Sentences with phrase «in a federal corruption case in»
Berke is a white - collar lawyer who once represented former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik in a federal corruption case in which he was convicted.
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A federal indictment in New York in the ongoing college basketball corruption and bribery case alleges that former Louisville coach Rick Pitino knew of a plan to pay recruit Brian Bowen and participated in the plan.
.@YahooSports exclusive: Federal documents taken from ASM Sports in hoops corruption case reveal extensive potential NCAA violations.
Attorneys for the co-founders of the Syracuse - based COR Development are urging the federal judge in their corruption case to allow evidence that defends how their clients viewed economic development projects that have come under scrutiny in the investigation.
Extraneous influences Malami, however, said in tackling the corruption cases, the Federal Government would not be assuaged by what he called «extraneous influences» or action by available prima facie evidence.
The guilty verdict in the case of Joe Percoco was coupled with not guilty results for two prominent upstate developers who had also been accused of corruption and bribery by federal prosecutors.
A trial will begin Oct. 30 in New York City in the federal corruption case against two Percoco, Alain Kaloyeros, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, and five other men, including two executives from Fayetteville - based Cor Development Co..
As he did in the wake of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's sentencing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a brief statement in response to the five year sentence handed down by a federal judge in the corruption case of ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
Leibell had asked for leniency in his federal corruption case, suggesting that he instead join some sort of nation - building effort in the Middle East.
The NYT tells the story of the 2011 bootlegging case that turned out to be the tip of a criminal scheme that within three years would be used as evidence in an unimaginably larger case, a federal corruption investigation that would ultimately reach deep into New York City's highest offices of power.
Allegations of plagiarism from nearly three decades ago are once again dogging a central figure in the federal government's corruption case against Alain Kaloyeros, the physics professor credited with creating the State University of New York's Polytechnic Institute.
The defense continues to make its case in the Joe Percoco federal corruption trial in Manhattan.
The prosecution could rest its case as early as tomorrow morning in the federal political corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, now in its 10th week.
A former top adviser for Governor Andrew Cuomo, three executives from LPCiminelli and three other people have been indicted in their federal corruption case.
Brooklyn federal prosecutors yesterday slapped the disgraced former state Senate majority leader with yet another round of charges in the growing corruption case against him.
It's up to lawmakers to pick their leader, Cuomo said, echoing similar statements he made earlier this year when former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested in an unrelated federal corruption case.
Howe admitted he lied to the credit card company about a stay in New York at the time he was cooperating with federal prosecutors in the corruption case.
Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. (far left with son Pedro) was hit yesterday with two new charges - of making false statements - in his federal corruption case.
One week after federal authorities announced they had uncovered two suspected bribery plots in Queens and the Bronx, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a legislative initiative designed to give the state's 62 district attorneys more power to prosecute corruption cases.
A federal appeals court in Manhattan agreed Thursday to postpone any retrial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges until the Supreme Court acts on a planned petition to further review his case.
Grandeau says despite the rampant corruption, all of the cases against lawmakers in recent years have stemmed from federal prosecutions, not state ethics authorities.
Lawyers for former state Senate leader Dean Skelos told a federal appeals court in Manhattan that the recent decision reversing the corruption conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has strengthened Skelos» case for same treatment.
A federal judge has officially «severed» the corruption trials against eight individuals in a case that began with an alleged bid - rigging probe of the Cuomo administration's Buffalo Billion program — setting one of the trial dates in the midst of the governor's expected re-election bid.
Long Island Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who was elected in 2016 running on an anti-corruption platform following Skelos» conviction (but was not involved in either the Silver or Skelos cases), released a statement saying the Silver decision demonstrates the need for state lawmakers to stop relying on the feds to bring corruption cases against state - level elected officials, and also pass more anti-corruption measures, which lawmakers declined to do this past session.
The proposal comes on the heels of two federal political corruption cases last week involving elected officials in New York.
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, a Uniondale law firm that employed state Sen. Dean Skelos, who resigned as majority leader this year after he was charged in a federal corruption case, also received three outside counsel contracts within the range just below the approval threshold: for $ 24,000, $ 24,900 and $ 25,000.
Glenwood has been embroiled in the federal criminal corruption cases against former Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
Lopez was forced from the legislature after the scandal, and Silver lost his seat when he was accused in an unrelated federal corruption case, which is being retried this year.
On Tuesday, Federal District Court Judge Kenneth M. Karas declared a mistrial in the corruption case involving New York State Senator Malcolm Smith and former Vice Chairman of the Queens County Republican Committee Vincent Tabone.
Federal criminal case No. 18 0087 filed Thursday against Rob Walker is just the latest entry in Long Island's culture of corruption sweepstakes.
This is not the only federal corruption case in which Venditto seems to have gotten little or no payday for town operations that allegedly made others an ill - gotten fortune.
It will be watched nationwide as a test case, indicating how much federal law has been weakened in public corruption cases.
It's long been rumored, even accepted really, that Oyster Bay restaurateur Harendra Singh was cooperating with federal authorities in the corruption cases against former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver walks from federal court after being found guilty of all charges in his corruption case Friday.
The Leaderships of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress are demanding for the resignation of the Minister of State, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, for alleged involved in the handling of the case of corruption against the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Dr. Angela Uwakwem.
Singh, taking the stand for the first time as the government's star witness in its federal corruption case against Mangano, retraced the arc of his life and career to the jury in the Central Islip courtroom.
Newsday reported in January that Spota's top corruption prosecutor, Christopher McPartland, is under federal investigation for possible obstruction of justice involving the case of James Burke, the former Suffolk police chief and district attorney's chief investigator who pleaded guilty in February to beating up a suspect and then arranging a cover - up.
The NLC's President promide the Labour will not stop its movement in ensuring that whistle blowers in corruption cases were protected in accordance with the decision of the Federal Executive Council.
Bruno since his acquittal has become a critic of the power federal prosecutors wield, especially in white collar and public corruption cases.
The use of LLC's by a real estate company Glenwood Management, and it's billionaire CEO Leonard Litwin, has factored in to high profile federal corruption cases against the two former leaders of the legislature.
The $ 7,500 per month, filtered through a secret account from a lobbyist who pleaded guilty and is the chief witness in a massive federal corruption case, helped keep «Herb,» Joseph Percoco — Cuomo's in - house confidante, enforcer and successful 2010 campaign manager — up to date with the mortgage of his $ 800,000 South Salem, N.Y. home, federal investigators say.
White Plains federal Judge Kenneth Karas got fed up with a politically connected lawyer's bid to delay the upcoming corruption trial of state Sen. Malcolm Smith over her pregnancy, suggesting in a ruling Wednesday that she lied about needing doctor - ordered bed rest when the case is scheduled to go to trial.
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Martins noted that he had instantly called for Republican County Executive Edward Mangano to resign last year upon Mangano being charged in a federal corruption case, yet Curran still has not.
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In court papers filed Monday in the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood ManagemenIn court papers filed Monday in the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Managemenin the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Management.
Previous Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin remains in jail on federal corruption charges stemming from the «Corridor of Corruption» case that also landed Malcolm Smith, Jay Halloran and other major figures corruption charges stemming from the «Corridor of Corruption» case that also landed Malcolm Smith, Jay Halloran and other major figures Corruption» case that also landed Malcolm Smith, Jay Halloran and other major figures in prison.
A federal grand jury is investigating Christopher McPartland, the top corruption prosecutor in the Suffolk County district attorney's office, for possible obstruction of justice charges as an outgrowth of the case against former Suffolk police chief James Burke, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
The bill comes after officials, including Republican County Executive Edward Mangano, who were arrested in federal corruption cases, tapped their campaign funds to pay for their defense, as is allowed by law.
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