Sentences with phrase «obtaining illicit payments»

Mr. Silver, who is charged with obtaining illicit payments disguised as legitimate income from working as a lawyer, maintains his innocence and is scheduled to go on trial in November.

At Mr. Silver's trial, prosecutors said that he had obtained the illicit payments in return for official actions in two schemes.

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Mr. Silver, 71, is accused of abusing his office to obtain nearly $ 4 million in illicit payments through two law firms, while saying the income had come from bona fide legal work.

Mr. Silver was convicted on charges that he had obtained nearly $ 4 million in illicit payments in return for taking a series of official actions that benefited others.

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.