Sentences with phrase «in bribes percoco»

In Short, sir, there has been a leap in bribes.

But in what could be viewed as providential, Silver was charged — the day after Cuomo's fiery talk — with lining his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a massive abuse of power dating back at least 15 years.

A former Dallas school board member faces arraignment in federal court this week on charges that he took more than $ 450,000 in bribes to help a business associate win contracts with the district.

Police charge that John Dransfield and Samuel Manoharan, both project directors with the School Construction Authority, accepted some $ 140,000 in bribes from contractors and planned to accept even more.

Federal authorities have charged a Philadelphia police detective with accepting $ 24,000 in bribes in an alleged six - year scheme to aid the business of a Harrison Detective Derka Abbate has accused Police Chief Michael Olsey of years of sexual harassment.

The government is prosecuting Percoco, one of Cuomo's closest friends, for allegedly raking in more than $ 300,000 in bribes from Howe clients wooing the Cuomo administration.

Boyland was convicted after his attorneys failed to convince a jury that he had solicited more than $ 250,000 in bribes from undercover federal agents as part of a plan «to scam a pair of corrupt businessmen who were trying to scam him.»

He is accused of allegedly taking more than $ 300,000 in bribes from executives with two companies — an energy plant firm and a Syracuse real estate development firm — in return for allegedly using his influential post in the Cuomo administration to get official state actions to financially benefit them.

Mr. Silver has been charged by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara with masking millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks as income from two law firms, while essentially performing no work for the companies.

Stevenson was arrested for accepting over $ 22,000 in bribes from a group of crooked businessmen looking for help opening a number of adult daycare centers in Stevenson's district.

Mr. Stevenson, who was arrested in April and charged with taking $ 22,000 in bribes from four adult day care center developers in exchange for trying to help their business, has maintained his innocence.

Silver, 73, was convicted of taking millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for various favors and sentenced to 12 years in prison - though he was allowed to remain free with his appeal pending.

Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the New York Assembly, exploited his position as one of the most powerful politicians in the state to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks, federal authorities said on Thursday as they announced his arrest on a sweeping series of corruption charges.

He is charged with accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes — described in repeated emails with Mr. Howe as «ziti,» a code word lifted from the Mafia drama «The Sopranos» — from two companies in exchange for helping them extract action from Albany.

A former Brooklyn prosecutor forked over thousands of dollars in bribes to get NYPD gun permits for New Yorkers who should not have had them, including people with records of...

Nixon began her campaign a week after Joseph Percoco, a longtime confidante to Cuomo, was convicted of using his top post in the governor's administration to help companies that steered more than $ 300,000 in bribes to Percoco.

In April 2013 Castro abruptly resigned his Bronx Assembly seat, shocking his colleagues and constituents by announcing that he had worked for the U.S. Attorney's office and that his role as an informant was key to convicting former Assemblymember Eric Stevenson for taking $ 20,000 in bribes from businesspeople building a daycare facility.

Federal prosecutors successfully proved to a jury that former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of Manhattan took millions in bribes and kickbacks disguised as legal fees.

Much of the $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks Silver was charged with accepting were disguised as legal and referral fees, prosecutors said.

In court papers, the government said Stevenson accepted about $ 20,000 in bribes in exchange for drafting, proposing and agreeing to enact legislation to aid his co-defendants» businesses, including an adult day care center in the Bronx, the «Westchester Avenue Center,» which opened a month ago.

NEW YORK (AP)- The chief of staff to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a former top Cuomo aide accused of accepting over $ 300,000 in bribes was against giving junior staffers raises.

Peter Galbraith «Braith» Kelly Jr., of Competitive Power Ventures, was accused of funneling $ 287,000 in bribes to Percoco.

Federal investigators allege Silver exploited his position to rake in millions in bribes and kickbacks.

Percoco served as the governor's executive secretary, he is accused of taking more than $ 600,000 in bribes from an energy company that needed state approval to build a power plant in the Hudson Valley and an upstate developer that received several state contracts, as well as getting a job at the energy company for his wife.

The governor's longtime right - hand man is accused of, In return for favors, taking more than $ 300,000 in bribes.

Silver, 72, was convicted last year of taking millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for various official favors.

After taking $ 35,000 in bribes from COR, Percoco reversed an adverse decision against the company made by the Empire State Development Corp., according to court papers.

Silver, 72, was convicted last year in a corruption case in which he had been accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for various official favors.

Smith is accused of paying tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to the former Bronx Chair and the Queens Vice Chair.

Aiello and Gerardi, Cor Development executives, were accused of funneling $ 35,000 in bribes to Percoco through a «shell company» set up by Howe.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to vacate Silver's conviction that he obtained nearly $ 4 million in bribes in exchange for his political power.

Silver, a Democrat from lower Manhattan, has been accused of exploiting his position as an Albany power broker to extort nearly $ 4 million in bribes over about 10 years.

And it came days before the Nov. 23 deadline for Bharara to deliver indictments in the bidding case, in which former Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco and two others allegedly sought or received more than $ 315,000 in bribes from companies that were Cuomo campaign contributors seeking state contracts.

Silver was convicted of essentially using his powerful position to collect some $ 4 million in bribes disguised as legal referral fees.

The men were convicted last December of obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and carrying out extortion schemes.

Silver through his lawyer has denied five counts in a federal complaint accusing him of using his powerful post to solicit and collect millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks from developers and lawyers.

The perennial question of how some people practice law while they make laws arises anew as U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's high - octane criminal complaint against Silver alleging «millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income earned as a private lawyer.»

Blake, who is still in his first two - year term as an Assemblyman, was elected in 2014 to fill the seat vacated by former Assemblyman Eric Stevenson, who was convicted for accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes from developers hoping to build senior centers in the Bronx.

Howe, 57, a cooperating witness on his first day on the stand in Manhattan federal court, laid out how he came to be the linchpin of an alleged scheme by two clients to pay more than $ 300,000 in bribes to Percoco — referred to by them in code as «zitti» — to buy influence for an energy company and a Syracuse developer.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated Silver's conviction for accepting nearly $ 4 million in bribes in exchange for his political power.

Former top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco, who was recently charged by federal prosecutors with soliciting over $ 300,000 in bribes in return for state contracts, is an executive at Madison Square Garden.

Percoco, 48, of South Salem in Westchester County, is accused of taking more than $ 300,000 in bribes funneled to him by longtime friend Howe on behalf of two clients, an energy company and a Syracuse developer, in return for using his clout as Cuomo's right - hand man to help them.

The federal complaint against Silver accuses him of mail fraud and the federal crime of theft of honest services, saying he engaged in a scheme since 2000 to use the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself over $ 6 million, including $ 700,000 in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income he earned as a private lawyer.

Mr. Percoco is accused of accepting more than $ 300,000 in bribes in return for official actions to help three executives land lucrative state contracts.

Syracuse - based Cor Development executives Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi are accused of paying former top governor's aide Joseph Percoco $ 35,000 in bribes for influence in state government.

NEW YORK — Not even two weeks old, the allegations that Buffalo developer Louis Ciminelli engaged in bribes and bid rigging to win lucrative state contracts could grow even more serious in the coming month.

Percoco stands accused of pocketing more than $ 300,000 in bribes from three businessmen who wanted contracts from the state.

The commission was looking into possible misdeeds by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was indicted in February for allegedly lining his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000.

According to court documents, The 70 - year old Democratic leader is accused of using the power of his office to solicit millions in bribes and kickbacks.

Seabrook is on trial for allegedly accept ing $ 60,000 in bribes from Rechnitz on behalf of hedge fund pal Murray Huberfeld.