Sentences with phrase «in a corruption scandal as»

The SolarCity construction project, the biggest part of the Buffalo Billion, is embroiled in a corruption scandal as federal prosecutors alleged the $ 750 million state investment was awarded to LPCiminelli through a bid - rigging scheme.

The SolarCity construction project in Buffalo's RiverBend industrial park — the biggest part of the original Buffalo Billion — is embroiled in a corruption scandal as Bharara alleges $ 750 million state investment was awarded to LPCiminelli through a bid - rigging scheme.

Nigeria's central bank has become embroiled in a corruption scandal as emboldened regulators spearhead a worldwide clampdown on fraud.

Not exact matches

Prosecutors began to uncover a string of corruption scandals in 2014 and 2015, involving both private and state - controlled companies, like Petrobras, the nation's oil and gas champion, as well as current and former elected officials — namely, the former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Today, if you Google «Nike scandal,» you're as likely to end up with a page of stories about its possible role in the FIFA corruption affair.

This scandal serves as a confirmation of something many Hollywood critics have long believed: that Tinsel Town is a sewer of moral degradation and corruption, in which the innocent are abused and then silenced and discarded.

Catholic News Service: Father of «VatiLeaks» suspect hopes son's testimony will help reform The father of the pope's personal assistant, who is under arrest in connection with the so - called «VatiLeaks» scandal, described his son as an honest, faithful Catholic and said he hoped his son's «sacrifice» would help the church rid itself of corruption.

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Following the race Salo's Wikipedia page was cheekily edited with all sorts of crazy conspiracy theories, such as: «As a steward of the FIA he helped Ferrari by giving Max Verstappen unreasonable penalties,» and «Mika Salo is rumoured to be involved in the largest FIA corruption scandal of 2016/2017.&raquas: «As a steward of the FIA he helped Ferrari by giving Max Verstappen unreasonable penalties,» and «Mika Salo is rumoured to be involved in the largest FIA corruption scandal of 2016/2017.&raquAs a steward of the FIA he helped Ferrari by giving Max Verstappen unreasonable penalties,» and «Mika Salo is rumoured to be involved in the largest FIA corruption scandal of 2016/2017.»

Although the introduction of the UK Bribery Act has no doubt improved the UK's ranking since 2010, recent events such as the phone hacking scandal have shown that there are still too many areas of corruption vulnerability in the UK public sector.

Unfortunately for de Blasio, Silver is embroiled in a bribery and kickback scandal as he now faces five counts of corruption and fraud.

Though the campaign was planned in advance of the latest corruption scandals, Fair Elections has pointed to the arrests of Sen. Malcolm Smith and Assemblyman Eric Stevenson as examples for why publicly financed campaigns is necessary.

Plus, Bronx voters have seen their share of elected officials charged with bilking the taxpayers in corruption scandals (former Sen. Guy Velella comes to mind, as does NYC Councilman Larry Seabrook and ex-Sen.

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.

However, as the standard bearer for the party currently in office he has been straddled with the disappointment and disapproval of the current administration, which has been especially pronounced since the coming to light of the «el cementazo» corruption scandal in mid-2017.

In 2017, Costa Rica was rocked by one of the small country's biggest - ever corruption scandals, known as «cementazo».

Peters, who served as de Blasio's campaign treasurer before being named investigations commissioner, has been under fire for not refusing to step aside from the sweeping federal probe that is centered on two wealthy businessmen who were large donors to de Blasio, and who ware embroiled in a gifts - for - favors corruption scandal that has already toppled a handful of top ranking NYPD officials.

Killian and her allies have portrayed Mayer as a creature of Albany's culture of corruption, noting that prior to serving in the Assembly, she was counsel to the Senate Democrats during their scandal - plagued tenure in charge of the Senate in 2009 and 2010.

Lawmakers grilled Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development chair Wednesday at a budget hearing, as some of the programs are embroiled in a corruption scandal that's led to charges against several former associates of the governor.

Since New York City adopted public financing in 1988 it has not faced a corruption scandal on the same scale as the 1980s.

He testified in Audiencia Nacional as a witness in the framework of the investigation into the Gürtel corruption scandal, of the illegal financing of his party.

On Tuesday afternoon, a spokesman for the governor indicated that Cuomo is now looking more broadly at revising procurement contracts in New York State, and going beyond the scandal in the executive chamber to address problems highlighted in recent corruption cases in the legislature as well.

This was done around the Members» First grouping which was originally billed as the brainchild of lobbyist Ben Lucas — whose role was downplayed after he was named in the cash - for - access corruption scandal.

Rice was one of the three co-chairs of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's corruption - busting Moreland Commission, which recommended (though not unanimously) public campaign finance as a remedy for the never - ending corruption scandals in Albany and NYC.

Prof. Martey, speaking at a Public Lecture on the corruption canker in Ghana, in Kumasi, said corruption was not to be entertained in the country, as corruption related scandals keep surfacing and the President during his campaign days, presented himself as anti-corruption crusader.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Tuesday that his department will «cooperate fully» with the FBI in its corruption probe into the NYPD, as new details emerged about the scandal — ...

MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT — The former NYPD deputy inspector charged in a public corruption scandal took no part in closing part of the Lincoln Tunnel as a favor to politically connected businessmen, his lawyer said Wednesday during his arraignment.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said; «As it still appears, the statement made by the Federal Government on the Halliburton and Siemens corruption scandals may not be more than another decoy to shift the attention of Nigerians from the selective nature of President Buhari's fight against corruption.»

Christie's name keeps surfacing in a trial stemming from the traffic jam scandal known as Bridgegate, and Cuomo is facing arguably the worst crisis of his governorship after nine people tied to his administration were arrested in a corruption sweep last week.

Republican David Storobin has emerged as the winner in a special election in Brooklyn to replace a former state senator who resigned in the wake of a corruption scandal.

Mr. Cuomo, who dubbed the package of laws the «Clean Up Albany Act of 2011,» hailed it as a groundbreaking step for a statehouse brought low by corruption scandals in recent years.

NEW YORK — An undercover FBI agent who snared Malcolm Smith and other politicians in a public corruption scandal posed as a wealthy investor of Indian descent named Raj who promised to grease wheels into City Hall and beyond, sources said.

Connecticut's public campaign finance system was created in 2005 as a reaction to the massive corruption scandal surrounding ex-Gov.

All together, the package was billed as a five - point plan designed to enhance disclosure and regulation of campaign finance and lobbying at a Capitol rocked by scandal and corruption arrests in recent years.

The fundraisers continue in Albany, even as legislators there have been ensnared in corruption scandals involving the misuse of money.

It's yet another headache for the Manhattan Democrat, who in recent years has had to contend with his members becoming embroiled with sexual harassment scandals as well as the continued drumbeat of low - level corruption indictments.

Still, as Albany turns to policy in the remaining few session days left, what can actually get done after both legislative leaders were forced to step down following arrests in separate corruption scandals remains a question hanging over lawmakers as well as Cuomo.

Ken Lovett: «As state lawmakers return to Albany this week, the stench of corruption scandals that hung over the Capitol in 2015 is not expected to dissipate any time soon.»

Nassau Republican Chairman Joseph Mondello leveled extraordinary criticism at GOP officials who are embroiled in public corruption scandals, saying he was «angry as hell,» and would do everything he can to «get them out of the party» if they are convicted.

Promises the governor made in the wake of the Buffalo Billion corruption scandal have been abandoned as Phase II of the project moves forward.

After SUNY Polytechnic Institute's two nonprofit development boards were overhauled in the wake of a corruption scandal, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former state Budget Director Robert Megna will be selected as president of both entities.

As prosecutors have warned in corruption cases including the Skelos scandal, this steady drip, drip, drip of corruption cases affect more than just the pocketbooks of New Yorkers.

The scandal involving Percoco — and which featured a trial in which a who's who of Cuomo administration current and former officials testifying or mentioned in evidence by prosecutors — is the most serious to tag someone so close to Cuomo, who rode into office in 2011 pledging to end Albany's notorious reputation as a hotbed of corruption.

In the 1980s, following a series of corruption scandals, Gov. Mario Cuomo set up a Moreland Commission called the Commission on Government Integrity (also sometimes referred to as the Feerick Commission, for its head, John D. Feerick) to investigate the state's campaign finance system.

Two Cor executives were indicted in the same corruption scandal as Kaloyeros.

As if scripted, a scandal soon hit the governor's economic development program and his top aide, demonstrating again the need for talented corruption fighters in New York's key investigative positions.

Often referred to by colleagues as a coalition builder with a low - key personality, Heastie will be pressured to crack down on corruption in an Assembly still reeling from the Silver scandal.

At debates, forums and fairs, and in television ads and mailers, Curran, a Democrat, and Martins, a Republican, frequently have presented ethics reform as their top issue — a response to recent corruption scandals involving top state, county and town officials from Nassau.

New York Governor Cuomo's economic development chair was grilled by state lawmakers at a budget hearing Wednesday, as some of the programs are embroiled in a corruption scandal that's led to charges against several former associates of the governor.

They cited Republican corruption scandals in Oyster Bay that may have driven down turnout in GOP strongholds such as Massapequa, and infighting among Suffolk Conservatives and Republicans.