Sentences with phrase «in exchange for kickbacks»

A Boca Raton man has admitted in federal court that in exchange for kickbacks he referred criminal defendants from Miami - Dade state court to a Miami mental health clinic for unnecessary treatment, prosecutors said Tuesday.

The bureau concluded that PHH referred borrowers to certain mortgage insurers in exchange for kickbacks.

The decision is a setback for the New York attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, whose predecessor, Eliot Spitzer, began in 2004 an industrywide insurance investigation into claims that clients had been steered to favored insurers in exchange for kickbacks.

Venditto, Mangano and Mangano's wife, Linda, have pleaded not guilty in an alleged bribery scheme in which the elected officials are accused of illegally helping Singh get $ 20 million in indirect loan guarantees and government contracts in exchange for kickbacks, and a $ 450,000 no - show job for Linda Mangano.

Silver's conviction had rested on the premise that he had performed «official acts» in exchange for kickbacks in two bribery schemes, according to the decision.

Did former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver sell his office in exchange for kickbacks and bribes, or simply make legitimate outside income that prosecutors just don't like?

Silver, 74, is on trial for the second time in three years on charges that he sold the influence of his office in exchange for the kickbacks.

Venditto, Mangano and Mangano's wife, Linda, all have pleaded not guilty in an alleged bribery scheme in which the former elected officials are accused of illegally helping Singh get $ 20 million in indirect loan guarantees and government contracts in exchange for kickbacks and a $ 450,000 no - show job for Linda Mangano.

U.S. District Attorney Preet Bharara's office claims the veteran lawmaker sold out to real estate interests in exchange for kickbacks from a real estate tax law firm.

A cooperating witness in the case who had already pleaded guilty is lobbyist Todd Howe, who admitted orchestrating the bid - rigging of «Buffalo Billion» development initiatives in exchange for kickbacks.

Edward Mangano and Venditto are accused of illegally helping restaurateur Harendra Singh get $ 20 million in indirect loan guarantees and government contracts in exchange for kickbacks and a lucrative $ 450,000 no - show job for Linda Mangano.

You mean to tell me that you were on the school board and on the County Legislature where you were a proxy for many of the racists in Westchester that relocated all of the poor blacks from «Lilly White» areas to Mount Vernon in exchanged for kickbacks, but now that you can no longer trade favors, your «friends» have no more use for you?

Some crypto influencers have started offering «white paper as a service» to companies, and many shill endorsements in exchange for some kickback.

Not exact matches

Even Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D - Mass, in October blasted annuity sales tactics, saying that the responses by 15 of the country's largest annuity providers to her questions revealed «a widespread practice of offering agents kickbacks in exchange for promoting certain annuities.»

In a report issued Tuesday, Warren said the responses from the firms «reveal a widespread practice of offering agents kickbacks in exchange for promoting certain annuities» and other products, and that «such kickbacks are effectively concealed from customers.&raquIn a report issued Tuesday, Warren said the responses from the firms «reveal a widespread practice of offering agents kickbacks in exchange for promoting certain annuities» and other products, and that «such kickbacks are effectively concealed from customers.&raquin exchange for promoting certain annuities» and other products, and that «such kickbacks are effectively concealed from customers.»

On January 22, 2015, JPMC settled claims by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Maryland Attorney General alleging that JPMC steered customers to a now - defunct Maryland title company in exchange for undisclosed kickbacks and data on potential customers in violation of federal consumer protection laws.

Percoco is facing charges related to alleged kickbacks received in exchange for official support for economic development projects.

Authorities charge that Edward Mangano — whose eight years in office came to a close at the end of the year — and Venditto received «bribes and kickbacks» from Singh, including a lucrative no - show job to Linda Mangano, in exchange for benefits including county contracts and town loan guarantees.

And he ended the common practice of colleges, including Syracuse University and some local state colleges, of accepting cash kickbacks and other perks in exchange for steering students to «preferred» student loan lenders.

His closest aide is now on federal trial for selling his office for in exchange bribes and kickbacks,» the narrator says.

The real - estate developer got favorable treatment from Silver in Albany in exchange for steering business to Goldberg & Iryami, the law firm that gave the ex-politician kickbacks.

Silver, whose conviction was overturned on appeal based on that Supreme Court ruling, stands accused — for a second time — of selling his office in exchange for $ 4 million in kickbacks that he received through two law firms with which he was affiliated.

Ethical challenges predate his governorship, going back to his stint at HUD, when he's alleged to have given a developer a favorable settlement in a kickback investigation in exchange for a lucrative job upon leaving the post.

Prosecutors say Mangano received bribes and kickbacks from a local restaurateur in exchange for benefits including a county contract.

Silver — who is accused of collecting $ 700,000 in secret kickbacks from the Goldberg & Iryami law firm in exchange for steering it cases from Glenwood Management — called Glenwood lobbyist Brian Meara in 2011 and tried to claim he wasn't doing anything unethical.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

Silver, 72, was convicted of taking millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for various favors, including directing state grants to a particular doctor who passed on leads to him about potential law clients.

Silver, 74, is on trial for the second time in three years on charges that he sold his office as one of the three most powerful politicians in the state — along with the Senate majority leader and governor — in exchange for $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks.

Silver, accused of using his position to influence real estate legislation and state funding in exchange for millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks, was convicted of corruption in November.

Norman Seabrook, the longtime head of the NYC correction officers union, steered $ 20 million in funds into a risky hedge fund in exchange for a $ 60,000 cash kickback that was stuffed into a brand - new Salvatore Ferragamo bag, according to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Silver is accused of using his position to push legislation that would benefit Glenwood in exchange for the company sending tax work to a law firm that paid him big kickbacks.

Mangano has pleaded not guilty to charges that he accepted bribes and kickbacks from a businessman in exchange for benefits, including a county contract.

A Manhattan federal jury found Silver guilty in November of abusing his power for more than a decade in exchange for bribes and kickbacks.

Singh agreed to cooperate with the government and secretly pleaded guilty in October 2016 to doling out «bribes and kickbacks» to Mangano and Venditto «in exchange for them taking official action in my favor on an as - needed basis.»

Speaking to an overflow crowd at New York Law School, Mr. Bharara dismissed the accusations that it was «business as usual» for Mr. Silver to receive millions in kickbacks from law firms in exchange for directing clients with relationships with the state their way.

In Federal District Court in Manhattan, prosecutors will tell a jury that Seabrook used his power to get financial kickbacks, luxurious trips and designer bags and shoes in exchange for directing $ 20 million of his members» pension and operating funds into a high - risk hedge funIn Federal District Court in Manhattan, prosecutors will tell a jury that Seabrook used his power to get financial kickbacks, luxurious trips and designer bags and shoes in exchange for directing $ 20 million of his members» pension and operating funds into a high - risk hedge funin Manhattan, prosecutors will tell a jury that Seabrook used his power to get financial kickbacks, luxurious trips and designer bags and shoes in exchange for directing $ 20 million of his members» pension and operating funds into a high - risk hedge funin exchange for directing $ 20 million of his members» pension and operating funds into a high - risk hedge fund.

Howe, a former lobbyist, has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of fraud in exchange for testifying that Percoco allegedly received kickbacks in exchange for official acts as a close advisor and aide to Cuomo.

Seabrook is on trial for accepting a kickback in exchange for steering union pension funds into high - risk investments.

Mangano is charged with receiving bribes and kickbacks from a restaurateur, Harendra Singh, in exchange for favors including a county contract.

Silver, a Democrat from lower Manhattan, was charged on Thursday with accepting $ 6 million in what prosecutors said were «kickbacks» disguised as legal fees in exchange for official favors.

Gatz said that Singh made those payments were among a «never - ending flood of kickbacks» that Singh paid the defendants «in exchange for lucrative contracts and other official actions.»

Seabrook was arrested last year and charged with accepting $ 60,000 in kickbacks in exchange for the $ 20 million investment in the now - defunct hedge fund.

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.

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

Mr. Rechnitz began testifying last week in Federal District Court in Manhattan in a government case against Norman Seabrook, the former head of the correction officers» union, who is charged with investing millions of dollars of retirement funds through a hedge fund in exchange for promised kickbacks.

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.

• Former CEO Barbara Byrd - Bennett pleaded guilty Tuesday to accepting bribes for steering no - bid contracts to an education consulting firm in exchange for $ 2.3 million in promised kickbacks, extending Chicago's reputation for systemic public...

The two pleaded guilty in a kickback scheme in which dealers in 30 states gave executives of American Honda up to $ 15 million in cash and gifts in exchange for hot - selling cars and franchises.

Rep. Michael Capuano, D - Mass., stressed that the QM rule imposes a cap on affiliated title insurers because of potential fraud and steering where bank loan officers direct homeowners to a particular title company in exchange for cash and other kickbacks.

It is actively under consideration in Pennsylvania, where two judges of the Court of Common Pleas were accused of routing juveniles to detention centers in exchange for millions of dollars in kickbacks.