Sentences with phrase «guilty in»

Mr. Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, was found guilty in Manhattan federal court on Nov. 30 on seven counts, including honest - services fraud, extortion and money laundering, for having conducted two schemes that netted him $ 4 million...

A ninth individual, Todd Howe, a longtime Cuomo ally, pleaded guilty in connection with the cases.

Byron Taylor, 32, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to obstruction of justice and perjury charges for lying to a federal grand jury about the death of Ronald Spear.

More than two years later, the event is drawing new attention because it was hosted by Todd Howe, the disgraced lobbyist who pleaded guilty in September to a raft of federal felony charges for his role in alleged schemes in which clients received special government favors.

QUEENS — Former State Sen. Shirley Huntley pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday to charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, according to the U.S. attorney's office.

Comptroller John Liu, whose former aide and fundraiser were both found guilty in a fraud case earlier this month, raised just $ 104,231 in the most recent fundraising period, the campaign said.

«I laugh at all those who turned up their nose at me,» said Shirley L. Huntley, a former state senator from Queens who spent 10 months in federal prison in Danbury, Conn. — the institution on which the women's prison in «Orange Is the New Black» is based — after pleading guilty in 2013 to stealing more than $ 87,000 in taxpayer money through a nonprofit she ran.

Leibell, R - Carmel — who pleaded guilty in December to obstructing a federal grand jury that was investigating whether he extorted cash payments from lawyers working in Putnam County and failed to report on his income tax returns tens of thousands of dollars in cash payments he received from those lawyers — was to be sentenced in federal court in White Plains this coming Monday.

Broome County District Attorney Steve Cornwell announced that 27 - year - old Aizaz Siddiqui of Binghamton pleaded guilty in City of Binghamton Court Friday to leaving the scene of an accident, in connection with the December 3rd 2016 death of Binghamton University student... Continue reading →

DiNapoli's predecessor, disgraced ex-Controller Alan Hevesi, served time in prison after he pleaded guilty in 2010 to receiving about $ 1 million in gifts, including a trip to Israel.

Newton previously served time in prison after pleading guilty in 2005 to federal charges that included taking bribes.

The charges are accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

QUEENS — Democratic voters in Jamaica will decide Tuesday who should advance to the November general election in the race to succeed former City Councilman Ruben Wills, who was expelled from office after a jury found him guilty in his corruption trial in July.

Huntley, 74, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in January to mail fraud for siphoning $ 87,000 from a sham nonprofit.

Jona Rechnitz, 33, a wealthy Brooklyn real estate developer who pleaded guilty in March to charges of corruption, testified at the bribery trial of Norman Seabrook, the former president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, on Thursday that he «was giving money to the mayor of New York in exchange for favors.»

Aaron Troodler plead guilty in March, admitting to securities fraud and conspiracy charges.

Howe pleaded guilty in September 2016 to eight felonies, some of which stemmed from his work for Cor.

To recap: Silver was tried on corruption charges and found guilty in November 2015.

Donovan first took office in May 2015 after winning a special election to replace Michael Grimm, who had resigned after pleading guilty in a federal tax evasion case.

Percoco, a former top advisor to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, pleaded not guilty in a federal corruption case.

A woman from Homer who pleaded guilty in July in connection with the kidnapping her two biological daughters

David Johnson, 38 years old, pleaded guilty in Bronx Supreme Court to harassment in the second degree, a noncriminal violation.

He pleaded not guilty in Bronx Criminal Court this morning.

They are all guilty in our view of being less than frank with the public.

He pleaded not guilty in federal court.

Lobbyist Richard Lipsky, who represented Ratner, also pleaded guilty in the pay - to - play probe.

The 81 - year - old Republican was found guilty in federal court in 2009 for «theft of honest services» but the U.S. Supreme Court struck down that provision of the law that Bruno was found guilty under.

US Representative Charles Rangel (D — NY), who was found guilty in 2010 of eleven ethics violations by the House Ethics Committee, is making headlines again.

Singh pleaded guilty in 2016 to bribing de Blasio, as part of his deal to cooperate in the case against Mangano, Mangano's wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto.

Percoco and several co-defendants have pleaded not guilty in a case that alleges bid - rigging and bribery related to state economic development projects.

Singh secretly pleaded guilty in 2016 to bribing de Blasio with campaign contributions in exchange for official favors involving his since - shuttered Water's Edge restaurant in Queens.

Spota and McPartland pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Central Islip.

Kaloyeros and the other defendants in the case, including several prominent upstate developers and a former top aide to Cuomo, have all pleaded not guilty in the case.

Singh agreed to cooperate with the government and secretly pleaded guilty in October 2016 to doling out «bribes and kickbacks» to Mangano and Venditto «in exchange for them taking official action in my favor on an as - needed basis.»

Charles Antonucci, the former president of the Park Avenue Bank, pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding the TARP fund, securities fraud, self - dealing, bank bribery and the embezzlement of bank funds.

A veteran pol, Seminerio pled guilty in 2009 to bribery; he died in prison in January.

A campaign donor to Mayor Bill de Blasio secretly pleaded guilty in federal court to bribery, admitting that he used his contributions to the mayor to try to win favorable lease terms for a restaurant he owned on city property, newly unsealed court records show.

Mei, 58, of Bayville, pleaded guilty in 2015 to honest - services fraud for accepting bribes from Singh, who gave him $ 50,000 in checks made out to cash, trips to South Korea and Italy and cash payments for a $ 36,000 BMW lease.

The disgraced public official pleaded guilty in 2010 to felony charges for accepting nearly $ 1 million in gifts for funnelling $ 250 million of the state's public pension money to a particular private equity fund.

D'Souza pleaded guilty in May to violating campaign finance laws.

Singh, 59, of Laurel Hollow, pleaded guilty in 2016 to charges that he bribed Edward Mangano with gifts that included free vacations for the Mangano family, Linda Mangano's no - show job and free meals in order to receive county contracts.

A Manhattan federal jury found Silver guilty in November of abusing his power for more than a decade in exchange for bribes and kickbacks.

Caputo is referring to my column in today's DN that reported Levy shared an address between 2001 and 2004 with Ethan Ellner, a former Levy law school buddy who pleaded guilty in a multimillion - dollar mortgage scandal that involved dominatrixes and a SoHo S&M club.

Other convicted felons who receive fat pensions include former state Controller Alan Hevesi, who pleaded guilty in 2006 using state workers as his wife's chauffeur, and ex-Brooklyn Assemblyman and Democratic leader Clarence Norman, who was convicted in 2007 of selling judgeships.

I was guilty in both cases.

The former town supervisor of Ramapo in New York's Rockland County has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after a jury had found him guilty in a corruption case involving the financing of a local ballpark.

Both men pleaded guilty in 1998 to a single Class A misdemeanor count of falsifying business records.

The former town supervisor of Ramapo in New York's Rockland County has been found guilty in a corruption case involving the financing of a local ball park.

In a March article, investigative reporter Wayne Barrett noted that William Rapfogel, a close ally of Silver who had pleaded guilty in a social services nonprofit embezzlement scheme, was able to pay the bulk of $ 3 million in restitution through a fund whose donors were shrouded in secrecy.

Huntley faced 18 - 24 months in jail after she pleaded guilty in January to covering up the embezzlement of $ 87,000?