Sentences with phrase «of federal corruption investigations»

When news of federal corruption investigations in Connecticut first broke, the response was often a wink and a shrug.

During the Jurczynski years, Schenectady's police department was the target of a federal corruption investigation.

He was abruptly fired by the firm in May 2016 when news of the federal corruption investigation broke.

The company at the center of a federal corruption investigation is one of the largest Syracuse - area campaign donors to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and local politicians.

Less than two weeks later, the mayor learned of a federal corruption investigation into top Police Department officials.

Not exact matches

In May 2014, federal magistrate judge Erin Setser wrote that the investors had «sufficiently alleged that omission of the 2005 revelation of the suspected corruption and [Wal - Mart's] 2005 and 2006 investigation rendered [Wal - Mart's] statements in the Form 10 - Q materially misleading to a reasonable investor.

Not in Mexico, where neighbouring state Michoacan has become a battleground, with armed vigilantes battling the Knights Templar drug cartel and a federal investigation into the possible corruption of more than 1,200 local police officers.

There was little visible hangover from the latest developments in the federal investigation of the sport's corruption...

The Tigers are one of four programs with an assistant coach indicted by a federal grand jury on fraud, conspiracy and bribery charges stemming from the FBI's investigation into corruption across college basketball.

The Trojans are one of the four teams to have an assistant coach charged so far in the ongoing federal investigation into college basketball corruption.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has already charged several college coaches in conjunction with a corruption scheme saying that those coaches, advisors and others lied and used their stature to influence high school recruits to sign with schools.

The confluence of events that resulted in the Pac 12 producing only one squad with a résumé worthy of avoiding Dayton involves a sprawling federal investigation into corruption across the sport, a shoplifting incident in China that drew in President Trump, missed opportunities in non-conference play and a talent - stuffed preseason title contender's inability to reach its ceiling.

Attorneys for the co-founders of the Syracuse - based COR Development are urging the federal judge in their corruption case to allow evidence that defends how their clients viewed economic development projects that have come under scrutiny in the investigation.

The NYT tells the story of the 2011 bootlegging case that turned out to be the tip of a criminal scheme that within three years would be used as evidence in an unimaginably larger case, a federal corruption investigation that would ultimately reach deep into New York City's highest offices of power.

Peters, who served as de Blasio's campaign treasurer before being named investigations commissioner, has been under fire for not refusing to step aside from the sweeping federal probe that is centered on two wealthy businessmen who were large donors to de Blasio, and who ware embroiled in a gifts - for - favors corruption scandal that has already toppled a handful of top ranking NYPD officials.

But when Walker learned last year of a federal investigation into potential corruption in Nassau County government, including circumstances surrounding the payment, he spoke to the contractor several times «in an attempt to convince the contractor to conceal the existence of the $ 5,000 payment from the grand jury,» according to authorities.

As if to illustrate the findings of the State Integrity Investigation, the federal corruption trial of former state Senator Pedro Espada, Jr., continued this week, with Judge Frederic Block excoriating Espada's attorney for using questionable courtroom tactics, and with Espada characterized during trial as a «puppet master» for his alleged embezzlement of funds from the Soundview Healthcare Network.

In a statement after former Senate Leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in federal prison on May 12, Bharara said that the «most effective corruption investigations are those that are truly independent and not in danger of either interference or premature shutdown sentencing».

Such contracts to politically connected companies have been at the center of both the federal corruption conviction of former state Sen. Dean Skelos and a federal investigation into Mangano's chief deputy, Rob Walker.

But the course of the investigation changed when the Federal Police uncovered evidence of a corruption scheme inside Petrobras, involving contractors, politicians and company executives.

In recent years, the sheriff's office was involved in a federal investigation into political corruption in Suffolk that led to the conviction of Edward Walsh, the former corrections lieutenant under the outgoing sheriff, Vincent DeMarco.

The voting wrapped up a session clouded by federal investigations into corruption and the sentencing of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau County) to federal prison on bribery and extortion charges.

During a federal investigation of political - insider bribery and corruption, no Nassau official acknowledged actually reading the contract for county employee health coverage through Benefit Plan Administrators.

Newsday reported in January that Spota's top corruption prosecutor, Christopher McPartland, is under federal investigation for possible obstruction of justice involving the case of James Burke, the former Suffolk police chief and district attorney's chief investigator who pleaded guilty in February to beating up a suspect and then arranging a cover - up.

Cuomo is at the center of Albany corruption, under federal investigation for obstruction of justice, witness tampering.

It also maintains the governor is under federal investigation for witness tampering and obsctuction of justice, which isn't entirely true, though it has been speculated that those could be charges under consideration — if any charges are indeed to be brought — by US Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office is investigating the demise of Cuomo's now - defunct corruption - busing Moreland Commission.

Yet the initial surge of «Buffalo Billion» investment was clouded last year by federal indictments in a «pay - to - play» investigation led by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office had registered high - profile corruption convictions against former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Citing, among other things, an ongoing federal investigation of Pontoriero and Worth involving municipal corruption in Waterbury, Connecticut.

After a rocky summer, de Blasio's poll numbers had begun to rise, though he now faces questions about federal investigations into police corruption, his fundraising practices, and elevated lead levels in the blood of NYCHA residents.

There have been a number of charges and countercharges in the race, including the controversy over an anti corruption commission shut down by Governor Cuomo, that is now under federal investigation.

A federal grand jury is investigating Christopher McPartland, the top corruption prosecutor in the Suffolk County district attorney's office, for possible obstruction of justice charges as an outgrowth of the case against former Suffolk police chief James Burke, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

The legislature's most powerful Democrat is the target of a federal investigation into Albany corruption.

Sources said the sultry «high - end» lady of the evening who goes by the name of «Candi» was hired by Jona Rechnitz, the wealthy real estate mogul who has secretly pleaded guilty to bribing NYPD officials and is cooperating with federal investigations into police corruption and some of the mayor's fundraising activities.

NEW YORK CITY — U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said there is «insufficient evidence to prove a federal crime» in his investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to dismantle a commission investigating corruption in Albany.

State Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre), Long Island's highest - ranking legislator and majority leader of the Senate, is the focus of a federal investigation into allegations of corruption.

He's charged that Cuomo badly fumbled his handling of an anti corruption commission, - the panel is now under federal investigation, - and that the governor was too hasty in passing what Astorino says is flawed gun control legislation.

The Capitol is beset by federal investigations into corruption and bribery involving at least five lawmakers, one of whom wore an FBI wire to try to ensnare fellow legislators.

The U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in New York have been investigating Mr. Skelos and his son, Adam, as part of a wider probe into allegations of corruption in Albany.

NEW YORK — The key witness in a federal corruption investigation is a Bronx political wannabe whose dreams of political office were dashed when he lost a state assembly race to a challenger who wanted to make cupcakes the official state snack.

The targets came to light during the two - year investigation of the powerful state Assembly leader — during which federal corruption fighters found «numerous new tentacles» to pursue, sources said.

Bharara, of course, is the federal prosecutor whose corruption investigations resulted in the convictions of two of New York's most powerful politicians, ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

After «the indictment of 11 figures in a federal corruption investigation related to gambling legislation, some consider the issue dead and others know that «black eye» will be tough to overcome.»

Nassau lawmakers yesterday narrowly approved paying nearly $ 400,000 more to a company whose county contract is the focus of federal and local corruption investigations.

And the chamber spent $ 9,000 in fees for Zuckerman Spaeder, which represented the Assembly in the investigation of Silver, who was found guilty of federal corruption charges in November.

The cooperation with investigators of Rechnitz, a central figure in one of the half - dozen continuing federal corruption investigations focused on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's fund - raising, could have wide - ranging consequences for the mayor.

The two de Blasio donors at the fulcrum of a sprawling federal corruption investigation into the mayor's fund - raising activities and the actions of police commanders took pride in their connections with top NYPD officials.

«It is on record that when anti graft agencies sent invitation letters to judges suspected of corruption, they had rushed to the Federal High Court to obtain interlocutory injunctions to prevent their arrest, investigation and prosecution.

To top it off, former Assemblymember Anthony Seminario was recently sentenced to six years on federal corruption charges, and a number of legislators are under federal investigation for their relationships with nonprofits.

After the report drew the interest of Moreland Commission staff in their investigation of legislative corruption that was later picked up by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, both former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Majority Leader Dean Skelos were indicted on federal corruption charges brought by Bharara's office.

Since 2007, Spitzer and then - Comptroller Alan Hevesi resigned in disgrace, former Gov. David Paterson paid a fine to settle an ethics charge, former Republican Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno was convicted of federal corruption charges, former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. was accused in corruption charges and several other lawmakers have been charged and investigated in state and federal investigations in an unprecedented string of cases.