Sentences with phrase «kickbacks silver»

Much of the $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks Silver was charged with accepting were disguised as legal and referral fees, prosecutors said.

The scheme provided SILVER with two different streams of unlawful income: (i) approximately $ 700,000 in kickbacks SILVER received by steering two real estate developers with business before the state legislature to a law firm with which he was associated, and (ii) more than $ 3 million in asbestos client referral fees SILVER received by, among other official acts, awarding $ 500,000 in state grants to a university research center of a physician who referred patients made ill by asbestos to SILVER at Weitz & Luxenberg.

Roughly $ 700,000 of the alleged $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks Silver is charged with receiving came from his arrangement with Goldberg, who gave Silver a cut of any earnings Goldberg's firm made from two real - estate companies referred to Goldberg by Silver.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately for de Blasio, Silver is embroiled in a bribery and kickback scandal as he now faces five counts of corruption and fraud.

Last month, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested on charges of bribery and kickbacks.

Silver returns to federal court tomorrow to listen as prosecutors accuse him for a second time of collecting $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks from a cancer researcher and real estate developers.

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.

Prosecutors say Silver pocketed $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks.

Approximately $ 700,000 came in «undisclosed bribes and kickbacks» from a scheme in which Mr. Silver used his influence as speaker to induce real estate developers with «business for the state» to use a real estate law firm run by an attorney who previously worked as Mr. Silver's counsel in the Assembly, and which paid Mr. Silver for the referrals.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was indicted for alleged kickbacks he received through his secret legal work.

Silver is accused of using his political position to gain over $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks and bribery payments in schemes involving cancer patients and two major real estate firms.

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.

Prosecutors said Silver used his powerful position in Albany to extract at least $ 4 million in kickbacks and 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.

The charges come just months after Mr. Bharara charged former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver with accepting what he described as kickbacks and bribes disguised as legitimate work done for law firms.

The real - estate developer got favorable treatment from Silver in Albany in exchange for steering business to Goldberg & Iryami, the law firm that gave the ex-politician kickbacks.

Silver was convicted of pocketing $ 4 million in kickbacks in a pair of schemes, including one in which he directed state grants to a Columbia University researcher who had been referring mesothelioma patients to him.

On Thursday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the corruption conviction of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — who was facing 12 years in prison after being convicted of taking $ 4 million in kickbacks.

Silver, whose conviction was overturned on appeal based on that Supreme Court ruling, stands accused — for a second time — of selling his office in exchange for $ 4 million in kickbacks that he received through two law firms with which he was affiliated.

Bharara in January made his most high - profile arrest, charging now former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver with accepting bribes and kickbacks.

Silvers lawyers two weeks ago claimed that statements Bharara made about the charges — which allege Silver lined his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000 — «caused irreparable harm by tainting» the grand jury that indicted him on Feb. 19.

Prosecutors have alleged Silver traded official favors for legal referral fees that served as kickbacks.

The new call for changes comes after Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, was convicted by a jury in federal court of taking $ 4 million in kickbacks.

The governor's speech comes shortly after Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested by federal law enforcement officials and accused of taking millions in bribes and kickbacks as part of his work with two outside law firms.

Silver returns to federal court Monday April 30, 2018, to listen as prosecutors accuse him for a second time of collecting $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks from a cancer researcher and real estate developers.

Approximately $ 700,000 came in «undisclosed bribes and kickbacks» from a scheme in which Mr. Silver used his influence as Assembly Speaker to «induce real estate developers with business before the State» to use a real estate law firm run by an attorney who previously worked as Mr. Silver's counsel in the Assembly, and which paid Mr. Silver for the referrals.

Juror Arleen Phillips was unsure if prosecutors were correct when they said ex - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver had abused his office by receiving millions of dollars in kickbacks from companies with business before the state.

After opening statements that alleged «bribes and kickbacks, illegally conducted,» prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office used Paulin's testimony to establish how the Assembly operated under then - speaker Silver.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver used his office to mask millions of dollars in «bribes and kickbacks» as legitimate outside income from two private law firms over more than a decade, according to a bombshell 35 - page criminal complaint filed by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara today.

Prosecutors accuse Silver specifically of taking millions of income from the firm, including a salary that was premised on his official position, not his legal work, along with kickbacks from an attorney - referral scheme.

Silver was sentenced last year to 12 years in prison after he was convicted of collecting $ 4 million in kickbacks from a cancer researcher and real estate developers in return for using his powerful post to help them.

NEW YORK — Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison for pocketing about $ 4 million in kickbacks from a cancer researcher and real estate developers.

DO N'T put the arm on major real estate developer Glenwood Management — in the midst of negotiations affecting the company's profits — to hire a law firm that's secretly paying you kickbacks (which is one of Bharara's charges against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver).

Silver was convicted of receiving millions in kickbacks from companies with business before the state by masking the income as money earned from legitimate employment.

The Assembly is set to elect a new speaker on Feb. 10, following Silver's arrest last week for allegedly pocketing millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks that he tried to pass off as legitimate income for legal work, according to prosecutors.

Silver is charged with subverting his employment at two private law firms to gain nearly $ 6 million dollars in kickbacks and bribes.

Jan. 22: Silver is arrested and charged on five counts of fraud and corruption in a 35 - page complaint alleging the lawmaker made millions of dollars on the side through illegal kickbacks.

Silver stands accused of raking in $ 700,000 in secret kickbacks from Goldberg & Iryami.

A lobbyist from real estate firm Glenwood Management testified Monday that Silver had personally received $ 750,000 related to real estate tax work performed by firm Goldberg & Iryami, which allegedly gave him kickback money.

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.

In her opening statement, Assistant U.S. Attorney Carrie Cohen outlined Silver's two alleged plots, frequently using the terms «bribes and kickbacks,» and «secrets and lies.»

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in July also saw his 2015 conviction on bribery and kickback charges rescinded.

Prosecutors say Silver also received $ 700,000 in kickbacks by steering real estate developers with business before the state legislature to another law firm.

The grand jury indictment said he used that position to mask bribes and kickbacks, including more than $ 3 million earned for referring asbestos sufferers to the firm from a doctor whose medical research secretly received $ 500,000 in state funds at Silver's direction, as well as other benefits.

Silver was convicted last year of corruption and bribery charges for scamming nearly $ 4 million in kickbacks by peddling his influence in the state Capitol.

Silver, a Manhattan Democrat who led the Assembly for 20 years, is accused of taking more than $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks.

Silver was convicted in 2015 of collecting $ 4 million in kickbacks from a cancer researcher and real estate developers in return for using his political influence to help them.

The charges against Mr. Silver are focused on his outside income — which U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has argued amounted to «bribes and kickbacks» disguised as legitimate earnings — and today's agreement calls for new disclosure requirements for any income in excess of $ 1,000.

Silver, who stepped down from his longtime position as Assembly speaker in the wake of the corruption case, was indicted on federal fraud and extortion charges in February related to claims that he took more than $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks.

The dozens of asbestos lawsuits were filed by Weitz & Luxenberg, where Silver was «of counsel» and received $ 5.3 million in what federal prosecutors say were kickbacks.