman Michael LoPorto for ballot fraud to provide the jury with an inside look at what was happening as the case began to develop.

When Grassley learned of Han's fraud, he wrote to the ORI, arguing that the 3 - year ban on federal research funding «seems like a very light penalty for a doctor who purposely tampered with a research trial and directly caused millions of taxpayer dollars to be wasted on fraudulent studies.»

Though Shkreli is best known for hiking the price of a decades - old drug by 5,000 percent when he led Turing Pharmaceuticals, this trial related to an entirely different matter: Ponzi - like fraud.

Combine that with huge profit - seeking pharmaceutical corporations, fly - by - night supplement companies that have active lawsuits being filed against them for fraud, millions of dollars in advertising and promotions on TV and the internet targeting vulnerable people, and endless layers of websites full of contradictory information about scientific trials, clinical tests, and potentially bogus health promises, and it's no wonder why people end up confused and frustrated.

The are hundred of complaints on the interener about money frauds because once the customer enters his credit card details (even if for trial period) he can not stop charges.

In 2012, Lieberman went on trial for breach of public trust and fraud, and had to step down from his ministerial post until his subsequent acquittal.

At the same time, BigLaw firms won't find much sympathy with jurors if sued for fraud, which means that they're probably more likely to settle these claims if they reach trial.

After a four week trial, the jury found for the defendant on all fraud claims and awarded $ 150,000 on the contract claim, an amount which was significantly less than the offer of judgment made by Lightfoot two months before trial.

The contract claims were disposed of on summary judgment, and fraud claims resulted in a judgment for the defendant after a bench trial.