Sentences with phrase «of honest services fraud»

He pleaded guilty to a charge of honest services fraud.

He faces multiple counts of honest services fraud and extortion along with a money laundering charge.

Skelos, like Silver before him, had his conviction overturned due to a narrowed definition of honest services fraud, based on a Supreme Court ruling in the case of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Percoco was found guilty of honest services fraud, conspiracy to commit honest services, and solicitation of bribes and gratuities.

Silver was convicted of honest services fraud, money laundering and extortion.

Ex-Senate boss Joe Bruno, a former GOP kingmaker who is appealing his conviction of honest services fraud, pockets $ 96,085.

Asked for comment, Percoco's attorney Barry Bohrer responded with a string of Thanksgiving puns and an allusion to the Supreme Court's Skilling v. United States decision, which substantially narrowed the scope of honest services fraud statutes like the one Bharara hopes to convict his client on.

Paul DerOhannesian, a defense lawyer based in Albany, said the focus of honest services fraud is on the fraudulent and deceptive conduct of the public official who abuses a position of trust, and the government is not required to link any particular payment to a specific act on the part of the public official.

Mei pleaded guilty to a charge of honest services fraud for receiving bribes and kickbacks between 2011 and 2015 for helping secure a town loan guarantee for Singh.

Silver was convicted in November on all seven counts of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering that he faced over five weeks of trial last fall.

In an interview, Kaminsky said it was up to Congress to tighten up the definition of honest services fraud or empower local district attorneys to take on corruption cases.

Those were the two narratives presented to jurors today in the Manhattan federal courthouse where Mr. Silver, still an assemblyman and once among the three most powerful men in the state, is standing trial on charges of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering for allegedly taking more than $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks.

According to documents unsealed recently, Frederick Mei, who resigned as a deputy Oyster Bay Town attorney on Aug. 31, 2015, secretly pleaded guilty to a charge of honest services fraud.

The charges of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering stemmed from schemes by which he obtained nearly $ 4 million in exchange for using his position to help benefit a cancer researcher and two real estate developers.

Sheldon Silver was convicted last week on all seven counts of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering that he faced over five weeks of trail in Federal District Court in Lower Mnahattan — becoming the latest New York politician convicted in a corruption scandal tied to real estate interests.

(Video by Alistair Gardiner) Sheldon Silver's conviction this week — on seven counts of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering — drew an...

Bharara said «a lot of people» do not agree with the Supreme Court decision that narrowed the definition of honest services fraud that resulted in the convictions being overturned.

Sheldon Silver, the longtime Assembly speaker, was convicted Nov. 30 on seven counts of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering.

Silver, 71, was convicted on all seven counts of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering that he faced over five weeks of trial in Federal District Court in Lower Manhattan.

Both Menendez and Melgen face charges of honest services fraud, which carries a maximum 20 - year prison sentence, among other charges.

Sheldon Silver's retrial on charges of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering started this week.

He was convicted on Nov. 30, 2015, of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering, in one of the two most prominent corruption trials in New York City in years.

Both Mr. Seabrook and Mr. Huberfeld, an associate at the hedge fund, Platinum Partners, have been charged with one count of honest services fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud.

Sheldon Silver's conviction this week — on seven counts of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering — drew an end to one of the most storied careers in New York politics.

He faces a 12 - year sentence for his convictions on charges of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering.