Sentences with phrase «obtain bribes and kickbacks»

In the criminal complaint, prosecutors outlined what they called two central schemes used by Sheldon Silver to obtain bribes and kickbacks.

In the criminal complaint filed against Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the New York State Assembly, prosecutors outlined what they called two central schemes that he used to obtain bribes and kickbacks.

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In one scheme, according to the indictment, the restaurateur allegedly paid bribes and kickbacks to Ed Mangano and Venditto in exchange tor their assistance in obtaining the Town of Oyster Bar's guarantee of four loans totaling roughly $ 20 million to two of Singh's businesses.

New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested Thursday on public corruption charges and accused of using his position as one of the most powerful men in Albany to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income.

After Andrew Cuomo unceremoniously shuttered the Commission, the subpoenas were withdrawn — until U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara's office incorporated the work into its own investigation, resulting in charges of «using the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself millions of dollars of bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income.»

One day after charging one of New York's leading lawmakers with exploiting his office to obtain millions of dollars in kickbacks and bribes, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York delivered a stinging condemnation of the culture of corruption in Albany and said the system was set up to breed misdeeds.

Silver, who ruled the Legislature with an iron fist for the past two decades, was charged with taking bribes and kickbacks, using his office to obtain nearly $ 4 million in corrupt payments from two law firms over the past 15 years.

Mangano has been accused of receiving bribes and kickbacks to help restaurateur Harendra Singh obtain guaranteed loans.

Silver, 70, was arrested and is accused of using his position to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income.

New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, 70, was arrested on public corruption charges and accused of using his position to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income.

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested last month on public corruption charges and is accused of using his position to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income.

The 35 - page criminal complaint alleges that Silver, a lawyer, used «the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself millions of dollars of bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income.»

The indictment accuses Silver with using the power and influence of his office to obtain $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks from two law firms for legal work that he never did, WCBS 880's Irene Cornell reported.

A 35 - page criminal complaint filed by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office lays out his alleged scheme where Silver «used the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income earned by Silver as a private lawyer.»

He is accused of using his position to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income.

The federal complaint against Silver accuses him of mail fraud and the federal crime of theft of honest services, saying he engaged in a scheme since 2000 to use the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself over $ 6 million, including $ 700,000 in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income he earned as a private lawyer.

Mangano has been accused of receiving bribes and kickbacks to help restaurateur Harendra Singh obtain contracts and guaranteed loans.

Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the New York Assembly, exploited his position as one of the most powerful politicians in the state to obtain millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks, federal authorities said on Thursday as they announced his arrest on a sweeping series of corruption charges.

Obtained declination of prosecution for prime contractor on construction of federal courthouses in New York and Nevada in connection with investigation of alleged bribes and kickbacks.