Sentences with phrase «of bid rigging»

The Crown said the company and others were guilty of bid rigging because they agreed to share contractors to fulfil a government IT job.

TPG (along with other IT companies) was accused of bid rigging due to an agreement the consulting group made to share contractors in order to fulfil government IT jobs.

In light of the bid rigging charges in the complaint, Cuomo said changes to the SUNY's procurement process, recommended by a former prosecutor Cuomo hired to review the project, will be implemented.

«If the Comptroller had that power, he would have caught some of the bid rigging issues that were being dealt with in these contracts,» Deutsch said.»

They pointed toward the bid - rigging scandal that ensnared prominent upstate developers, the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic, and a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo on charges of bid rigging and bribery.

The allegations accuse them of bid rigging, bribery and play - to - pay schemes.

Percoco, former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and prominent upstate developers are accused of bid rigging and bribery.

One name has dominated the pursuit of corruption across New York State, including accusations of bid rigging on the SolarCity plant in Buffalo, and that name is Preet Bharara.

Louis P. Ciminelli, wearing a Park City, Utah, Harley Davidson T - shirt, jeans and flip - flops, appeared in court Thursday to face allegations of bid rigging and bribery.

Joe Percoco and prominent upstate developers face charges of bid rigging and bribery for state economic development projects.

What will happen to the complicated cases Bharara has built — especially against the eight men facing charges of bid rigging, bribery and extortion in connection with the governor's signature upstate economic development program, the Buffalo Billion?

A second trial begins in June to address allegations of bid rigging in connection with state development projects in Syracuse and Buffalo.

Alain Kaloyeros answers to state charges in Albany after being accused of bid rigging schemes.

«I welcome the grand jury's decision to re-indict Robert Wiesner on a felony charge stemming from the joint investigation my office conducted with Comptroller DiNapoli into allegations of bid rigging in Monroe County.

The defendant, from in or around March 2008 to in or around October 2013, in the County of Monroe, acting in concert with others known and unknown to the Grand Jury, knowingly and intentionally entered into and engaged in and continued to engage in a contract, agreement, arrangement, and combination in unreasonable restraint of combination and the free exercise of activity in the conduct of business, trade, and commerce, specifically, to restrain competition in the bidding process of Monroe County for the Public Safety Contract, by means of bid rigging.

The bill is being pushed after the arrests of developers and a close former aide to the governor accused of bid rigging and fraud.

One day after news broke that a grand jury is investigating allegations of bid rigging at Niagara County Community College, the college made news for a much better reason: Schools.com ranked it the second best among 39 community colleges in New York.

The AFR reports that County Care managing director Robert Hogan and former busienss development manager, Cameron Harrison, are each facing dozens of charges relating to cartel conduct, including in the form of bid rigging and price fixing.

When Sen. Malcolm Smith was arrested in an unrelated corruption case, the buzz around the Capitol was Sampson had a lot to worry about, considering Smith's possible knowledge of bidding rigging for AEG.

Not exact matches

His Buffalo Billion (as in dollars invested) project — although the subject of federal and state bid - rigging probes — is highlighted by a 1.2 - million - square - foot «gigafactory» that will be run by Elon Musk's SolarCity and fabricate up to 10,000 solar panels per day.

In 2009 she dismissed a $ 1.4 billion suit brought by developer Sheldon Solow against insurer Conseco, in which Solow accused Conseco of bid - rigging when the firm and Trump sold the GM Building to Harry Macklowe in 2003.

TSE: 2325 — Meeting Date: March 30, 2016 The directors of NJS are expected to face tough questions from their shareholders at the upcoming shareholder meeting over the arrest of six of their employees for suspicion of bid - rigging in regards to sewage related projects in Chiba - City.

While Glass Lewis, along with the Company's shareholders, will not know the extent of the bid - rigging and its effect on the Company, we anticipate that concerns will be raised regarding the Company's corporate governance structure and internal controls.

Buffett was not apologizing on behalf of actions taken by himself, but those taken by members of investment bank Salomon Brothers, a New York - based firm that had been caught rigging Treasury bids.

I was unaware until just now that Utah and Arizona were examples of graft and payola and bid rigging.

A former close aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was found guilty on three counts of federal corruption charges related to a bribery and bid rigging scheme.

One of the key players in Rochester's multi-million dollar Photonics institute, Dr. Alain Kaloyeros, was charged for extortion and bid - rigging by both the state attorney general's office and the U.S. attorney's office, raising questions about possible impact on the city's $ 600 million dollar project.

«Given the fact that the county and its taxpayers were the ultimate victims of this bid - rigging scheme, it is only right that the Monroe County Democratic Committee return the $ 5,250 of criminally implicated funds to Monroe County and its taxpayers,» he said.

Next year, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Joe Percoco, will go on trial along with the former president of SUNY Nanotech and upstate developers, who are accused of being involved in a bribery and bid - rigging scheme for economic development projects.

The latter issue is potentially a tricky one of the Assembly: Lawmakers in the wake of charges in a bid rigging and bribery case that has ensnared a former close aide to the governor, Joe Percoco, sought changes to procurement that would restore some of the power of the state comptroller, who has been at odds with Cuomo.

The push for procurement oversight reform began last year following the arrests of ex-SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and a former close aide to the governor, Joe Percoco as well as prominent upstate developers, accused of rigging bids for economic development contracts.

The changes come as lawmakers have sought to push for returning power to DiNapoli's office for procurement oversight following the arrests of prominent upstate developers, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic stemming from an alleged effort to rig state bids on lucrative economic development projects.

A former LPCiminelli executive has accepted a plea deal with the United States Attorney Southern District of New York and will serve as a cooperating witness in a trial this June connected to alleged bid - rigging for state - led development projects.

The state budget includes no significant new controls or oversight on how the Cuomo administration spends money on economic development projects, and that troubles many lawmakers after federal prosecutors accused eight men of bid - rigging schemes in earlier development projects.

The state Attorney General's Office dismissed criminal charges against Joseph Nicolla, one of Albany's most prominent developers, in exchange for Nicolla's cooperation in the bid - rigging investigation into former SUNY Polytechnic Institute President and CEO Alain Kaloyeros.

It contains no new charges or defendants, but there are changes in how the government presents its allegations of bribery and bid rigging in Buffalo and across the state.

A Buffalo business executive who is a defendant in a federal case alleging the bid - rigging of massive upstate development projects was scheduled to plead guilty this afternoon and begin cooperating with the government.

The measure was proposed in the wake of a bribery and bid rigging case that engulfed the former president of SUNY Polytechnic and an ex-aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

A federal grand jury in Manhattan Tuesday returned a 14 - count indictment of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, and seven others on corruption charges in two wide - ranging bribery schemes to rig bids and wield influence on upstate development projects.

Several former Cuomo associates, including a former top aide, face federal corruption trials on charges of bribery and bid - rigging in connection with the contracts for some of the governor's signature economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion.

The 35 - page indictment, which largely tracked a criminal complaint filed in September, accused Percoco of taking over $ 300,000 in payoffs to wield influence in Cuomo's executive chamber, while former SUNY Polytechnic Institute President Alain Kaloyeros worked to rig bids on $ 850 million in development projects in Syracuse and Buffalo.

By the end of today, the three biggest recipients of state economic development building contracts, plus the governor's Upstate nano - tech czar and SUNY Poly President, and one of the governor's closest aides will all be under federal or state indictment in a sprawling bribery and bid rigging scandal that involves close to $ 2B in state -LSB-...]

Molinaro says it would be a conflict of interest for Cuomo to interview candidates, since the Attorney General's office is investigating former Cuomo associate and former SUNY Polytechnic Institute head Alain Kaloyeros on potential bid - rigging and pay - to - play corruption charges.

Alain Kaloyeros lost his job as president of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute (and as head of the boards of the two nonprofits) after the feds charged him in a bid - rigging scheme benefiting a major Cuomo donor.

Molinaro said it would be a conflict of interest for Cuomo to interview candidates since the attorney general's office is investigating former Cuomo associate and former SUNY Polytechnic Institute head Alain Kaloyeros on potential bid - rigging and pay - to - play corruption charges.

That includes the former head of SUNY Polytechnic, Alain Kaloyeros, who is accused of bid - rigging in connection with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development program known as the Buffalo Billion.

The federal charges of bid - rigging and bribery center on Cuomo's key economic development programs, including the Buffalo Billion.

Schneiderman is focused more narrowly on possible bid - rigging and a violation of state antitrust laws in relation to a SUNY Polytechnic dorm construction project.

A cooperating witness in the case who had already pleaded guilty is lobbyist Todd Howe, who admitted orchestrating the bid - rigging of «Buffalo Billion» development initiatives in exchange for kickbacks.

The same day, Kaloyeros and Capital Region businessman Joe Nicolla of Columbia Development Cos. faced additional state charges related to alleged bid - rigging in the development of a $ 27 million SUNY Poly student housing project.