Sentences with phrase «investigation from federal prosecutors»

The statement comes as Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is facing an investigation from federal prosecutors over potentially placing undue influence on an Arizona company that employed his son Adam.

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On Wednesday, the U.S. federal prosecutors have filed civil lawsuits seeking to seize assets worth more than $ 1 billion, allegedly stolen from Malaysian state fund 1MDB, which has been under investigation for more than a year.

In yet another twist to the case, in early November of 2014, The Miami Herald reported that Rodriguez had actually admitted to federal agents that he had used performance - enhancing drugs from 2010 - 12, after being granted immunity from prosecutors during a drug investigation.

Earlier, he had denied wrongdoing in a post on InvestorsHub after Retrophin disclosed it had received a subpoena from federal prosecutors and the preliminary findings from its own investigation of Shkreli.

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.

Bharara, constrained from endorsements and opining as a federal prosecutor, has let his hair down on Twitter in recent weeks since he was fired President Donald Trump, posting pointed thoughts on issues ranging from the investigation into Russian meddling in the election to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the MTA.

In a concession to conservatives clamoring for new investigations into Clinton's emails and the Justice Department's actions in the Russia investigation, Attorney General Jeff Sessions named a federal prosecutor from Utah to head the review.

De Blasio has angered Republicans in the Senate with his past support for a Democratic - led chamber and actively worked to flip control, which ultimately led to an investigation from federal and city prosecutors without charges.

The charges resulted from an investigation by federal prosecutors, and FBI and IRS agents.

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.

Ulrich did not provide details of what he will be announcing, but stressed that the timing of the announcement was not related to Thursday's announcement from state and federal prosecutors who said they would not pursue charges against de Blasio or his aides following a months long investigation into the mayor's fundraising practices.

The poll comes weeks after federal prosecutors launched an investigation into Cuomo's decision to shut down an anti-corruption panel — a move that critics say was designed to prevent the panel from scrutinizing his administration.

In New York City, without a public schedule, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, whose administration was hit with a subpoena last week on the Buffalo Billion investigation from the same federal prosecutor who got the Silver conviction, issued a brief written statement saying that the Silver sentence sends «a simple message that officials who abuse the public's trust will be held accountable.»

Negotiations for the interview with Mueller took a hit when federal prosecutors in Manhattan, reportedly on a tip from the Russia investigation, raided the office of his personal lawyer Michael Cohen last month.

While the full scope of the new probe is unclear at this early stage, sources say that one of the focuses of FBI and federal prosecutors has been the central issue in the recently concluded SEEC investigation: the Democrats» 2014 spending on behalf of Malloy from a federally regulated campaign account fed by heavy contributions from state contractors.

BREAKING... FEDS CLOSE TO GRIMM CHARGES: Federal prosecutors are preparing criminal charges against two - term New York GOP Rep. Michael Grimm, capping a two - year FBI investigation that ranges from his business dealings to his first campaign for Congress in 2010, U.S. officials briefed on the matter said.

Information from witnesses and other state legislators who were under investigation sparked the initial federal investigation, prosecutors said.

(CNN)- Federal prosecutors are preparing criminal charges against Rep. Michael Grimm, capping a two - year FBI investigation that ranges from his business dealings to his first campaign for Congress in 2010, U.S. officials briefed on the matter said.

As Kim noted in his statement, federal prosecutors «conducted a thorough investigation into several circumstances in which Mayor de Blasio and others acting on his behalf solicited donations from individuals who sought official favors from the City, after which the Mayor made or directed inquiries to relevant City agencies on behalf of those donors.»

The NYT adds: «Mr. Kruger had been under investigation by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn who were looking into accusations that he had helped businessmen surmount bureaucratic hurdles in exchange for assistance raising campaign money, but the charges stemmed from an investigation by Manhattan federal prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Iinvestigation by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn who were looking into accusations that he had helped businessmen surmount bureaucratic hurdles in exchange for assistance raising campaign money, but the charges stemmed from an investigation by Manhattan federal prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Investifederal prosecutors in Brooklyn who were looking into accusations that he had helped businessmen surmount bureaucratic hurdles in exchange for assistance raising campaign money, but the charges stemmed from an investigation by Manhattan federal prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Iinvestigation by Manhattan federal prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Investifederal prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of InvestiFederal Bureau of InvestigationInvestigation.

In court papers filed last week, federal prosecutors say Suffolk District Attorney Tom Spota repeatedly protected Walsh from several investigations by County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco, a former protégé of Walsh's.

It is one key change in guidelines stemming from controversial federal investigations that resulted in efforts by prosecutors to obtain journalist records about reporting on national security issues.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are currently looking at whether Mr. Percoco and his wife failed to properly disclose thousands of dollars in income they had received from entities doing business with the state, according to people briefed on the matter.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are looking into whether the former senior aide, Joseph Percoco, and his wife failed to properly disclose thousands of dollars in income they had received from a company or companies doing business with the state, two of the people briefed on the matter said.

(07/12/2009) A Brazilian federal prosecutor is leading an investigation into charges that illegal timber from the state of Pará is being laundered as «eco-certified» wood and exported to markets in the United States, Europe, and Asia, reports Sunday's edition of O Globo.

Mongabay is reporting that a Brazilian federal prosecutor has launched an investigation into companies illegal harvesting wood from protected areas in the state and then passing it off as eco-certified in US, EU, and Asian markets: Though right now no specific firms have been named (at least not in this English - language source, any Portuguese speaking TreeHugger readers care to help out?)

Mukasey noted that the Eastern District of Virginia has jurisdiction in the matter, but because U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg has recused himself, a federal prosecutor from Connecticut will oversee the FBI's investigation instead.

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Boston government investigations and white collar defense partner Brian Kelly is quoted in this article about a recent federal court case that convicted a man of extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion, where the prosecutors presented expert testimony from a Mafia expert.