Sentences with phrase «of federal felonies»

The following is an abbreviated list of federal felonies with which a DC federal criminal lawyer can offer their assistance:

Monserrate was later convicted of a federal felony for misappropriating funds during his time on the New York City Council.

It is widely speculated that the councilman is eyeing a potential run for Sen. Carl Kruger's seat in the event that the scandal - scarred lawmaker cuts a deal / pleads / is found guilty of the federal felony corruption charges he faces.

More than two years later, the event is drawing new attention because it was hosted by Todd Howe, the disgraced lobbyist who pleaded guilty in September to a raft of federal felony charges for his role in alleged schemes in which clients received special government favors.

ALBANY — Dean Skelos, the former Republican leader of the State Senate whose political career ended this year when he was convicted of federal felony charges, has filed papers to collect his pension.

Additionally, if you claim it's porn, you will need to properly keep records of the names (and all former names / aliases) and dates of birth of your «actors» and «actresses», unless you want to be guilty of a federal felony.

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Shortly after being found guilty of three federal felonies, former hedge fund manager and pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli called a press conference to announce he was «delighted» with the verdict — which could send him to prison for years.

Citing anonymous government officials, the New York Times is reporting that federal prosecutors with the FBI and the Department of Justice have recommended that Petraeus be charged with a felony for providing classified information to his mistress and biographer, Paula Broadwell, who was also an Army Reserve officer.

PG&E already faces fines for its role in a fatal explosion of natural gas in San Bruno in 2010, a federal felony indictment connected to the San Bruno blast, and a federal grand jury probe into a gas explosion in Carmel earlier this year.

End Illegal Immigration Act Fully - funds the construction of a wall on our southern border with the full understanding that the country Mexico will be reimbursing the United States for the full cost of such wall; establishes a 2 - year mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for illegally re-entering the U.S. after a previous deportation, and a 5 - year mandatory minimum for illegally re-entering for those with felony convictions, multiple misdemeanor convictions or two or more prior deportations; also reforms visa rules to enhance penalties for overstaying and to ensure open jobs are offered to American workers first.

Convicted of felony re-entry and sentenced in 2011 to 46 months in federal prison, he was released in March 2015.

A school district in Virginia is being warned by a team of lawyers that the presentation of explicit sex videos to classes of 14 - year - old girls likely were felony violations of state and federal laws.

Two of JPMorgan Chase's felony counts stem from how it handled Ponzi - king Bernie Madoff's main business bank account for decades and failed to report highly suspicious activity as it is required to do under Federal law.

While most violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act's disclosure provisions are misdemeanors, a knowing and willful violation could be a felony.

Selling or buying human fetal tissue is a federal felony that is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $ 500,000.

Had Kelley been convicted of sexual assault, he would likely have been prevented from purchasing a gun because federal guidelines prohibit sales to anyone convicted of a felony punishable by more than one year in prison.

In an unusual move, federal authorities have indicted a Downstate man on felony charges of conspiracy, transporting uninspected poultry and lying to federal authorities in a 2002 food poisoning incident that sickened more than 100 children and teachers at a Joliet school.

The elder Bruno was found guilty in federal court on felony charges of theft of honest services, in a case unrelated to the Susan Bruno affair.

The 64 - year - old Leibell, of Putnam County, resigned his seat in December just before he was indicted under federal felony corruption charges.

These efforts between state and federal investigators culminated in today's jury verdict, convicting Mr. Espada of multiple felonies.

· Amend The Penal Law To Prohibit Undisclosed Self - Dealing By Public Officials: To address the Supreme Court's decision in Skilling, which severely hampered the federal government's ability to prosecute cases involving deprivation of «honest services» by public officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government employer.

Percoco may be the only former member of the Gov. Andrew Cuomo administration who is facing federal corruption charges because of his relationship with Howe, a former stalwart Albany lobbyist and Cuomo fundraiser who has pleaded guilty to eight felonies as part of the case, but he wasn't the only one who had a close and previously undisclosed relationship with him, according to Howe's testimony Monday.

New York's existing «sanctuary city» statutes forbids the NYPD and Department of Corrections from turning undocumented individuals in its custody over to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement unless those persons have been found guilty of one of 170 violent felonies — including murder, rape, terrorism, assaulting a cop and physically or sexually abusing a child.

He is now gone from our lives, his Assembly seat as vacant as his eyes, completing his shuffle from Manhattan State Supreme Court, where he began as a law secretary in 1971, to the federal courthouse on Foley Square, where 12 of his peers finally got a chance to judge seven of his felonies.

In November 2015, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was convicted of 7 felony counts of federal corruption charges in a kick - back scheme where he gave $ 500,000 in state lump sum tax dollars to a physician who would refer patients to the Speaker's law firm where he would get referral fees.

The Daily News is reporting that former FBI agent and newly re-elected Congressman Michael Grimm (R - Journo Tossing) will plead guilty to one felony count of tax evasion in federal court tomorrow.

Ippolito, who served as the town's planning and development commissioner since 2009, pleaded guilty to one felony count of income tax evasion, admitting in federal court Tuesday that he knowingly submitted a false tax return.

ESD last year tried to direct $ 15 million from the «transformative investment fund,» a $ 400 million pot created in the 2015 - 16 budget by former Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, who left office after he was convicted of several federal felonies for trading official actions for payments to his son.

Socio - political association of the Igbo, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has faulted moves by the Federal Government to revoke bail conditions of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is being prosecuted before an Abuja Federal High Court on treasonable felony charges.

Some of the money was funneled from the electric company to Howe, who a year ago pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, and helped federal prosecutors build their cases against the defendants.

Federal charges are being levied against top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco, the influential head of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, and others for a series of alleged schemes that include fraud, bid - rigging and bribery; Kaloyeros is also facing felony corruption charges from the state.

Because of a July Supreme Court ruling on the «honest services» statute (often used to prosecute allegedly corrupt politicians), former State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno's two felony convictions will likely be overturned, federal officials conceded yesterday.

«My opponent didn't have the right to vote because he lost that because of his federal conviction of a felony.

Under the liberal Democratic mayor, the city booted Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from Rikers Island and has only honored the federal agency's requests it detain a suspect if that person has committed one of 170 violent felony offenses.

The party office of any member of the Executive Committee or officer of the County Committee or any District or Divisional Committee shall become vacant upon the conviction of such person in any state or federal court of a criminal offense that constitutes (or, had such offense occurred in New York, would have constituted) a felony under the laws of the State of New York.

Kanu, alongside other IPOB members, Onwudiwe Chidiebere, Banjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi were earlier arraigned by the Federal Government on an eleven count charge bordering on terrorism, treasonable felony and illegal possession of firearms amongst others.

The news, first reported by the Daily News, comes after Mr. Grimm pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn federal court last Tuesday to a single felony count of evading taxes on a restaurant he owned before running for Congress.

Alaska (R): The conviction of Sen. Ted Stevens (R) on seven felony counts in his federal corruption trial would seem to seal the longtime incumbent's fate.

The Republican congressman from Staten Island has now pleaded guilty to a single felony count of tax fraud that could land him up to three years in the federal pen.

Kaloyeros, who is accused of illegally steering multimillion - dollar building contracts to companies he favored, was charged separately in the federal complaint and faces three felony charges in Schneiderman's case.

On - topic questions included the timing of the effectiveness of the laws signed today and when ICE will close it's office on Rikers Island, how many people currently on Rikers Island will be covered by these laws, details of Carlos Rodriguez (who was held on Rikers Island for eight months on an ICE detainer) path to this country and his thoughts during his eight month detention, what Mayor de Blasio would like to see the federal government do about immigration and what he will do absent such action, what he would tell Republicans who think his approach is a dangerous precedent, de Blasio and Melissa Mark - Viverito's positions on municipal IDs and voting rights for non-citizens, the number of people arrested on misdemeanors and then subject to ICE detainers and whether persons arrested on felony charges must first go through the justice system before being subject to an ICE detainer.

ALBANY — Federal prosecutors, citing a recent US Supreme Court decision, have conceded for the first time that last year's conviction of former state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno on two felony counts must be dismissed, The Post has learned.

David Samson, a close associate of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Port Authority chairman, pleaded guilty to a felony in connection with the federal prosecution of the intentional tie - up of traffic at the George Washington Bridge in 2013.

Sen. Joseph L. Bruno exits the James T. Foley U.S. Courthouse in Albany December 2009 after being found guilty of two felony charges brought against him in a federal corruption case.

ALBANY — Sheldon Silver, who lost his seat in the State Assembly after he was convicted of seven federal felonies on Monday, has filed paperwork to receive a state pension.

I'm reminded of the time former state senator Dick Schermerhorn, under felony federal indictment for mail fraud, money laundering and the like, lost to an unknown undertaker from Port Jervis.

Last week, federal prosecutors charged a pair of COR executives with five felonies each for their involvement in allegedly rigging state contracts.

He is scheduled to plead guilty as part of a deal with the Albany U.S. attorney to two felony federal corruption charges on May 7, a source told the Daily News.

Kevin C. Schuler, the LPCiminelli vice president charged in the politically charged Buffalo Billion bid rigging case, pleaded guilty to a pair of felony charges late Friday afternoon in federal court in Manhattan.

The Federal Government has finally asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to revoke the bail granted the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Mr. Namdi Kanu, who is being prosecuted along with others on treasonable felony charges.