Sentences with phrase «mail fraud counts»

Silver faces wire and mail fraud counts on each bribery scheme for allegedly depriving citizens of his «honest services,» an extortion count for each scheme, and a money laundering charge.

Consider the case of former Senate Republican Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who faced retrial on two honest services mail fraud counts after his initial conviction was overturned.

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The jury convicted all defendants on three counts of mail fraud, and Black nabbed an additional conviction on obstruction of justice.

A jury of seven women and five men found Silver, 74, guilty of all seven counts against him, including two counts of honest services mail fraud and money laundering.

The five - count complaint against Mr. Silver on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy, and extortion outlines two schemes Mr. Silver used to leverage his official position as the Assembly speaer to rake in cash, which he presented as legitimately earned income for representing private clients.

Silver was forced from office entirely after he was convicted of two counts each of mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion, as well as a single money - laundering charge.

The five - count complaint on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy, and extortion outlines two schemes Mr. Silver used to leverage his official position as the powerful Democratic leader of the Assembly to rake in cash, which he presented as legitimately earned income for representing private clients.

In 2009, Bruno was convicted on two counts of mail fraud for allegedly receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting fees from Jared Abbruzzese, an Albany businessman, and overpaying Abbruzzese for a horse prosecutors said was worthless.

Feb. 19: A grand jury indicts Silver on three counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion under the color of official right.

Bruno was found not guilty on five counts of mail or wire fraud, and the jury failed to reach a verdict on the final count.

A grand jury today handed up a three - count indictment against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on charges of mail and wire fraud and extortion, a month after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara shook the city's political class with a criminal complaint against the longtime Manhattan legislator.

In December 2009, a jury convicted Bruno on two felony counts of mail fraud related to payments from entrepreneur Jared Abbruzzese, who went to him for help with various business ventures.

Mr. Bharara charged Mr. Silver last month with five criminal counts, the grand jury indicted Mr. Silver on three of them, one each of mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion.

Once a highly popular political figure in his hometown, Ganim was convicted in 2003 of 16 counts of racketeering, extortion, bribery, conspiracy, mail fraud and tax evasion after a lengthy investigation by the FBI that led to the convictions of 10 other friends and colleagues of Ganim.

Bruno was indicted in January of 2009 on eight counts of wire and mail fraud under the honest services statute.

4) George Ryan, Republican of Illinois — Convicted in 2006 of 18 felony corruption counts for racketeering, mail fraud and tax fraud — largely related to selling government licenses and contracts as a public official.

Bruno, 85, is charged with two counts of «honest services» mail fraud — the same charges he was convicted of committing in his 2009 trial before Sharpe.

Silver surrendered to the FBI in Manhattan and appeared in court on the five - count complaint accusing him of mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion.

A federal grand jury handed down a new 11 - count indictment in the state Sen. Carl Kruger ongoing bribery scandal charging the defendants, including real estate developer Aaron Malinsky and lobbyist Richard Lipsky, with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.

SILVER was found guilty by a unanimous jury on November 30, 2015, of two counts of honest services wire fraud, two counts of honest services mail fraud, two counts of extortion under color of official right, and one count of engaging in illegal monetary transactions.

The disgraced ex-pol was handed two prison terms by federal Judge Valerie Caproni: 12 years for the six criminal counts against him, including mail and wire fraud and extortion, and another 10 years on a seventh count involving money - laundering.

Sources say Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office is looking at mail - fraud and conspiracy charges that could land the Bronx Democrat in prison for at least 10 years on each count.

Bruno, as you'll recall, was convicted on two counts of felony mail fraud in 2009 in connection with 11 payments he received from companies controlled by Loudonville businessman Jared Abbruzzese.

Mr. Silver was indicted last week on three counts, including mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion.

Skelos filed for his pension 11 days after a jury found him guilty of eight counts of bribery, extortion and mail fraud — felony convictions that automatically expelled him from the Senate.

Ever since a federal jury nailed him in 2003 on 16 counts of racketeering, conspiracy, extortion, mail fraud, bribery and filing false tax returns, he failed to show remorse or even acknowledge wrongdoing — until now.

Federal prosecutors charged Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. of Brooklyn with three counts of mail fraud Monday.

He was convicted on two counts of honest services mail fraud, two counts of honest services wire fraud, two counts of extortion under color of official right, and one count of monetary transactions involving crime proceeds.

Each pleaded guilty to felony counts of conspiracy and mail fraud.

In 2009, there was an apparent resolution to the Bruno prosecution when he was convicted of two counts of honest services mail fraud.

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.

The grand jury indicted Silver on three counts: one count of honest services mail fraud, one count of honest services wire fraud, and a third count of extortion.

UPDATE: As per NY1, which was in the courtroom this afternoon... Kruger pleaded guilty to four of the five counts against him, crying while he admitted to bribery and mail fraud.

The disgraced ex-pol received two prison terms: 12 years for the six criminal counts against him, including mail and wire fraud and extortion, and another 10 years on a seventh count involving money - laundering.

Mr. Boyland, 45, whose father and uncle had both held his Assembly seat before him, was convicted in March 2014 on 21 counts, including extortion, bribery and mail fraud, after a four - week trial.

A jury found J. Tyron Lewis and his son, Cameron J. Lewis, the chairman of the board and the chief executive officer, respectively, of the National School Fitness Foundation, guilty of various counts related to money laundering and wire, mail and bank fraud, court documents show.

The head of another former Milwaukee voucher school, Henry Tyler, was indicted by a federal grand jury on counts of mail fraud and money laundering.

Then Mark Thomas, Dhief Deputy and Director of Elections for the Utah Lieutenant Governor's office, joins us on the phone to talk about vote - by - mail, the importance of mailing your ballot on time to be counted, and how to protect yourself from voter fraud.

Similarly, the tobacco industry's RICO conviction for 150 counts of mail and wire fraud in a continuing «pattern of racketeering activity» with the «specific intent to defraud» is of course matter of public record (per the link posted above)... however vehemently the senior fellows of the Heartland Institute may disagree with the justice and legality of tobacco - industry RICO convictions.

Federal prosecutors previously asked St. Eve, who presided over Black's four - month trial earlier this year, to sentence the silver - haired press lord to federal prison for as long as 24 years for his July 13 convictions on three counts of mail fraud and one count of obstruction of justice.

The owner of Advanced Substance Abuse Programs was charged with numerous counts of mail fraud and making false statements to a government agency.

The 47 - year - old attorney was arrested last Thursday, arraigned by a federal magistrate earlier this week and pleaded not guilty to five counts of mail fraud and two counts of wire fraud.

DiMasi, 64, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted on each of the seven counts of mail and wire fraud and up to five years for conspiracy.

Forbes and Shelton now face six charges: conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, making a false statement in a Securities and Exchange Commission report, and two counts of mail fraud.