Sentences with phrase «given kickbacks»

Vets and their staff are also given kickbacks, free food for their own pets and other perks for pushing their products in their office.

A lobbyist from real estate firm Glenwood Management testified Monday that Silver had personally received $ 750,000 related to real estate tax work performed by firm Goldberg & Iryami, which allegedly gave him kickback money.

Usually, they are hooked up with some anti scam site giving them kickbacks for anchoring their text link on their page for better page ranks within the search engines.

Mr. Gaughran doesn't give me kickbacks, alas.)

These affiliate programs give you a kickback on each sale when someone follows a link from your website to the store.

Finally, be aware that the Department of Labor's Fiduciary Rule, in which financial advisors must do what is in the best interest of their clients (instead of peddling high fee funds that give them kickbacks) remains in effect despite some industry insiders expecting the new administration to rollback this newest of financial regulations.

We can actually ask advisers what happens if they invest in a mutual fund that gives them a kickback.

If you use a mortgage broker and get a bad deal with an interest rate that's too high, the bank will give a kickback to the broker called a Yield Spread Premium (YSP).

You can even unlock certain suits that will give you a kickback temporarily.

No, the brokerage itself does «profit sharing» with the agents so they encourage the agents to use the in house lender in order to increase the office profit and thus give kickbacks to the individual agents.

Not exact matches

BOSTON A Massachusetts doctor was convicted on Monday of obstructing an investigation into kickbacks paid by the drugmaker Warner Chilcott and of wrongly giving one of its sales representatives access to her patients» information.

A Massachusetts doctor was convicted on Monday of obstructing an investigation into kickbacks paid by the drugmaker Warner Chilcott and of wrongly giving one of its sales representatives access to her patients» information.

They're dairy free, soy free, gluten free... SUPERDELICIOUS... (i swear I am uninvolved with that company and don't get kickbacks, I just really REALLY love their chocolate and, given my job, have seen a LOT of chocolate)

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto were arrested Thursday and charged with receiving «bribes and kickbacks» from a businessman who also gave Mangano's wife a lucrative no - show job, federal authorities said.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison and told by a federal judge that he must give back $ 5 million that he gained from illegal kickback schemes, as well a pay another $ 1.75 million in fines.

The real - estate developer got favorable treatment from Silver in Albany in exchange for steering business to Goldberg & Iryami, the law firm that gave the ex-politician kickbacks.

Mangano and Venditto were originally indicted in October, 2016 on charges of receiving «bribes and kickbacks» from a businessman who also gave Linda Mangano a lucrative no - show job, federal authorities charge.

Federal officials say Mangano and Venditto received bribes and kickbacks from a businessman who gave Mangano's wife a lucrative no - show job the year her husband first took office.

The Obama administration knew that Russia had used bribery, kickbacks and extortion to get a stake in the US atomic - energy industry — but cut deals giving Moscow control of a large chunk of the US uranium supply anyway.

Ethical challenges predate his governorship, going back to his stint at HUD, when he's alleged to have given a developer a favorable settlement in a kickback investigation in exchange for a lucrative job upon leaving the post.

The trial further exposed how Silver received hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks from a tax certiorari firm he had asked Glenwood to give its business to — a key component leading to Silver's conviction.

Roughly $ 700,000 of the alleged $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks Silver is charged with receiving came from his arrangement with Goldberg, who gave Silver a cut of any earnings Goldberg's firm made from two real - estate companies referred to Goldberg by Silver.

Another kickback scheme involved patient referrals and state grants that Silver gave to the mesothelioma practice of Dr. Robert Taub.

Ferragamo - loving former labor boss Norman Seabrook — busted by federal authorities this month in a massive kickback scheme — boasted that he was given an American Express black card by the law firm hired to represent his jail - guard union, sources told the NY Post.

Dean Skelos, 67, and Adam Skelos, 33, are accused of using the father's leadership position to pressure companies into giving the son no - show work and kickbacks.

Prosecutors say Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and his wife, along with the Oyster Bay Town Supervisor took cash, vacations, even a no - show job, and gave away kickbacks.

Federal prosecutors in October charged Mangano with receiving «bribes and kickbacks» from a businessman who also gave Mangano's wife, Linda, a lucrative no - show job.

He also took official actions to help real estate developers that gave business to a law firm that then sent Silver kickbacks, prosecutors said.

Fayose, who spoke on Orange FM station in Akure, Ondo State, on Thursday, said the EFCC had started harassing banks in Ekiti State, seeking for records of government finances, on allegations that the contractors gave him (governor) kickbacks.

He also took actions, such as casting favorable votes, to benefit real estate developers that gave business to a law firm that then sent Silver kickbacks, prosecutors said.

Say, for example, one gym may offer arms workout in the form of bicep curls or another may give you triceps kickbacks.

That's why presses and dips will give you great triceps development, while triceps kickbacks will do little for triceps development and even less for the metabolism.

Much like Zen Pinball, you are given full access to each table's «Operator Menu,» which allows you to adjust how easy or how hard the table is, with timers for combos, ball saves, kickbacks, etc..

A plainclothes street patrolman, Frank Serpico (Pacino) might be the best cop in New York, but his unwillingness to play dirty and give into police corruption of drugs, violence, and kickbacks his colleagues indulge in every day.

The two pleaded guilty in a kickback scheme in which dealers in 30 states gave executives of American Honda up to $ 15 million in cash and gifts in exchange for hot - selling cars and franchises.

Is it kickbacks given by Amazon, the power of Amazon?

Only offering investment options from one mutual fund company may mean that's the one giving the provider the biggest kickback.

So that's fine, we know a pet store employee is likely receiving a kickback on whatever they sell us, and may give us a choice that is the easiest to say yes to (likely something that strikes the perfect balance between the «right price», and the right number of catchy keywords to help you believe it's a responsible choice for your pet).

If you all would allow me to choose which outlet I want to preorder from and Gamestop was on that list, I'd easily preorder through Gamestop via Home, giving me both the Creepy Crawler kickback and Nathan Drake avatar.

Occasionally, power - ups will appear which give you such kickbacks as additional weapon upgrades, bonus rewards, as well as the temporarily being able to travel off the edge of the shape you're supposed to be in.

A settlement has been reached in the high profile case involving two former judges who took $ 2.8 million in alleged kickbacks from a commercial builder, an attorney, and a businessman in exchange for giving higher and more frequent sentences to juveniles in order to keep full two new juvenile deten...

Kickbacks can harm patients not only through indirect financial exploitation and abuse, but also by giving nursing home staff access to drugs that could be used as chemical restraint, such as Risperdal, which is an antipsychotic medicine that has come under fire recently for being wrongly prescribed to nursing home patients with dementia.

It is an app from Google itself which asks users to complete small surveys from time to time and give them a small kickback in the form of Google Play Credits.

The marketing - services - kickback scheme violated Section 8 of RESPA, which prohibits giving a «fee, kickback, or thing of value» in exchange for a referral of business related to a real - estate - settlement service.

Section 8 of RESPA specifically addresses prohibitions on kickbacks and unearned fees given or accepted in connection with a settlement service for a federally related mortgage loan (loans covered by RESPA).

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau argued that this relationship violated RESPA Section 8 (a), which prohibits the giving and receiving of fees and kickbacks in connection with mortgages.

In its reform proposal, HUD had given settlement providers an incentive to package loans with a guaranteed fee and rate: It exempted them from RESPA's prohibition on kickbacks to other settlement providers.

In 1983, Chapin, Heinz, GMC, and Colbert were indicted for allegedly giving and accepting kickbacks in violation of section 8 (a), and conspiracy to violate section 8 (a).

They have much more power than HUD does and can bring actions on their own if they truly believe there are kickbacks being given.

While Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) prohibits entities and individuals from giving or receiving «any fee, kickback, or thing of value» pursuant to an agreement...