Sentences with phrase «kickback schemes»

Sherman Oaks lender Prospect Mortgage will pay the federal government $ 3.5 million to settle charges that it operated illegal kickback schemes with real estate brokers to gain business.

As we noted before, HUD has a special unit to investigate illegal kickback schemes.

We believe that CBA's and kickback schemes together comprise far more transactions than the industry would admit.

Federal regulators probing real estate kickback schemes (click here to read).

Since September 2016, Jameson has worked at the Michigan's Department of Attorney General in the Health Care Fraud Division, where he has assisted the state of Michigan in recovering funds related to Medicaid & Medicare fraud, as well as elder abuse, Stark, and kickback schemes.

Two former film executives agree to settle lawsuit over alleged kickback schemes, The National Post

Membership in these organizations is one indication of reputability, since agents must meet competency requirements in order to join, and must abide by a code of practice that excludes some common abuses, such as referral kickback schemes.

But they shouldn't expect much leniency, says one legal expert who has paid close attention to Detroit's numerous bribery and kickback schemes over the years.

«The fact that the payments Silver allegedly received as «bribes» or «kickbacks» were funneled through entities in which he had an undisclosed interest does not transform the bribery or kickback schemes into «undisclosed conflict - of - interest» schemes,» she wrote.

At the heart of the charges are payments Percoco and his wife received while the governor's aide was on sabbatical from the state to manage Cuomo's 2014 re-election campaign, though the complaint purports that the alleged kickback schemes date back as far as 2010 — the year then - Attorney General Cuomo successfully sought the state's top office.

«The fact that the payments Silver allegedly received as «bribes» or «kickbacks» were funneled through entities in which he had an undisclosed interest does not transform the bribery or kickback schemes into «undisclosed conflict - of - interest» schemes,» the judge wrote.

Non-profits such as the Fuller Road and Fort Schuyler management corporations have emerged as a focus in U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's allegations that these groups served as vehicles for bid rigging and kickback schemes relating to large construction projects that are part of Cuomo's efforts to use the State University system as a platform for upstate economic development.

«What we have learned so far in this trial is that the Governor is unequivocally responsible for the environment that allowed his closest aide and confidante to engage in these massive bribery and kickback schemes,» said Chairman Ed Cox.

Mr. Silver is accused of two separate bribery and kickback schemes, both involving disguising the money as legitimate attorney referral fees.

Judge Valerie Caproni also ruled that Silver must pay a $ 1.75 million fine and forfeit $ 5 million, the net amount of money prosecutors said he earned through two kickback schemes.

The wells of real estate company largesse are drying up for politicians and political organizations, following corruption allegations against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver involving bribery and kickback schemes.

Prosecutors took the first full day of testimony in the corruption trial of Sheldon Silver to lay out one of two bribery and kickback schemes they allege the former Assembly speaker undertook.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison and told by a federal judge that he must give back $ 5 million that he gained from illegal kickback schemes, as well a pay another $ 1.75 million in fines.

Despite that, the judge, in addition to the prison time, ordered Silver to pay back $ 5 million he gained from illegal kickback schemes, as well as a $ 1.75 million fine.

They don't require contractors to report potential kickback schemes, and they don't have to meet certain labor and safety standards.

On Thursday, U.S. attorneys charged Valeant Pharmaceuticals exec Gary Tanner and the former CEO of the now - defunct specialty pharmacy Philidor Rx (with whom Valeant had an exclusive relationship) with running a multi-million dollar fraud and kickback scheme.

With approval rating in the low teens just five months into her second term, Rousseff's also struggling to win back the public trust amid Brazil's biggest corruption investigation, an inquiry into a massive kickback scheme at state - run oil company Petrobras.

Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase would pay $ 35.7 million for participating in a mortgage kickback scheme with a now - defunct Owings Mills - based title company under a federal consent order filed Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and...

Furthermore, the consent order explained that Prospect Mortgage had designated a specific loan officer (who worked directly out of the Keller Williams Mid-Willamette office but was paid by Prospect) to maintain the illegal kickback scheme.

Keller Williams Realty Mid-Willamette, a real estate brokerage located in Corvallis, Oregon, has been penalized and fined by a federal financial watchdog for participating in what has been called an illegal kickback scheme.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Rattner was the «senior executive» of the Securities and Exchange Commission complaint in the probe of the pension fund kickback scheme.

In what will had more grist for the mill when it comes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call for ethics reform in the state Legislature, Leibell was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme.

Former top Cuomo aide and campaign manager Joe Percoco is accused of participating in a widespread kickback scheme that allowed him to pocket $ 315,000 in bribes from two companies looking to do business with the state.

His company was a key player in an alleged kickback scheme involving former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, as well as a figure in a corruption case against former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

He has said he knew nothing about the alleged kickback scheme, and another aide testified the governor was shocked to learn of the investigation of one of his closest confidants.

The new subsidies include $ 16.5 million from a criticized $ 400 million fund created by former State Sen. Minority Leader Dean Skelos, who resigned from his post after he was arrested for a bribery and kickback scheme, Politico reported.

William Rapfogel, the now - former CEO of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty and a close friend of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, was charged in a $ 5 million, two - decade kickback scheme.

That contract was a key piece of evidence in the corruption trial, in which federal prosecutors accused Silver of orchestrating a kickback scheme with Goldberg & Iryami, Glenwood and developer Steve Witkoff.

Another kickback scheme involved patient referrals and state grants that Silver gave to the mesothelioma practice of Dr. Robert Taub.

The bottom line for some in the Assembly is that A) Silver has been in the speaker's chair for far too long and B) The alleged bribery and kickback scheme that ensnared Rapfogel, the husband of Silver aide Judy Rapfogel, entered a new phase when the scope of the scandal was revealed.

And on Friday, DiNapoli in a radio interview on WCNY suggested he would support more controls for the state's procurement process after nine people — including a former top aide to the governor — were arrested in connection to an alleged bribery and kickback scheme.

Four of the Democrats running in Long Island races — Jim Gaughran, Ryan Cronin, Adam Haber and John Brooks — released statements blasting the corruption scandal and alleged kickback scheme that has also engulfed Mangano's wife.

Herbert Friedman, the former chief financial officer for the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, was sentenced to four months in jail for his role in a massive kickback scheme.

Prosecutors in the Sheldon Silver corruption case called two key players, including an official with Glenwood Management, to the stand today to answer questions about the former Assembly speaker's alleged involvement in a real - estate kickback scheme.

Federal authorities plan to unseal charges against a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as early as Thursday in connection with an alleged bribery and kickback scheme involving the governor's signature economic - development program, according to people familiar with the matter.

NEW YORK CITY — Sheldon Silver is out as speaker of the Assembly just days after his arrest on federal corruption charges in an alleged bribery and kickback scheme.

Along with a $ 3 million kickback scheme that revolved around mesothelioma lawsuits, Silver is also accused of getting $ 700,000 through his maneuvering with Glenwood Management.

Silver received $ 700,000 in referral fees from a real estate law firm doing tax appeal work for Glenwood in an alleged kickback scheme as he directed tax breaks to Glenwood, the indictment claims.

Silver also received another $ 700,000 in referral fees from a real estate law firm in an alleged kickback scheme as he directed tax breaks to two developers, including Glenwood Management, the largest political donor in the state.

MIDTOWN — Former State Comptroller Alan Hevesi has been sentenced to one to four years in prison for his involvement in a pension fund pay - to - play kickback scheme.

Federal authorities plan to unseal charges against Joe Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as early as today in connection with an alleged bribery and kickback scheme involving the governor's signature economic - development program, according to people familiar with the matter.

Ferragamo - loving former labor boss Norman Seabrook — busted by federal authorities this month in a massive kickback scheme — boasted that he was given an American Express black card by the law firm hired to represent his jail - guard union, sources told the NY Post.

A former chief executive of the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan has been charged with receiving about $ 1.4 million in illegal payments in an extortion and kickback scheme carried out between 1996 and 2007.

In March, the scheduled trial of a former Nassau County Executive begins for an alleged kickback scheme to help a restaurant owner receive over $ 20 million in grants and loans.

The arrests come just months after Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested for an alleged kickback scheme involving real estate deals and asbestos cancer patients.