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That's the Manhattan law firm perhaps best known (in political circles, anyway) for its key role in the corruption scandal of now former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and in legal circles for representing clients suffering from mesothelioma, an asbestos - related cancer.

Lula is under suspicion of receiving illegal payments from companies involved in the corruption scandal of Petrobras, as well as of withholding details of two properties (both largely renovated by corporations investigated in the so - called Car Wash Operation) from the authorities.

After the release of a list with the names of hundreds of politicians who have received campaign donations made by the construction company Odebrecht, a corporation largely implicated in the corruption scandal of Petrobras, it became even more evident that the main political actors have much to explain.

Among his clients: Glenwood Management, the luxury real estate development firm that has played a role in the corruption scandals of both Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Real estate giant Glenwood Management, which played a role in the corruption scandals of both former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, also contributed $ 200,000 to former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's legal defense fund ahead of his 2009 corruption trial.

The RSA represents a wide range of New York City property owners, like Glenwood Management, The real estate firm implicated in the corruption scandals of both, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Not exact matches

After news broke in November 2006 that Siemens had been involved in a global corruption scandal, involving thousands of acts of bribery in several different countries by hundreds of employees, the company had its work cut out for it in complying with securities investigations, and paying hefty fines (about $ 2.5 billion in total).

In addition to that, the euro area has (a) worsening problems of political instability (Italy without government, unfolding corruption scandals in recession - hit Spain and France), (b) dysfunctional banking systems (weak banks and their impaired lending activities despite ample liquidity supplied by the ECB) and (c) lingering uncertainties about the financial system's credibility (problems with depositor and investor protectionIn addition to that, the euro area has (a) worsening problems of political instability (Italy without government, unfolding corruption scandals in recession - hit Spain and France), (b) dysfunctional banking systems (weak banks and their impaired lending activities despite ample liquidity supplied by the ECB) and (c) lingering uncertainties about the financial system's credibility (problems with depositor and investor protectionin recession - hit Spain and France), (b) dysfunctional banking systems (weak banks and their impaired lending activities despite ample liquidity supplied by the ECB) and (c) lingering uncertainties about the financial system's credibility (problems with depositor and investor protection).

Prosecutors began to uncover a string of corruption scandals in 2014 and 2015, involving both private and state - controlled companies, like Petrobras, the nation's oil and gas champion, as well as current and former elected officials — namely, the former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Netflix description: «A scandal erupts in Brazil during an investigation of alleged government corruption via oil and construction companies.

Today, if you Google «Nike scandal,» you're as likely to end up with a page of stories about its possible role in the FIFA corruption affair.

A string of headline - grabbing corruption scandals are also exposing the ethical breaches that befall many parties after more than a decade in power.

Thousands of protesters rallied in front of the presidential headquarters and the congress in the capital Brasilia in anger at corruption scandals implicating Rousseff.

Samsung's billionaire heir Jay Lee has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of bribery, hiding assets abroad, and embezzlement, in a wide - ranging corruption scandal that brought down South Korea's president.

McAfee provides regular insight on global hacking scandals and internet surveillance, and has become a hugely controversial figure following his time in Belize, where he claims to have exposed corruption at the highest level before fleeing the country amid accusations of murder (the Belize government is currently not pursuing any accusations against him).

The agency asked Medium to take down a post that alleges the country's Prime Minister Najib Razak was trying to exit the country in the midst of a corruption scandal involving him.

Samsung has dismantled its corporate strategy office after the arrest of its chief and four other executives, in a corruption scandal that could bring down President Park Geun - hye.

This scandal serves as a confirmation of something many Hollywood critics have long believed: that Tinsel Town is a sewer of moral degradation and corruption, in which the innocent are abused and then silenced and discarded.

ROME (CNN)- Pope Francis» crusade against corruption in the Catholic Church, including an overhaul of the scandal - scarred Vatican Bank, has put the new pontiff in the Italian mafia's crosshairs, according to two organized crime experts.

Trump has been scandal - ridden for his entire career — from alleged affairs with porn stars, to hush money payoffs, to alleged corruption in his corporate dealings — and still enjoys an approval rating of over 79 percent amongst white Evangelical Christians.

Another point that could have been usefully articulated is that, despite the scandal and doubt caused by corruption in the Church, the goodness of many Christians and theholiness that is inherent within the Church has led many people to believe in God.

But he inherits a church wracked by a decades - old sexual abuse scandal and claims of corruption in the clergy.

The scandals of Oral Roberts, Jim and Tammy Bakker, and Jimmy Swaggart are only the surface manifestations of this corruption; far more serious are programs that denigrate authentic Christianity in the name of Christianity and make use of God in the name of God, misleading millions of persons about the nature of genuine religious experience.

Catholic News Service: Father of «VatiLeaks» suspect hopes son's testimony will help reform The father of the pope's personal assistant, who is under arrest in connection with the so - called «VatiLeaks» scandal, described his son as an honest, faithful Catholic and said he hoped his son's «sacrifice» would help the church rid itself of corruption.

You may recall that the latter was recently questioned in relation to the World Cup bidding scandals, while the former was reprimanded by the International Olympics Committee following allegations of corruption relating to the sale of World Cup television rights.

Since the unveiling a year ago, Roma have made some slow progress on the new facility The mafia corruption scandal at city hall played in their favor, neutralizing their opponents on the council and empowering Mayor Ignazio Marino, a surgeon who studied in the United States and whose outsider status in Roman politics kept him clear of the dirty business.

Indeed, within months of the unveiling of Stadio della Roma, a mafia scandal sweeps through Rome's city government, revealing corruption in its deepest ranks.

In the ongoing corruption scandal embroiling college basketball for months, federal prosecutors in New York added charges on Tuesday against a former Adidas rep, Jim Gatto, which allege payments to families of players at four universitieIn the ongoing corruption scandal embroiling college basketball for months, federal prosecutors in New York added charges on Tuesday against a former Adidas rep, Jim Gatto, which allege payments to families of players at four universitiein New York added charges on Tuesday against a former Adidas rep, Jim Gatto, which allege payments to families of players at four universities.

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This is the latest revelation in the corruption scandal which has enveloped the governing body since the US Department of Justice started investigating it in May.

Following the race Salo's Wikipedia page was cheekily edited with all sorts of crazy conspiracy theories, such as: «As a steward of the FIA he helped Ferrari by giving Max Verstappen unreasonable penalties,» and «Mika Salo is rumoured to be involved in the largest FIA corruption scandal of 2016/2017.»

February 20 — Jack Warner, the most wanted man of all among powerbrokers snared by US authorities in the $ 200 million FIFAGate corruption scandal, has again managed to thwart extradition by having committal proceedings against him put on hold — for another nine months.

Robert E. Kelly, professor or political science at Pusan National University in South Korea, was interviewed live on the BBC World News this morning to talk about the president of South Korea having been forced out of office last night after a months - long corruption scandal.

Although the introduction of the UK Bribery Act has no doubt improved the UK's ranking since 2010, recent events such as the phone hacking scandal have shown that there are still too many areas of corruption vulnerability in the UK public sector.

Cuomo has not yet formally proposed any electoral reforms in the wake of last week's back - to - back corruption scandals, but he has talked about the possibility of rescinding the Wilson - Pakula law following Democratic Sen. Malcolm Smith's arrest for allegeding trying to bribe his way onto the GOP line in the New York City mayor's race.

Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo included a call to do away with the Wilson - Pakula law in his second Smith - Stevenson corruption scandal reform proposal, we have heard outraged reactions from all but one of the state's top minor party leaders.

Unfortunately for de Blasio, Silver is embroiled in a bribery and kickback scandal as he now faces five counts of corruption and fraud.

Gethsemane tells the story of corruption and scandal at the very top of a Labour government: fundraising by a flamboyant music mogul in return for unspecified rewards, a dope - smoking, gangbanging teenager and a HomeSecretary with a dodgy businessman for a husband.

Though the campaign was planned in advance of the latest corruption scandals, Fair Elections has pointed to the arrests of Sen. Malcolm Smith and Assemblyman Eric Stevenson as examples for why publicly financed campaigns is necessary.

Mrs. Fajuyi said: «We support President Buhari's anti-corruption crusade, we have come out to protest looting of our money, corruption in government and scandals digging this government in Ekiti.

Malami was responding to enquiries about the claim that Buhari's administration had jettisoned the probe into the Halliburton and Siemens corruption scandals, in which Nigeria lost billions of Naira to high - ranking Nigerians who held sway at the time.

With probes underway of both the Cuomo and de Blasio administrations, it's an extraordinary time in political scandal — even for New Yorkers, who often swing from apathy to cynicism when it comes to public corruption, said Michael Johnston, a Colgate University professor emeritus.

At the same time, the ethics watchdogs criticized Cuomo, who proposed the initial measure in June, for not going far enough on reform measures in Albany in the wake of a series of corruption scandals and arrests that have plagued the Legislature.

NYC real estate developer and mega-donor Leonard Litwin, who made an art of exploiting the so - called LLC loophole and whose company, Glenwood Management, played a big role in the corruption scandal involving former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, has died at the age of 102.

A long line of scandals, a long line of corruption, and not a peep from the legislative ethics committee in the meantime.»

Plus, Bronx voters have seen their share of elected officials charged with bilking the taxpayers in corruption scandals (former Sen. Guy Velella comes to mind, as does NYC Councilman Larry Seabrook and ex-Sen.

It has emerged that National Security operatives are on the heels of John Ajet Nassam, one of the High Court judges indicted in the Anas Aremeyaw Anas judicial bribery and corruption scandal.

The list of the mayor's 2013 bundlers includes a real - estate executive who cut a deal to testify against crooked ex-pols Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos — and another poised to take the witness stand in the NYPD corruption scandal.

This is the first major overhauling of staff Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, has undertaken since he took over the majority leader post from Dean Skelos back in May 2015 after Skelos was forced out of office due to a federal corruption scandal.

In addition, the former leader of the opposition and 2014's presidential runner - up, Senator Aécio Neves, had his mandate suspended by the Supreme Court after being caught in an audio recording, also by Batista, requesting # 470,000 from the businessman to cover his legal fees related to a previous corruption scandal uncovered by Operation Car Wash. [In addition, the former leader of the opposition and 2014's presidential runner - up, Senator Aécio Neves, had his mandate suspended by the Supreme Court after being caught in an audio recording, also by Batista, requesting # 470,000 from the businessman to cover his legal fees related to a previous corruption scandal uncovered by Operation Car Wash. [in an audio recording, also by Batista, requesting # 470,000 from the businessman to cover his legal fees related to a previous corruption scandal uncovered by Operation Car Wash. [1]