Sentences with phrase «involved bribing»

The ruling on Skilling's appeal preserved the statute but narrowed it considerably: henceforth it applies only to fraudulent schemes involving bribes or kickbacks.

In proscribing fraudulent deprivations of «the intangible right to honest services,» 1346, Congress intended to at least reach schemes involving BRIBES AND KICKBACKS (emphasis mine).

Kelly Kramer, a white - collar criminal defense attorney at the Mayer Brown firm, said the Supreme Court has scaled back the «honest services fraud» statute, as it is called, in deciding the case of former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling, limiting such prosecutions to cases involving bribes or kickbacks, rather than mere self - dealing.

How they do it is a mystery, it probably involves bribes, but it works.

The criminalization referred to in § 1346 is intended for defrauding schemes involving bribes or kickbacks,

On Monday, Channel 4 released video featuring Cambridge CEO Alexander Nix encouraging sting operations involving bribes and paid sex in an effort to swing a campaign in Sri Lanka.

Not exact matches

A similar proportion (92 per cent) feel that when Canadian companies and executives are involved in unethical or corrupt practices — such as paying bribes — they should face tough consequences.

We use color, action, typography, design, words, sounds — to surprise, cajole, titillate, bribe or bludgeon our audience into getting involved with us.

«Mormon officials bribing the Olympic committee» — just to be clear, they were not mormon leaders, but Olympic officials that may have been mormon, But if you are going to go after the mormons here, you need to go after the evangelical, catholic, muslim and other religions officials that were involved in bribery in all past Olympics as well.

Being involved in an investigation of this magnitude is obviously never a good thing for anyone — especially when we're talking about bribes being taken and arrests being made.

The Strike Force will now try to get Errico to cooperate in subsequent investigations involving jockeys he is suspected of bribing.

Diack's son involved in accepting bribes from countries like Qatar for the naming of the world champs.

Is there a candy bribe involved?

I didn't have time to read them, but I imagine there are essentially two routes to go: The die - hard - do - it - all - at - once method (involving heavy bribing)-- which is my chosen method; and the probably nicer, better mom way to do it, which is to let child direct you.

No bribing, coaxing or bartering needed — simply getting kids involved makes all the difference!

The President has deliberately refused to institute proper investigation into reports of corruption allegations involving his appointees including the grievous BOST scandal, activities at the National Communication Authority, allegations against his two deputy chiefs of staff, the cash for seat scandal, inflation of cost, breaching of procurement regulations, illegal oil deals with foreign companies, bribes taking at the Presidency, etc..

Skelos's sentencing comes just over a week after his former counterpart, ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, was sentenced to 12 years in prison in a separate case involving the Manhattan Democrat masking bribes as legal referrals.

Silver's lawyer, Michael Feldberg, in his opening statement, insisted the evidence would show that there was no corrupt agreement, quid pro quo or bribe involving his client, saying: «Everything that happened in this case was not only legal, it was designed to — and did — help people.»

The FBI was listening in as attorney Benjamin Brafman chatted with a cop - bribing Mayor Bill de Blasio donor — later telling a judge it involved potential NYPD corruption, and citing the late mob boss John Gotti as a precedent.

Stern and the undercover FBI agent led the politicians involved to believe that they were wealthy developers looking for to curry favor and would use their economic resources to help Smith bribe his way into City Hall in exchange for political favors that would pave the way for their upstate development projects.

Menendez, who just survived a federal corruption trial involving allegations he took bribes from Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgin, is among the least wealthy members of the Senate.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert continued to fight corruption charges, most notably in the trial involving the Holyland real estate development project in which Olmert faced charges that he accepted bribes from businessmen and stakeholders.

The scandal is a hit parade of corruption issues involving money, politics and bribes in exchange for public spending.

New York Senate Leader Dean Skelos has been charged with extortion, conspiring to commit fraud, and soliciting bribes in a corruption scheme also involving his son Adam Skelos — making Mr. Skelos the second of Albany's famous «three men in a room» leadership to face criminal charges from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

The government reform groups say the latest scandal involving Senator Smith's alleged bribes to GOP officials to try to obtain permission to run on the Republican Mayoral ballot once again emphasizes the need to get money out of politics.

Singh pleaded guilty to bribing de Blasio with political contributions in exchange for official favors involving his since - shuttered Water's Edge restaurant in Queens.

One involves State Senator Malcolm Smith, who is accused of trying to bribe his way onto the Republican ticket for Mayor.

«Peter Galbraith Kelly was involved in a criminal scheme to bribe one of the most powerful men in New York in exchange for favorable treatment for his energy company,» said U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman in a statement.

He also is a central figure in a case involving Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, who pleaded not guilty in October to federal charges that he got bribes and kickbacks from Singh in return for county work.

Sources and records show Rechnitz became a cooperating witness for the feds after he was snared in yet another bribery case involving Norman Seabrook, the head of the city Correction Officers union, who allegedly received $ 65,000 in bribes in exchange for funneling $ 20 million in union funds into a hedge fund operated by a friend of Rechnitz's, according to sources and court documents.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara charged Mr. Skelos with extortion, conspiring to commit fraud and soliciting bribes in a corruption scheme also involving his son Adam Skelos

Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.

Those charges stem from an alleged case involving longtime judge John Michalek, who admitted in court Wednesday to taking a bribe, allegedly from Pigeon, whom the judge had allegedly communicated with to earn a desired position.

The first corruption trial, likely to begin later this month, involves former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco and three business executives, and will focus on alleged bribes paid to Percoco in exchange for government favors.

Federal authorities have interviewed several individuals involved in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office's 2007 wiretap investigation of politically connected defense attorney Robert Macedonio and are examining whether an alleged bribe to prosecutor John Scott Prudenti went uninvestigated.

He has already pleaded guilty to eight felonies for his role in the various schemes, which prosecutors said involved the Buffalo Billion case to be heard later this year and arranging the bribes to Percoco through two of his clients: the downstate energy firm and the Syracuse development company.

Yet when pressed specifically on the interwoven nature of the defendants actions — which include $ 322,000 in alleged bribes for Percoco in exchange for helping companies with business before the state — and those of Cuomo, Bharara refused to opine on what the governor may have known or been involved in.

The Erie County district attorney's office is investigating an allegation of a bribe involving the proposed Hamburg public / private ice rink project.

Singh secretly pleaded guilty in 2016 to bribing de Blasio with campaign contributions in exchange for official favors involving his since - shuttered Water's Edge restaurant in Queens.

Much of the evidence revealed on Tuesday hinged on emails from those allegedly involved in the bribe scheme.

As new reports surfaced today against him, yet more scandal is being pinned on his News Corp. media empire, including now a bribe involving News Corp, the Chamber of Commerce and — more bribes.

Federal authorities have interviewed several individuals involved in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office's 2007 wiretap investigation of politically connected defense attorney Robert Macedonio and are examining whether an alleged bribe to prosecutor John Scott Prudenti went uninvestigated, according to a source with direct knowledge of the ongoing federal probe.

NEW YORK — The trial of former - Andrew Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco continued on Wednesday, as prosecutors alleged that one of the companies involved, Competitive Power Ventures, bribed Joseph Percoco through a $ 300,000 scheme where they educated his wife, Lisa Percoco, for what prosecutors say was very little work.

As part of his deal to testify against Mangano, Singh pleaded guilty to bribing de Blasio with campaign contributions in exchange for official favors involving a restaurant, Water's Edge, that he formerly operated in Queens.

Two COR executives, including company president Steven Aiello, face federal charges for allegedly bribing Percoco and Howe in exchange for a variety of government favors, including one involving the Film Hub.

The Journal reports that the charges include conspiracy, extortion and solicitation of bribes, and said the draft complaint against Skelos describes criminal activity involving both a real estate developer and an environmental technology company.

And there are the 2018 trials: the corruption re-trials of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos; the pay - to - play trial in June involving Buffalo Billion and other Cuomo administration economic development programs in upstate, and the recently concluded trial in which Joseph Percoco, a longtime confidante of Cuomo, was found guilty in a scheme of trading bribes for state action for those business executives giving him money.

U.S. Attorneys in Manhattan alleged that some of those favors involved Syracuse developers Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, who stood trial alongside Percoco and were accused of bribing him.

The mega scandal over allegedly steered contracts and bribes involving big players in the Cuomo administration, still in a federal prosecutor's hands, is the direct result of the protected insiders world he created.

The hotly contested trial included heavy blows to the credibility of star government witness Todd Howe, the ex-lobbyist who said he set up the bribes, and defense efforts to convince jurors that neither the energy scheme or the Syracuse payments involved a corrupt quid - pro-quo agreement.