Sentences with phrase «more federal indictments»
After this year's roller - coaster legislative session, I would not be surprised by anything — more federal indictments, swapped and re-swapped loyalties, human sacrifice, you name it.
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On May 2, 2012, a federal indictment was issued for Meza - Flores in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia after he was charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Five Kilograms or More of Cocaine, Fifty Grams or More of Methamphetamine, One Kilogram or More of Heroin, and One Thousand Kilograms or More of Marijuana for Importation into the United States; and Use of a Firearm.
5oo, ooo priests for 1.2 billion Catholics - There is the answer to why the abusing priests were tolerated.The conclave elected exactly who they wanted to be Pope - Someone who would not rock the boat.I believe Pope Benedict was advised to retire in light of the Federal indictment pending so this would not involve a standing Pope and the possiblity of him being found guilty.I further think this new election of Pope will allow the Church to change it's stance on the very controvertial issues the Church is facing ie.female priests being one, the decisions appearing more acceptable coming from a new head as opposed to reversed stance of standing Pope.This decision to retire, in the Churchs» view I believe is damage control and not neccessarily Pope Benedict's desire.If looked at for what it is - A very slick maneuver indeed.
News that lobbyist Richard Lipsky is cooperating with federal prosecutors has some lawmakers on edge, and others predicting more indictments.
His indictment comes more than two years after he confirmed while testifying in the corruption trial of former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos that federal prosecutors were probing his role in county contracts that went to political campaign contributors.
The superseding indictment adds 21 more counts to the alleged corruption and kickback case that Eastern District federal prosecutors had already brought against Venditto, Edward Mangano and Linda Mangano.
Hopefully, there will be more indictments by Federal prosecutors that further expose a canker sore of criminality in New York politics.
Grimm, a former Marine and FBI agent, is under federal indictment, accused of evading taxes by hiding more than $ 1 million in sales and wages while running a small Manhattan restaurant.
A federal indictment handed down on Thursday alleged former state Senate Majority Leader Skelos strong - armed a medical malpractice insurance firm to provide his son, Adam, with more than $ 100,000 in payments and health benefits through a no - show job while the firm lobbied Skelos on legislative matters.
But in Brooklyn, incumbent state Sen. John Sampson, under federal indictment for allegedly embezzling more than $ 400,000 in foreclosure funds, defeated Mayor Bill de-Blasio-backed candidate Dell Smitherman.
A Buffalo native who worked as a director at QVC is accused of stealing more than $ 1 million from the company in a fraud scheme that funded his luxury lifestyle, according to an indictment unsealed earlier this month by federal prosecutors in Philadelphia.
According to a recent filing in the federal case, prosecutors have sought records from more than a dozen individuals, companies and campaign accounts that were not named in a 2016 indictment that alleged key officials and developers were involved in rigging bids for some of the state's biggest projects.
«After the November 2016 indictment of Percoco, CPV's state and federal lobbying efforts more than quadrupled,» the report found.
Former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto was hit with a superseding indictment that includes more than 20 new federal criminal charges involving securities fraud in the issuance of the town's public offering of hundreds of millions of dollars in securities between 2010 and 2016.
DEVELOPING... INDICTMENT: GRIMM HID $ 1M IN RESTAURANT SALES, WAGES... Rep. Michael Grimm, R - New York, failed to report more than $ 1 million in sales and wages at a Manhattan restaurant he once ran, using unreported cash to pay workers off the books, evade taxes, and «keep more money for himself,» according to federal prosecutors.
«Considering the amount of spare time it must take to run up a 20 - count federal indictment I don't expect that Mike Grimm would also have the time to come up with an original political attack — but I do expect more creativity from the back - bench Assembly Member,» Eric Koch, a spokesman for Ms. Mark - Viverito, told the Observer.
Congressman Michael Grimm — who is under a 20 - count federal indictment and famous for threatening on camera to throw a reporter off a balcony — cruised to re-election Tuesday night, beating Democratic challenger Domenic Recchia Jr. by 13 points at the end of race that was more of a circus.
A federal indictment filed in 2006 charges that he stole more than $ 400,000 in state money and used the funds for personal expenses, including financing his private cigar company.
The indictment offers more detail about government breaches, noting that hacks in the United States occurred in the states of Hawaii and Indiana, as well as at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Department of Labor, both in Washington, D.C..
As part of the plea agreement federal prosecutors told the court that they would drop all but one of the twenty fraud charges listed in Byrd - Bennett's indictment and that although she faced a maximum of 20 years on each of 20 fraud counts, they would recommend a prison sentence of no more than seven 7 1/2 years if she continued to «cooperate with federal investigators.»
For Jeralynn Merritt, the Drew indictment is nothing more than overreaching by the federal government.
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