Sentences with phrase «in alleged scheme»

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A Las Vegas lawyer has been acquitted of all charges in an alleged scheme to manipulate the stock price of a technology company.

Two other men, Marco Saverino and Paul Motta, have also been charged in the alleged scheme and are being held out of state.

Teachers and administrators in the Atlanta public school system, for instance, were indicted this year in an alleged scheme of inflating their students» test scores to avoid sanctions and secure performance - based bonuses.

State Senate Leader Dean Skelos — who will be arraigned this afternoon on charges of extortion and soliciting bribes — is proclaiming his innocence in an alleged scheme to steer money to his son.

«By participating in the alleged scheme, Senator Smith breached the trust of the Independent Democratic Conference,» Klein said.

The men were convicted in December 2015 of extortion and bribery in an alleged scheme by the elder Skelos to use his political influence to steer work and to award a no - show job to his son.

More specifically, disgraced lobbyist Todd Howe, who has already pled guilty to crimes that include bribery and tax evasion, is expected to attest to his involvement in every alleged scheme, and two COR Development executives are alleged to have participated in both the Percoco - and Buffalo Billion - related schemes.

Today the Albuquerque Democrat stands accused, along with three others, in an alleged scheme to cheat the state out of more than $ 4 million in the construction of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court House.

He was caught by Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson in an alleged scheme to illegally register voters and wore a wire in a probe of his colleagues that led to charges against Assemblyman Eric Stevenson.

In that alleged scheme, Porcelli, the deputy executive leader of North Massapequa's Republican club, faces two official misconduct charges and a count of conspiracy — all misdemeanors.

In addition to the loss of two apartments on Grand Street, his pension and monies earned in the alleged scheme, Silver faces 20 years in prison on each count.

Percoco's part in the alleged scheme spanned four years beginning in 2012.

Smith and another charged in the alleged scheme, Councilman Dan Halloran, will be arraigned today.

The call for the hearings, of course, comes in the wake of the arrest of erstwhile IDC member Sen. Malcolm Smith, D - Queens, in an alleged scheme to bribe his way onto the New York City mayoral ballot on the GOP line.

Fusion candidates have come under new scrutiny after Sen. Malcolm Smith was arrested in an alleged scheme to bribe his way onto the New York City mayoral ballot through securing a Wilson - Pakula and run on the GOP line.

By participating in the alleged scheme, Senator Smith breached the trust of the Independent Democratic Conference.

The decision does not clear former State Sen. George Maziarz who was also implicated in the alleged scheme.

In another alleged scheme, Silver received $ 700,000 from the law firm Goldberg & Iryami for pushing two major real - estate developers to use their services.

He has effectively run action on the Senate floor in the health - related absence of Deputy Majority Leader Thomas Libous (R - Binghamton), who has been indicted on charges that he lied to federal agents in an alleged scheme to land a job for his son.

In another alleged scheme, Silver was accused of accepting bribes in exchange for enacting tax breaks that helped a Manhattan real estate firm.

In a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Winterkorn was one of six defendants charged in an alleged scheme where they knew VW vehicles did not meet U.S. emissions standards and used software to cheat the U.S. testing process.

He also defended the way he raised campaign contributions from the developers implicated in the alleged schemes as well as a decision to segregate the money they gave — roughly $ 350,000 — until the case is resolved.

As witnesses testified one after another, many of the specific actions involved in the alleged schemes — from receiving legal referral fees to issuing Assembly - sponsored proclamations — were far from illegal.

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.

Not exact matches

This was the first ruling by a federal court to confirm the CFTC's determination in 2015 that cryptos are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act, that it can regulate them, and that it can pursue those it alleges to have engaged in fraud and manipulation schemes on crypto exchanges.

Gregg R. Mulholland, a stock promotor, was arrested for his alleged role in a $ 300 million stock manipulation scheme.

Prosecutors criminally charged seven defendants in December 2016 over two alleged fraudulent schemes involving Platinum.

Regulators alleged that divisional managers at investment firm Credit Suisse First Boston participated in a «pervasive» scheme to siphon tens of millions of dollars of their customers» trading profits during the Internet boom of 1999 and early 2000 by demanding excessive trading fees.

As Vancouver Sun investigative reporter David Baines revealed in a series of articles, Eker has invited the likes of Milowe Brost, who is currently in prison awaiting trial over an alleged $ 400 - million Ponzi scheme in Alberta, convicted white - collar criminal Nick Thill, Michael Ruge, who was banned for life from dealing in securities by the BCSC, and Nick Lathigee, head of the failed Freedom Investment Club, to present at his «Millionaire School» events and received commissions for steering investors in their direction.

La Fleche said he believes Loblaw's $ 25 gift cards, related to its participation in what it alleges is an industry - wide bread price fixing scheme, had a material impact on consumer shopping, adding that the price and promotional environment was compounded by the gift cards.

Russian nationals identified in a Justice Department indictment released Friday used cryptocurrency exchanges as part of an alleged scheme to mislead U.S. citizens leading up to the 2016 presidential election.

Apple has filed lawsuits against Qualcomm in the U.S., United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan and elsewhere, alleging it engages in an illegal scheme to charge too much for patents.

Prosecutors in that high - profile probe allege that Scott Walker is at the center of a «criminal scheme» to illegally coordinate fundraising with Wisconsin Club for Growth and other nonprofit «dark money» groups during the 2011 and 2012 recall elections.»

On May 3, 2013, the lead plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint alleging that, during that same period, all of the defendants violated Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Exchange Act and SEC Rule 10b - 5 (b) by concealing material information and making false statements related to Parent's acquisition of Autonomy and that certain defendants violated SEC Rule 10b - 5 (a) and (c) by engaging in a «scheme» to defraud investors.

The CFTC alleged in a conference call that Sarao was believed to have profited by about $ 40 million for his scheme.

In recent days, there has been even more consternation among people who trade in volatility after a whistleblower wrote a letter to US regulators alleging that there's a scheme to manipulate the VIIn recent days, there has been even more consternation among people who trade in volatility after a whistleblower wrote a letter to US regulators alleging that there's a scheme to manipulate the VIin volatility after a whistleblower wrote a letter to US regulators alleging that there's a scheme to manipulate the VIX.

There has been an interesting turn of events in the case of the alleged India - based Ponzi scheme known as GainBitcoin.

In Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. McDonnell et al., the CFTC alleged that the defendants violated the CEA by operating a fraudulent scheme involving virtual currency trading and misappropriating investor funds.3 The primary issue before the court was whether the CFTC had standing to sue the defendants under the CEA.

(RNS) Atlanta megachurch pastor Bishop Eddie Long is facing a suit from former parishioners who say he encouraged them to invest in a company that was operating an alleged Ponzi scheme.

The ACCC has announced it will not appeal the Federal Court's decision in the Woolworths case, in which it had alleged Woolworths engaged in unconscionable conduct in relation to its «mind the gap» scheme.

The lawsuit alleges that Manning and the Giants were in on a scheme in which phony game - worn gear was passed off as real.

In the letter, the attorneys write that» when constitutionally - protected contributions are trotted out as evidence of a bribery scheme — particularly when they have scant relevance to the alleged scheme — jurors are unlikely to consider them merely on the convoluted signaling theories the Government relies on for its assertion of probative value.»

Other materials the jury may see at the trial in March are charts related to alleged «Rent and Bid - Rigging Schemes» that were prepared by an FBI analyst, prosecutors say in court papers.

A longtime aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Percoco was one of nine men charged in connection with the alleged schemes.

Besides the alleged scheme involving cancer patients and a Columbia researcher, prosecutors said Silver improperly profited from tax work performed by a second law firm in Manhattan.

Mr. Silver stands accused of two schemes in which Mr. Bharara alleges he used his position as Assembly speaker to rake in more than $ 6 million, which he presented as legitimately earned income for representing or referring clients in real estate or asbestos legal dealings.

Besides the alleged scheme involving Taub, prosecutors said Silver improperly profited from tax work performed by a second law firm in Manhattan.

Percoco, the key figure in the first of the two alleged schemes, was described in the complaint as a close confidant of the Cuomo family, sometimes referred to as Mario Cuomo's «third son,» who controlled access to Andrew as his executive deputy secretary.