In 2015, then - state Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged
in a federal corruption case involving a county stormwater treatment contract that went to a firm employing his son.
Not exact matches
Long Island Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a former
federal prosecutor who was elected
in 2016 running on an anti-
corruption platform following Skelos» conviction (but was not
involved in either the Silver or Skelos
cases), released a statement saying the Silver decision demonstrates the need for state lawmakers to stop relying on the feds to bring
corruption cases against state - level elected officials, and also pass more anti-
corruption measures, which lawmakers declined to do this past session.
The proposal comes on the heels of two
federal political
corruption cases last week
involving elected officials
in New York.
On Tuesday,
Federal District Court Judge Kenneth M. Karas declared a mistrial
in the
corruption case involving New York State Senator Malcolm Smith and former Vice Chairman of the Queens County Republican Committee Vincent Tabone.
The Leaderships of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress are demanding for the resignation of the Minister of State, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, for alleged
involved in the handling of the
case of
corruption against the Chief Medical Director of the
Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Dr. Angela Uwakwem.
Newsday reported
in January that Spota's top
corruption prosecutor, Christopher McPartland, is under
federal investigation for possible obstruction of justice
involving the
case of James Burke, the former Suffolk police chief and district attorney's chief investigator who pleaded guilty
in February to beating up a suspect and then arranging a cover - up.
Shortly afterwards, a reader sent us a link to
cases of political
corruption involving Lally, his questionable campaign disclosures, even a book casting him into history as the recipient of one of the largest penalties ever handed down from the
Federal Elections Commission
in 1998:
One source familiar with Hoyt's plans questioned the timing of his decision given the ongoing
federal corruption cases involving Cuomo's upstate development projects and the #metoomovement stemming from sexual harassment
cases that have plagued those
in the political, entertainment and media arenas.
A
federal grand jury has returned a second superseding indictment
in a major
corruption case involving Joe Percoco, a former top aide to the governor who was snared
in a state economic development scandal.
A key prosecution witness
in a
federal corruption case against a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testified Wednesday to his own yearslong criminal résumé that included fraud, embezzlement and lawsuits
involving friends, family, his lawyers, a gym, a tutor and even a dog walker.
Recall that a
Federal High Court
in Abuja had taken its final decision on the
corruption case involving Justice Ngwuta, pointing out that the prosecution
in the Justice Ngwuta's
case failed to comply with the condition precedent before bringing charges against a judicial officer.
A
federal judge on Tuesday split the upcoming upstate development political
corruption trial of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and seven others
in two, and said the
case involving Cuomo lieutenant Joseph Percoco will begin
in January.
«The Wolf of Wall Street «Synopsis: A New York stockbroker with a ridiculously decadent lifestyle refuses to cooperate
in a large securities fraud
case involving corruption on Wall Street, organized crime and the
federal government.