Sentences with phrase «illegal payments»

He was also alleged to have used public funds to finance private expenses, while engaging in illegal payment of allowances to the university's council members.

An indictment charged him with setting up a fake consulting company he used to take in more than $ 1 million in illegal payments.

On Thursday January 22, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Maryland Attorney General fined two banks for illegal payments for referrals under the guise of marketing and other agreements under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA).

Lula is under suspicion of receiving illegal payments from companies involved in the corruption scandal of Petrobras, as well as of withholding details of two properties (both largely renovated by corporations investigated in the so - called Car Wash Operation) from the authorities.

The government says Mr. Silver received illegal payments for using his influence to benefit Glenwood, a privately held firm that is also one of the state's largest contributors to political campaigns.

Sensationally Town's directors replaced Steele with George Jobey, 66 year old former Derby County manager, a man who had been suspended by the FA for making illegal payments to players a few years before.

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari belongs to the prison, following alleged illegal payment of $ 496 million to the U.S. Government for the purchase of Tucano jets.

Re / Max Gold Coast and Keller Williams Mid-Willamette were each fined $ 50k and $ 180k respectively, for accepting illegal payment for referrals through agreements with Prospect.

Silver's case featured a considerable real estate angle, with federal prosecutors claiming he received nearly $ 4 million in illegal payments through two schemes he orchestrated.

The record - breaking # 14bn claim was brought against MasterCard in September, on behalf of 46 million British debit and credit card holders over the company's charging of illegal payment fees.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke for the first time since news broke that his former close associate is under federal investigation for possibly taking illegal payments from developers working on state economic development projects.

For example, in 2009, former Queens Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio pled guilty to charges of corruption, having disguised illegal payments from various sources as income from his «consulting» practice.

Prosecutors said he used a law practice to mask illegal payments as legitimate outside income.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit tossed out Silver's 2015 conviction last month on charges that he used his assembly post to enrich himself by obtaining illegal payments from two entities he helped steer state funds into.

Journalists at the Sun newspaper used illegal payments to public officials to win exclusive stories, the chief police officer probing phone - hacking said today.

He saw an internally circulated spreadsheet detailing illegal payments the company made to various levels of government.

Brock reiterated his call for an investigation into the seemingly illegal payment:

An NCAA investigation had just uncovered illegal payments to players — Michigan would be put on two years» probation — and coach Bud Middaugh had resigned.

The Dolphins at No. 13 overall took a player whose social media accounts had been hacked on draft night and revealed a video of him smoking from a bong, texts implicating he took illegal payments while at Mississippi and a press conference where he admitted both as mistakes.

[200] The 48 - year - old The Sun journalist Jamie Pyatt had been arrested by detectives on 4 November 2011 investigating illegal payments to police officers by journalists and has been released on bail.

CM Seabrook is also accused of laundering illegal payments from the boiler contractor through his political club, the NE Bronx Democratic Club.

Millions in illegal payments paved the way for new Walmart stores in environmentally fragile and congested areas south of the border.

Therefore, the pro version will be available to Bitfury customers where not only can they track bitcoin transactions but also shield themselves from numerous floating illegal payments on the network.

According to the complaint, ORHP made more than 190,000 illegal payments between 2007 and 2009.

Investigators are examining whether soliciting illegal payments is a common practice at Fannie Mae's Irvine, California office.

Peterborough's crime was to make illegal payments and bonuses to their players.

ALBANY — A judge dropped one of the extortion charges against a former top adviser to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, noting that some of the alleged illegal payments received by the ex-official, Joseph Percoco, came while he was off the state payroll.

The trial saw federal prosecutors present evidence that Silver had obtained nearly $ 4 million in illegal payments through two schemes he orchestrated — one involving developers Glenwood Management and Steve Witkoff, who diverted tax business to a law firm, Goldberg & Iryami, that secretly shared fees with Silver.

Sheldon Silver — the former New York State Assembly speaker accused of receiving illegal payments from real estate developers and others in exchange for political support — had his 2015 corruption conviction overturned Thursday.

Anthony Seminerio pled guilty to charges of corruption, having disguised illegal payments from

Mr. Silver, prosecutors said in the filing, was receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal payments disguised as referral fees from a law firm to which he had steered some of the developer's legal business.

Mr. Flanagan also seemed cognizant of the troubles that have embroiled other leaders in Albany involving outside income, including Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat who stepped down as Assembly speaker after his arrest in January; Mr. Silver faces federal charges of taking illegal payments disguised as legitimate income from practicing law.

Both companies were among more than 100 brokers who had marketing services agreements, lead agreements, and desk - license agreements with Prospect, which were, in whole or in part, vehicles to obtain illegal payments for referrals.

The CFPB also moved against two realty brokerage firms — Re / Max Gold Coast of Ventura, Calif., and Keller Williams Mid-Willamette of Corvallis, Ore. — for allegedly accepting illegal payments for referrals from Prospect.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke for the first time since news broke that his former close associate is under federal investigation for possibly taking illegal payments from developers working on state economic development projects.

When Sir Henry Norris took over Woolwich Arsenal in 1910, from his personal wealth he paid off the clubs significant debts, paid for the building of Highbury stadium, appointed Herbert Chapman, backed him financially and was eventually banned from football for life while at Arsenal because of illegal payments to players.

(Two lawmakers were convicted of receiving illegal payments.)

In January 2013, representatives Elijah Cummings and Henry Waxman reported that emails they received demonstrated that then - Wal - Mart CEO Mike Duke knew as early as 2005 about the alleged illegal payments to Mexican officials to secure construction permits.

As stated in its news release, the CFPB's investigation found that Keller Williams Mid-Willamette (and another company, ReMax Gold Coast) accepted illegal payments for referrals to the aforementioned mortgage company.

During the draft, text messages were released on his Instagram account indicating he had received illegal payments from Ole Miss coaches.

Pitino was first placed on administrative leave, then fired by Louisville on Oct. 16 amid an FBI investigation involving corruption and alleged illegal payments to recruit Brian Bowen, who was cleared by the FBI but will not play for the Cardinals this season.

Bank accounts carry more potentially traceable information than any other facet of an illegal payments system, even more than phone records.

Part of this is undoubtedly of his own making — he was expelled from football after making an illegal payment to himself from the club's funds.

@M18CTID Oh, and by the way, on the subject of being sactimonius and your «bent» comments, don't think for a moment that we are not aware of 1905, Tom Maley, your board of directors and first team squad who were involved in bribes for throwing matches and illegal payments to players.

Deputy assistant commissioner Sue Akers told the Leveson inquiry a «culture of illegal payments» existed at the Murdoch - owned tabloid which saw one individual receive over # 80,000.