Sentences with phrase «in kickbacks»

Juror Arleen Phillips was unsure if prosecutors were correct when they said ex - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had abused his office by receiving millions of dollars in kickbacks from companies with business before the state.

In January, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara charged Silver for allegedly taking millions of dollars in kickbacks from real estate firms.

Silver, a disgraced longtime New York politician, is fighting to win bail while he appeals a federal jury's guilty verdict on a host of charges related to two bribery schemes in which prosecutors said he received millions in kickbacks by trading political favors for money.

There have been cases in the past in which providers paid the U.S. government due to allegations of participating in kickback schemes.

Silver, once one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced in May to 12 years in prison, along with a fine and forfeiture of more than $ 6 million, after a federal jury found him guilty of a host of corruption charges related to two bribery schemes in which he received millions in kickbacks by trading political favors for money.

The hospital administrator even says that a handful of doctors have demanded hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks in exchange for admitting patients to his hospital.

Norman Seabrook, president of the Correction Officers» Benevolent Association, personally got tens of thousands of dollars in kickbacks for steering about $ 20 million in union money to the Platinum Partners hedge fund in a scheme dating back to December 2013, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

In November, Silver, 72, was found guilty on all seven of the fraud, money laundering and extortion charges he faced related to two bribery schemes in which he used the guise of his legal practice to get millions in kickbacks over several years.

The agency notably ordered Meridian Title Corporation to compensate consumers for a Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) violation in October, and, in January, ordered Prospect Mortgage and two real estate brokerages to pay penalties for participating in a kickback referral scheme, also a RESPA violation.

Too many agents engage in abuses — charging upfront fees, participating in kickback referral schemes, urging writers to pay for expensive adjunct services, even steering clients into the clutches of vanity publishers — for you to assume that every agent you encounter is equally reputable.

NYC Public Advocate Tish James is demanding that the Department of Education withdraw a potential billion - dollar contract with a computer firm that was implicated in a kickback scandal doing similar work for the city.

Public Advocate Letitia James is demanding that the Department of Education withdraw a potential billion - dollar contract with a computer firm that was implicated in a kickback scandal doing similar work for the city.

Prosecutors said Silver, who stepped down from his powerful position as speaker of the Assembly after he was indicted, abused his office to earn nearly $ 4 millon in kickbacks disguised as a legitimate salary.

NYC Councilman Larry Seabrook's mistress is prepared to testify against him, saying he shook her down for thousands of dollars in kickbacks after arranging consulting jobs for her.

Last year, a former close advisor to Cuomo, Joe Percoco, the former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros, and prominent upstate developers were arrested and charged in a kickback and bid - rigging case centering around key economic development projects.

Bharara filed a criminal complaint alleging Silver used his powerful position to amass millions of dollars in kickbacks through two law firms.

Silver, who has been speaker for 21 years, faces five federal charges including conspiracy and bribery and is accused of using his position to obtain millions of dollars in kickbacks masked as legitimate income from two law firms.

Mr. Hevesi, a power broker who was close to the Queens County Democratic organization before he admitted to receiving $ 1 million in kickbacks while investing the state's pension fund, dined with State Senator Toby Stavisky, Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz and former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman at a local diner in Rego Park.

A jury found him guilty in a pair of schemes in which he pocketed $ 4 million in kickbacks before investing the funds to make another $ 1 million.

Seabrook was arrested on June 8, 2016, by federal authorities on fraud and corruption charges for getting tens of thousands in kickbacks for allegedly steering $ 20 million in union money to a hedge fund.

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.

Sheldon Silver and Dr. Robert Taub worked together in a kickback scheme, feds charged on Thursday.

Roughly $ 700,000 of the $ 4 million in kickbacks came from Silver's arrangement with law firm Goldberg & Iryami, which gave Silver a cut of any earnings it made off real estate work he referred to them.

Rapfogel, who was eventually getting about $ 30,000 per month in kickbacks, was sentenced to 3 1/2 to 10 years behind bars last year.

The charges against Skelos say that the developer involved in the kickback scheme used the LLC loophole to subvert campaign finance limits.

Flanagan replaced former Senate Leader Dean Skelos earlier in May, after Skelos was charged with six counts of corruption in a kickback and bribery scheme that prosecutors say illegally benefited the senator and his son.

They include Dennis; deputy superintendent Kathleen Padian; disadvantaged business program director Armer Bright, since convicted for his role in a kickback scheme; financial analyst Cynthia Grace; and Margaret Abadie of the student information team.

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.

TWO FORMER American Honda Motor Co. executives, accused in a kickback scheme that allegedly defrauded the company of millions of dollars, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court Thursday.

Some vanity publishers also engage in kickback schemes, offering agents a bonus for each client they persuade to accept a pay - to - publish contract.

The credit card companies get 2 % of every transaction in interchange fees and are simply giving you 1 % or so in kickbacks to get your business.

Throw in a kickback!

Two former presiding judges of the Luzerne County, Penn., Court of Common Pleas are scheduled to appear in federal court in Scranton this week to enter guilty pleas on charges that they took more than $ 2.6 million in kickbacks related to the construction of juvenile detention centers in the county.

In the kickback context, the inquiries are whether the recipient (1) is a party to the transaction; (2) is a licensee; and (3) is a client negotiating a fee, or a customer.

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.

Once one of New York's most powerful politicians, Silver, 71, is facing fraud charges related to two extensive bribery schemes that gave him more than $ 4 million in kickbacks over several years, disguised as legitimate payments.

Silver, 72, a once - beloved Lower Manhattan assemblyman and one of the most powerful men in the state, was convicted by a federal jury in November on charges of money laundering and extortion related to two bribery schemes where he earned millions in kickbacks by trading political favors for money.

Silver was convicted of receiving millions in kickbacks from companies with business before the state by masking the income as money earned from legitimate employment.

Cuomo said the deal represented the latest improvement to state ethics laws under his watch, and was in response to the arrest and indictment of former speaker Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat charged with taking $ 3.9 million in kickbacks disguised as legal fees.

Federal prosecutors have charged Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver with pocketing nearly $ 4 million in kickbacks after he allegedly did favors for two major real estate developers and a medical research center.

Last year, a former close advisor to Cuomo, Joe Percoco, the former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros, and several upstate developers were arrested and charged in a kickback and bid - rigging case involving economic development projects.

Prosecutors accused Silver of obtaining nearly $ 4 million in kickbacks through schemes where he used his position as Assembly Speaker to help benefit two real estate developers and a cancer researcher.

He faces five federal charges including conspiracy and bribery and is accused of using his position to obtain millions of dollars in kickbacks masked as legitimate income from two law firms.

Too many agents engage in abuses — charging upfront fees, participating in kickback referral schemes, urging writers to pay for expensive adjunct services, even steering clients into the clutches of vanity publishers.

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.

It was a freedom of speech appeals case, in which Andrew Barnes wrote on two websites that Robert Kinney had been implicated in a kickback scheme while he was Barnes» employee.

The $ 1 billion deal, first reported by The Post, would contract Custom Computer Specialist, a Long Island - based tech company that got caught up in a kickback scandal four years ago.

He was accused of collecting millions of dollars in kickbacks for favors provided to a cancer researcher and real estate developers.

Too many agents engage in abuses — charging upfront fees, participating in kickback referral schemes, urging writers to pay for expensive adjunct services, even steering clients into the clutches of vanity publishers — for you to assume that every agent you encounter is equally honest and skilled.