Sentences with phrase «of criminal enterprise in»

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Media Piracy has become a global criminal enterprise with the help of millions of people who don't see the harm in downloading their entertainment and not paying for it.

In Colorado, CEO Andy Williams said the announcement that he's open to prosecution could turn years of work and millions of dollars of investment in his store Medicine Man Denver into a criminal enterprisIn Colorado, CEO Andy Williams said the announcement that he's open to prosecution could turn years of work and millions of dollars of investment in his store Medicine Man Denver into a criminal enterprisin his store Medicine Man Denver into a criminal enterprise.

This attack fits the recent trend of criminal enterprises leveraging these now freely available capabilities with the M.O. of hacking and selling stolen information or launching ransomware attacks, a booming business for the attackers (ransomware alone took in an estimated $ 1 billion last year).

He is a Certified Specialist both in Taxation Law and in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law (The State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization) admitted to practice law in California, Hawai'i and Arizona (inactive), specializing in Federal and state civil tax and criminal tax controversy matters and tax litigation, including tax - related examinations and investigations for individuals, business enterprises, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations.

Benedict headed up a continuing criminal enterprise engaged in the concealment and encouragement of child molestation - period.

The suit alleges that the law gives the Ugandans standing to sue Lively for his activities, which had a crucial nexus in the U.S. and therefore come under federal courts» jurisdiction; it also charges that Lively not only advocated bad ideas in an abstract context but helped various Ugandans conceive and manage a campaign of persecution, thus involving himself in a joint criminal enterprise.

Human trafficking is tied with arms dealing as the second - largest criminal enterprise in the world, after drug dealing, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

It was the moment of the session as he muttered: «Mr Murdoch, you must be the first mafia boss in history who didn't know he was running a criminal enterprise.»

«If the Governor doesn't return the money and all of the money he raked in from the individuals at the heart of this criminal enterprise, he is just as tainted and just as complicit as they are.

«Today was the first step in bringing Cuomo's criminal allies to justice and exposing the criminal enterprise that was run out of Governor Cuomo's office,» said U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney, R - New Hartford.

Conspiracy charges are not proffered in the absence of evidence: they describe massive criminal enterprises with overwhelming evidence of mutual involvement.

Tara Lenich, 41, a veteran of the Brooklyn District Attorney's office and former deputy chief of the Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau, faces up to 10 years in prison.

«With the obvious decision of the House not to roughen the feather in their criminal enterprise, we hereby call on members of the civil society organizations to commence the demand for holistic reform in the management of the National Assembly funds», the statement said.

Following a Newsday story last week that detailed how the district attorney's office failed to prosecute apparent public corruption, drug activity and an armed robbery during an extensive wiretap investigation into Macedonio, County Executive Steve Bellone in a news conference accused Spota of leading a «criminal enterprise» and demanded that he step down or be removed from office.

«New York, the financial capital of the world, is leading the nation in taking decisive action to protect consumers and our financial system from serious economic harm that is often perpetrated by state - sponsored organizations, global terrorist networks and other criminal enterprises,» Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday.

DNAinfo New York reported last week that the federal probe is now eyeing the mayor's entire fundraising apparatus as a potential criminal enterprise — with many of the same advisers, campaign officials or lobbyists acting in a «conspiracy» to circumvent election laws.

She is part of the biggest criminal enterprise in U.S. history.

The «nature and circumstances of the crimes charged are shocking and appalling as the defendants... are alleged to have grossly and outrageously violated their positions of trust and operated in a manner more akin to criminal enterprise than a district attorney's office,» the letter said.

I use the term «thriller» in the generic sense, as this plays out more like a Jean - Pierre Melville portrait of isolated underworld professionals, freelancers in the international network of criminal enterprise.

In Drive, the accomplished auteur reaffirms his mastery of criminal enterprise, in a nuanced neo-noir homage to his genre inspirationIn Drive, the accomplished auteur reaffirms his mastery of criminal enterprise, in a nuanced neo-noir homage to his genre inspirationin a nuanced neo-noir homage to his genre inspirations.

Bulger didn't murder 11 people and run the lion's share of Boston's criminal enterprises without help, after all: He had a hand from John Connolly, the overeager and appallingly unscrupulous FBI special agent who brought Bulger on as an agency informant and in doing so gave him the power to carry out his vicious business with impunity.

Leone's ambitious adaptation of Harry Grey's novel «The Hoods» stars Robert De Niro and James Woods as longtime friends who experience shifting fortunes in their criminal enterprises between the 1920s and the»60s.

Straight Outta Compton co-writer Andrea Berloff is making her directorial debut on the film, which is set in Hell's Kitchen, New York, in the 1970s and follows the wives of Irish mobsters who end up taking over the criminal enterprise after their husbands are arrested and jailed.

Via Deadline, Andrea Berloff is making her directorial debut on the film, which is set in Hell's Kitchen, New York, in the 1970s and follows the wives of Irish mobsters who end up taking over the criminal enterprise after their husbands are arrested and jailed.

Mother took over leadership of the family criminal enterprise after her husband was killed some time in the past, and she certainly strikes fear into the hearts of her minions, though not much loyalty in her gang; under trial, the lower - level criminals give up their bosses, and so on and so forth, until the trail leads back to Mother, who is left alone.

Synopsis: Based on the true story of a group of bodybuilders who get caught up in a criminal enterprise, including kidnapping, extortion and murder, in Florida.

Two of the strongest points in the book have to be the depiction of the savant mastery of criminal enterprise that is the Kingpin, and the tough as nails tactical grand master and ultra spy that is Nick Fury.

This new edition of the game is available now and bundles the base game with the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack, which includes GTA$ 10 million worth of in - game items.

While Rockstar Games have offered an olive branch to newcomers or those in the back of the classroom by way of the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack for $ 39.99, the motivation to really dive into Grand Theft Auto Online has been minimal for a lot of people.

In addition, purchasers receive the criminal enterprise startup pack, which provides access to a huge range of content including properties, vehicles, weapons and more.

Seriously, this group has either got to be outright stupid, or active participants in an on - going criminal enterprise intended to not only defraud the planet, but to also pull the wool over peoples eyes by diversion of reality.

Ayers is recorded in the summary as saying, «the RICO statute requires that a claimant establish the existence of a «criminal enterprise,» and at least two acts of racketeering (with at least one having occurred within the past four years).»

In terms of joint enterprise, this was summed up by Elias LJ as being that, «where a character of the joint criminal enterprise is such that it is foreseeable that a party or parties may be subject to unusual or increased risks of harm as a consequence... and the risk materialises, the injury can properly be said to be caused by the criminal act of the claimant even if it results from the negligent or intentional act of another party».

Altaf Nazerali, the plaintiff in Supreme Court of British Columbia decision Nazerali v. Mitchell, discovered a number of articles about him on a website, Deep Capture, including allegations of arms trading, ties to the Iranian regime, and that he was part of a criminal enterprise with ties to the Italian and Russian mafias and Colombian drug cartels.

In relation to the criminal cartel offence under the Enterprise Act 2002 (EnA 2002), the government set out four options for reform, all of which included the removal of the dishonesty requirement from the offence in order to make it easier to prove in courIn relation to the criminal cartel offence under the Enterprise Act 2002 (EnA 2002), the government set out four options for reform, all of which included the removal of the dishonesty requirement from the offence in order to make it easier to prove in courin order to make it easier to prove in courin court.

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

Participation in a cartel in the UK can also constitute a criminal offence under Section 188 of the Enterprise Act 2002.

Represented a regional construction firm and its owner in a five - year federal grand jury investigation of minority business enterprise fraud, persuading federal prosecutors not to pursue criminal charges or seek civil remedies against the firm or any of its employees.

Nick's areas of interest include Criminal Law, Social Enterprise and Start - up Law, Ethics and Innovation in the Legal Profession.

The introduction of wide reaching legislation in the UK (including, the Enterprise Act 2002, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Serious Organised Crime Act 2005, Fraud Act 2006, Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, Bribery Act 2010 and the Criminal Finances Act 2017) as well as the increasingly global and aggressive approach taken by the regulatory authorities both in the UK and abroad, highlight the need for businesses, their officers and employees to be able to navigate their way effectively through the regulatory minefield facing them in their day - to - day operations.

Joined by lawyers tired of competitors who illegally solicit business following accidents, prosecutors are cracking down on a lesser - known, multimillion - dollar criminal enterprise in Texas: barratry.

To be certain, as he attempted to engage in a criminal enterprise, his crimes are deserving of denunciation and deterrence.

For a long time, there has been a misconception that digital currency is mainly used by thugs and rogue states, which has caused some people to shun crypto, out of fear of being entangled in a criminal enterprise.

«It should be no surprise that cryptocurrencies, as an emerging asset class, are becoming a target of interest by a regime that operates in many ways like a criminal enterprise,» McNamara wrote in the report.

Consequently, it should be no surprise that cryptocurrencies, as an emerging asset class, are becoming a target of interest by a regime that operates in many ways like a criminal enterprise.

Called Further Adventures in Finance and Felony, the game enables players to become the CEO of their very own criminal enterprise.

During his trial, the prosecution alleged that Huang used his position in real estate to aid the establishment of a criminal enterprise.