Sentences with phrase «from federal prosecutors»

What's emerging from federal prosecutors is an attempt to shut down the game, not just throw out a few players.

Retrophin also disclosed it had received subpoenas from federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, a clear sign that authorities were interested in possible criminal conduct at the company.

De Blasio ducked questions on whether he's seeking immunity from federal prosecutors in their ongoing probe of his fund - raising operations.

On the advice of their respective attorneys, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and his chief deputy, Rob Walker, both plan to refuse to answer questions from federal prosecutors about their relationships with indicted Long Island restaurateur Harendra Singh, according to several sources.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and his chief deputy, Rob Walker, both plan to refuse to answer questions from federal prosecutors about their relationships with indicted Long Island restaurateur Harendra Singh, according to several sources.

Ackal's trial began Monday with a blistering opening statement from a federal prosecutor detailing the contraband sweep, which he said involved deputies beating handcuffed inmates with metal batons as they screamed in pain abd begged for mercy, the Acadiana Advocate reported.

NEW YORK (AP)-- A former top aide to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo was among eight people charged Thursday in a bribery and fraud case that threatened to tarnish Cuomo's efforts to revitalize the upstate economy and the reputation of a governor who until now had been spared from a federal prosecutor's public corruption crusade.

Two of New York's most - powerful landlords — the Fort Schuyler Management Corp. and Fuller Road Management Corp. — are little - known nonprofits with deep pockets, well - connected boards of directors, ties to Rochester contractors and a growing portfolio worth billions that has attracted attention from federal prosecutors.

An animal welfare group that has been lobbying Mayor Bill de Blasio to ban carriage horses from city streets confirmed Friday that it had received a subpoena from federal prosecutors seeking documents related to its fundraising efforts for a nonprofit group created to advance the mayor's policy agenda.

A flurry of subpoenas from federal prosecutor Bharara, the first served on the governor's office, left no doubt New York's chief executive and his extensive inner circle are now included in an ever broadening corruption inquiry involving the letting of state contracts and illegal conflicts of interest and lobbying.

The nation's largest bank is bracing for a lawsuit from federal prosecutors in California who suspect that the bank sold shoddy mortgage securities to investors in the run - up to the financial crisis, according to people briefed on the matter.

Attorneys for Donald Trump and Cohen, the president's personal lawyer, wanted to decide themselves which materials, seized as possible evidence in a criminal investigation by the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, should be shielded from federal prosecutors» view.

One possible explanation for Mr. Pearson's performance emerged two days later, when Valeant disclosed that it had received subpoenas from federal prosecutors asking for information about its business practices, including its drug pricing decisions.

Former Winetasting Network (WTN) executive pleads guilty to fraud, tax charges: Martin Christopher Edwards, a former top executive of The Winetasting Network indicted nearly a year ago over nearly $ 900,000 diverted from the Napa company, has resurfaced and pleaded guilty, according to a statement from federal prosecutors Wednesday...

A legal opinion from a federal prosecutor exposed multiple breaches of federal laws, which, for example, prohibit the demineralisation of mineral water resources.

Some of the governor's Upstate projects have attracted scrutiny from federal prosecutors.

A subsequent retrial from federal prosecutors yielded a not guilty verdict last year.

This includes a $ 2,700 donation from Brian Meara, a friend of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver who received a non-prosecution agreement from federal prosecutors in exchange for his cooperation as a «fact witness» in the federal case against the former speaker.

The hearing in the case was supposed to be held Monday at federal court in Central Islip, but Walsh's attorneys, Leonard Lato, of Hauppauge, and William Wexler, of North Babylon, had asked for a delay, saying they recently received some 3,000 pages of material on the matter from federal prosecutors and that they have not had adequate time to review the documents.

The statement comes as Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is facing an investigation from federal prosecutors over potentially placing undue influence on an Arizona company that employed his son Adam.

ALBANY — The hits keep coming from federal prosecutors in the capital, with the No. 2 Republican in the state Senate becoming the latest legislator to be indicted.

The governor's closure of a Moreland Act commission to look at corruption in the legislature drew scrutiny, but ultimately no action from the federal prosecutor.

David Golub, the party's lawyer, and other lawyers representing top party functionaries and candidates, said they were told in separate telephone calls from federal prosecutors that the wide - ranging probe, at least a year old, had been shut down.

Assistant U.S. Attorney John Katko, among those who expressed interest to the county committee, said this week that he has handed in his resignation from the federal prosecutor's post effective Jan. 11.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently announced the repeal of a 2013 Obama - era policy that protected legalized marijuana programs in various states from federal prosecutor intervention.

That is the warning from federal prosecutors to crooked New York politicians, after another one was arrested Thursday.

Brooklyn State Senator John Sampson, already facing corruption charges, is facing a new set of allegations from federal prosecutors this afternoon involving lying and a local liquor store.

The commission was convened by Governor Andrew Cuomo as a response to a number of indictments this spring, and a public shaming from federal prosecutor Preet Bharara, who spoke of Albany's «show - me - the - money» culture.

That's the word from federal prosecutors in the wake of the conviction of a Maryland developer who allegedly destroyed 70 acres of wetlands near the Potomac River.

1Cuomo aides: Joseph Percoco, a former top adviser who Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo once likened to a brother, was among eight men arrested Thursday in a bribery and fraud case that threatens to tarnish Cuomo's efforts to spur the upstate economy and darken a reputation that until now has been spared from a federal prosecutor's anticorruption crusade.

Newsday also reported that, according to several sources, Mangano has said he would refuse to answer questions from federal prosecutors about his relationship with Singh.

The paper also reported subpoenas from federal prosecutors have been sent out in recent weeks, including to several Long Island state senators.

Earlier, he had denied wrongdoing in a post on InvestorsHub after Retrophin disclosed it had received a subpoena from federal prosecutors and the preliminary findings from its own investigation of Shkreli.

The governor's closure of a Moreland Act commission to look at corruption in the Legislature drew scrutiny, but ultimately no action, from the federal prosecutor.

An investigation into the payment of stipends to non-committee chairs in the state Senate so far has yielded at least one subpoena from federal prosecutors.

Blair Horner, legislative director at the New York Public Interest Research Group, predicts that there will be some kind of token reform passed before lawmakers leave for the summer, but he says the real changes are coming not from the state level, but from the federal prosecutor's office.

Meanwhile, an animal welfare group that has lobbied de Blasio to ban carriage horses from city streets said last week that it had received a subpoena from federal prosecutors that sought documents relating to its fundraising efforts for a nonprofit group that was created to advance the mayor's policy agenda.