Sentences with phrase «job as a bribe»

Kelly is accused of paying Percoco's wife Lisa for a «low - show» job as a bribe for influence in state government

Not exact matches

By this logic, as one Working Families Party leader said on television recently, if Malcolm Smith had tried to bribe someone to get his kid a job, would we then pass a law to ban jobs?

The bribes included a «low - show job» for his wife, Lisa, in which she earned $ 90,000 a year, as noted in then - U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's indictment unveiled in November 2016.

Prosecutors allege Percoco got the energy company to allegedly hire his wife, Lisa Percoco, for a job as a consultant for $ 90,000 a year and that the Cor officials allegedly bribed him with $ 35,000 in payments in 2014 during a period when he stepped down for eight months from his state job to run Cuomo's re-election campaign.

Mangano and Venditto are charged with illegally helping Singh get the guarantees as well as government contracts in return for bribes and a no - show job for Mangano's wife.

And I will take a hard line, too, against any attempts to replicate the mistake of skewing the market against public sector providers, effectively bribing private companies by offering them more money to do exactly the same job as you.

He's accused of accepting more than $ 315,000 in bribes, including payments from a «low - show,» $ 7,500 - a-month job for his wife at Competitive Power Ventures, which was pursuing a plan to build a $ 900 million power plant in Orange County, as well as the New Jersey energy plant.

Restaurateur Harendra Singh and prosecutors say he hired Linda Mangano for a no - show job that paid $ 450,000 from 2010 to 2014 as a means of bribing Edward Mangano.

Prosecutors described the job as a thinly - veiled way of bribing the aide, Joseph Percoco, for the state's help with the company's plans to build the plant.

Joseph Scalice, who managed the Water's Edge, spoke to what Singh and prosecutors say is the no - show job Singh gave Linda Mangano as a means of bribing her husband.

While this might have a marginal deterrent effect and respond to populist rage, it's not a direct response to the recent problems — unregistered lobbying, bribes disguised as side jobs or tithing people looking to do business with the state.

Naturally, the word «ziti» — the euphemism borrowed from The Sopranos to describe the alleged bribes to Percoco as payments to his wife for what prosecutors say was a «low - show» job — was tossed around in court on Tuesday.

Percoco was convicted of using interstate wire communications to arrange a «low - show,» $ 90,000 - a-year job for his wife as a bribe, with the expectation that Percoco would use his influence in state government to help power plant developer Competitive Power Ventures.

Silver, charged with five federal counts of theft of honest services, mail fraud, wire fraud, and extortion for improperly using his public position to obtain nearly $ 4 million in illicit payments, and Skelos, charged with six federal counts of conspiracy, extortion, wire fraud, and soliciting bribes in connection with exploiting his public position in order to secure a lucrative no - show job for his son, have both declared their innocence, with Silver's legal team attempting to paint its client's dealing as par for the course in Albany.

Prosecutors say Singh hired Linda Mangano for a no - show job that paid her $ 450,000 between 2010 and 2014 as one of several means of bribing Edward Mangano and ensuring the county executive's help in securing two county contracts and more than $ 20 million in Oyster Bay - guaranteed loans.

Percoco served as the governor's executive secretary, he is accused of taking more than $ 600,000 in bribes from an energy company that needed state approval to build a power plant in the Hudson Valley and an upstate developer that received several state contracts, as well as getting a job at the energy company for his wife.