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Closing arguments continue in the federal corruption case of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, in Manhattan.
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A federal indictment in New York in the ongoing college basketball corruption and bribery case alleges that former Louisville coach Rick Pitino knew of a plan to pay recruit Brian Bowen and participated in the plan.
Attorneys for the co-founders of the Syracuse - based COR Development are urging the federal judge in their corruption case to allow evidence that defends how their clients viewed economic development projects that have come under scrutiny in the investigation.
The guilty verdict in the case of Joe Percoco was coupled with not guilty results for two prominent upstate developers who had also been accused of corruption and bribery by federal prosecutors.
A trial will begin Oct. 30 in New York City in the federal corruption case against two Percoco, Alain Kaloyeros, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, and five other men, including two executives from Fayetteville - based Cor Development Co..
As he did in the wake of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's sentencing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a brief statement in response to the five year sentence handed down by a federal judge in the corruption case of ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
Leibell had asked for leniency in his federal corruption case, suggesting that he instead join some sort of nation - building effort in the Middle East.
The NYT tells the story of the 2011 bootlegging case that turned out to be the tip of a criminal scheme that within three years would be used as evidence in an unimaginably larger case, a federal corruption investigation that would ultimately reach deep into New York City's highest offices of power.
Allegations of plagiarism from nearly three decades ago are once again dogging a central figure in the federal government's corruption case against Alain Kaloyeros, the physics professor credited with creating the State University of New York's Polytechnic Institute.
The prosecution could rest its case as early as tomorrow morning in the federal political corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, now in its 10th week.
Brooklyn federal prosecutors yesterday slapped the disgraced former state Senate majority leader with yet another round of charges in the growing corruption case against him.
Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. (far left with son Pedro) was hit yesterday with two new charges - of making false statements - in his federal corruption case.
A federal appeals court in Manhattan agreed Thursday to postpone any retrial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges until the Supreme Court acts on a planned petition to further review his case.
Grandeau says despite the rampant corruption, all of the cases against lawmakers in recent years have stemmed from federal prosecutions, not state ethics authorities.
Lawyers for former state Senate leader Dean Skelos told a federal appeals court in Manhattan that the recent decision reversing the corruption conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has strengthened Skelos» case for same treatment.
A federal judge has officially «severed» the corruption trials against eight individuals in a case that began with an alleged bid - rigging probe of the Cuomo administration's Buffalo Billion program — setting one of the trial dates in the midst of the governor's expected re-election bid.
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.
Federal criminal case No. 18 0087 filed Thursday against Rob Walker is just the latest entry in Long Island's culture of corruption sweepstakes.
It's long been rumored, even accepted really, that Oyster Bay restaurateur Harendra Singh was cooperating with federal authorities in the corruption cases against former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver walks from federal court after being found guilty of all charges in his corruption case Friday.
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.
Singh, taking the stand for the first time as the government's star witness in its federal corruption case against Mangano, retraced the arc of his life and career to the jury in the Central Islip courtroom.
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.
The NLC's President promide the Labour will not stop its movement in ensuring that whistle blowers in corruption cases were protected in accordance with the decision of the Federal Executive Council.
Bruno since his acquittal has become a critic of the power federal prosecutors wield, especially in white collar and public corruption cases.
The use of LLC's by a real estate company Glenwood Management, and it's billionaire CEO Leonard Litwin, has factored in to high profile federal corruption cases against the two former leaders of the legislature.
The $ 7,500 per month, filtered through a secret account from a lobbyist who pleaded guilty and is the chief witness in a massive federal corruption case, helped keep «Herb,» Joseph Percoco — Cuomo's in - house confidante, enforcer and successful 2010 campaign manager — up to date with the mortgage of his $ 800,000 South Salem, N.Y. home, federal investigators say.
White Plains federal Judge Kenneth Karas got fed up with a politically connected lawyer's bid to delay the upcoming corruption trial of state Sen. Malcolm Smith over her pregnancy, suggesting in a ruling Wednesday that she lied about needing doctor - ordered bed rest when the case is scheduled to go to trial.
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In court papers filed Monday in the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood ManagemenIn court papers filed Monday in the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Managemenin the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Management.
Previous Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin remains in jail on federal corruption charges stemming from the «Corridor of Corruption» case that also landed Malcolm Smith, Jay Halloran and other major figures corruption charges stemming from the «Corridor of Corruption» case that also landed Malcolm Smith, Jay Halloran and other major figures Corruption» case that also landed Malcolm Smith, Jay Halloran and other major figures in prison.
A federal grand jury is investigating Christopher McPartland, the top corruption prosecutor in the Suffolk County district attorney's office, for possible obstruction of justice charges as an outgrowth of the case against former Suffolk police chief James Burke, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
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:
Silver, who stepped down from his longtime position as Assembly speaker in the wake of the corruption case, was indicted on federal fraud and extortion charges in February related to claims that he took more than $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks.
The case — along with the conviction of former Senate leader Dean Skelos, who is to be sentenced May 12 — was a capstone of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's crusade against Albany corruption, and prosecutors asked for more than 14 years in prison — the highest federal sentence ever for a New York legislator.
But McDonnell was actually only the latest in a series of Supreme Court cases over the last two decades that have dramatically narrowed federal corruption laws.
Singas has focused on Nassau's procurement system since last spring, when former State Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) and his son, Adam, were charged in a federal corruption case that related in part to the influencing of a Nassau County contract.
Nassau's contracting system came under scrutiny last May after then - State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged in a federal corruption case that included influencing the award of a county contract to a company that hired his son, Adam.
A federal judge in White Plains could declare a mistrial in the corruption and bribery case of Sen. Malcolm Smith today.
Former state Senate leader John Sampson became the latest politician to ask for a review of his corruption conviction based on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last week narrowing federal bribery and «honest services fraud» statutes in the case of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.
The trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, in Federal District Court in Manhattan on an eight - count indictment that includes bribery and extortion charges is scheduled to begin today — just as the unrelated corruption case against Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the State Assembly, enters its third week.
A federal judge has scheduled pre-trial dates in the corruption case of Republican Ed Mangano, the outgoing Nassau County executive.
Federal prosecutors have turned over to the defense over one million pages of documents and other materials in the government's alleged corruption case against former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has sought to distance himself from many of the nine people charged in a federal corruption case last month, saying they weren't part of his inner circle and he didn't know the details of their business relationships.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo probably wanted to tout the three years of on - time budgets, but the garish federal corruption case in the city that's infected the Senate coalition in Albany will likely have to be deal with as well.
A federal judge rejected attempts by four of the Buffalo Billion defendants to move next year's corruption trial to Buffalo, keeping the high - profile case in lower Manhattan instead.
Prospective jurors in the upcoming federal criminal trial of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Cuomo, are being asked to note any potential conflicts with dozens of individuals whose names or testimony may be part of corruption case.
Federal prosecutors, bent on telling a story of public corruption, used cherry - picked evidence, untrustworthy witnesses and innuendo to build a case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, lawyers for the men said in closing arguments yesterday.