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Presenting herself as a legitimate — and wealthy — buyer, Carde would enter into lease - with - option - to - purchase agreements with homeowners, move in and then stop paying rent, according to an investigation by prosecutors and the state Department of Financial Institutions.
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Kate leads teams on the most high - profile and high - value matters, balancing the competing risks and demands of civil litigation and criminal investigation by prosecutors and regulators in multiple jurisdictions.
It is unclear whether it would have put to rest the mortgage investigation by prosecutors in California.
Cohen is under federal criminal investigation by prosecutors in New York.
Cuomo said Singas» probe would supersede other investigations by prosecutors in the case.
At the start of an investigation by the prosecutor, victims can lodge a civil claim that gives them standing in the case.
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«After a investigation, a charging decision is made by a career prosecutor.
Trump and Cohen had sought a delay because of a pending criminal investigation of Cohen by federal prosecutors in New York.
A spokesman for the prosecutors in the city of Brunswick (Braunschweig) told Fortune that recent disclosures suggesting that chief executive Martin Winterkorn was aware of the long - running deception of U.S. regulators already in May 2014 — over a year before the company finally admitted it to the world — weren't enough by themselves to justify opening an investigation into the former boss.
«The only way the American people can have faith in this investigation is for it to be led by a fearless, independent special prosecutor.»
Other key matters under investigation by Mueller's team, with its 17 career prosecutors, include whether Trump or any of his associates helped Russia meddle in the 2016 campaign.
Legal experts told Business Insider that the plea deal struck by Michael Flynn, the former White House national security adviser, with the special counsel Robert Mueller was most likely evidence that Flynn has damaging information to offer prosecutors on other persons of interest in the Russia investigation.
chairman of the Renova Group asset management company.Treasury said two of his associates in the company had been arrested by Russian prosecutors in a bribery investigation connected to a power generation project.
If the regulator finds potential criminal activity by either the borrowers or the banks, it could also refer the matter to prosecutors for further investigation, Alter said.
Blood - testing firm Theranos Inc confirmed on Monday it is under investigation by federal prosecutors and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The company is the subject of multiple investigations by federal agencies and state prosecutors.
The point of this — according to the federal prosecutors, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, who are not happy with Sarao — is that by placing all these fake sell orders, Sarao would artificially drive down the price of the E-mini futures.
Cohen, who is under criminal investigation by U.S. prosecutors for possible bank and wire fraud, is Trump's longtime lawyer.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan revealed in court papers Friday that Cohen, whose office and residences were raided by the FBI last week, has been under investigation for months.
He has dismissed Mr. Mueller's investigation as a «witch hunt,» but these warrants were obtained by an unrelated group of prosecutors.
Shkreli, 32, is under investigation by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, in an unrelated matter.
Mr. Cohen, now facing an investigation by federal prosecutors in New York, originally said he made the $ 130,000 payment to the porn actress, whose given name is Stephanie Clifford, from a home equity line of credit and that he was not reimbursed by the Trump Organization or campaign.
A prosecutor was quoted saying: «The firms turned up on our radar in January during our investigation of suspicious money transfers between Bitcoin exchanges that were detected during an audit by the Financial Services Commission and the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit.»
The portion of the program that likely galvanized the White House was the startling report by prosecutors that had worked under Breuer in the criminal division of the DOJ that there wasn't even a pretense of a real investigation against the major Wall Street firms: no subpoenas, no document reviews, no wiretaps.
The growing legal questions around Mr Cohen's services for Mr Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand - jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
Prosecutors have defended the search in part by saying that the investigation has shown that Cohen does not do much legal work and does not appear to have many clients.
His decision to abandon the suits in their early stages came as he faces a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in New York over his private financial and business dealings.
The growing legal questions around Cohen's services for Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
Italy's Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said an investigation would be conducted by prosecutors to determine the cause of the incident.
That investigation is being conducted by Gina Maisto Smith, a former child abuse prosecutor in Philadelphia, and a team of experts.
A statement by Naples prosecutors said some foreign clubs were also part of the investigation, but they did not identify them.
Peter Cutler, a longtime Democratic Party insider in Erie County and former Cuomo administration aide, says he has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors looking into the expanding Buffalo Billion economic development investigation, and plans to cooperate fully with the probe.
After acknowledging the economic development program is under federal investigation and possible wrongdoing revealed by the inquiry, the Cuomo administration hired a former prosecutor to review contracts related to the Buffalo Billion.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's office on Thursday reacted to the decision by federal and city prosecutors to not bring any charges in multiple investigations into fundraising and political activities.
The nudging is subtle: Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is under investigation by federal prosecutors, while the GOP's deputy majority leader, Tom Libous, is under indictment for lying to the FBI.
======================================= Probe Complicates Cuomo Endorsement Wall Street Journal — Michael Howard Saul BY MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL Andrew Cuomo defended accepting the state Independence Party's backing for governor on the grounds that it wasn't involved in a continuing criminal investigation — but a person familiar with the case said Thursday that the party remains in prosecutors» cross hairs.
By hiring Rudy Giuliani, a former prosecutor and New York City mayor, as his lawyer, Trump will presumably be getting what he wants — a trusted friend who can argue his side of the Russia investigation on TV and behind closed doors.
Faced with a sprawling investigation by the special counsel in Washington, Trump must also contend with an independent - minded office of federal prosecutors in his hometown, New York, who are investigating Cohen.
The trio gives Trump a broader legal stable as he faces the special counsel, Robert Mueller, and the threat of an investigation by Manhattan federal prosecutors into his longtime personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen.
There are multiple investigations looking into this matter: there's the House Intelligence Committee investigation, there's the Senate Intelligence Committee investigation, there's the Senate Judiciary Committee investigation, and there's the FBI investigation overseen by special prosecutor Robert Mueller.
Her statement was released shortly after Nassau County DA Madeline Singas, appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to act as special prosecutor and investigate Schneiderman, promised to leave «no stone unturned» in her investigation of the ex-AG, a two - term Democrat whose hopes for a third term disappeared as the scandal exploded.
At the time of the meeting, Cohen was under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in New York, who still are probing a $ 130,000 payment Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump.»
Federal and state prosecutors have issued multiple subpoenas in their investigation of possible «pay - to - play» by the mayor.
The charges resulted from an investigation by federal prosecutors, and FBI and IRS agents.
He is conducting his own internal investigation led by his appointee, former prosecutor Bart Schwartz.
Lerner said while she's disheartened that yet another legislator has been accused of corruption, she's relieved that state prosecutors under Schneiderman are taking on investigations now that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who achieved prison terms for both former legislative leaders, has been fired by President Donald Trump.
Virginia Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe is the subject of an ongoing investigation by the FBI and prosecutors from the Justice Department's public integrity unit.
«They are old news that's been widely reported and reviewed extensively by federal prosecutors before they closed their investigation.
Cohen is blocked from commodities trading until 2018 due to an investigation by Preet Bharara, the former US Attorney who did not make life easy for the governor during his years as a federal prosecutor.
De Blasio faced investigations into his fundraising practices by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York, but no criminal charges were filed.