Sentences with phrase «of shady deals»

The stress of these shady deals alone isn't worth the payout.

He said that some Nigerians involved in some of the shady deals had been arrested and some were being prosecuted.

Reports of the shady deal alarmed members of Congress, who launched separate committee investigations in October.

The way that Lincoln used political maneuvering, common sense and a little bit of shady deal - making is inspiring and fills me with hope.

The good news is that no reviewers outside of Youtube seemed to receive any sort of shady deal, or at least none that I've been able to find out about, although one can not rule out the possibility that they simply weren't going to admit to it.

Not exact matches

Taking the advice and working closely with Gekko, Fox soon finds himself swept into a world of «yuppies», shady business deals, the «good life», fast money, and fast women; something which is at odds with his family including his estranged father and the blue - collared way Fox was brought up.

Invariably, when we tell the story of how the band survived 10 years in the New York and New Jersey bar scene while struggling to get a record deal, people want to hear war stories about shady club owners and how we dealt with the implied «mob scene.»

The Elliotts and Giesbrecht have not been implicated in any illegal dealing — in an interview, Robin Elliott insisted this was the only time they'd ever referred members to an investment and «obviously we're never going to do it again» — but their brand of get - rich - quick seminar has become a fertile recruitment site for investors in a growing number of shady investment schemes.

The Paris - based group, which counts Switzerland among its 35 member states, on Tuesday issued findings from a year - long review of the Alpine country that has long been associated with shady financial transactions and as a haven for clandestine deal - making.

Well after some shady business deals and busted games that stock is basically bankrupt and I lost a ton of money which I'm still trying to recover from.

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Along with the cheap fabrication of art, there was a smattering of drug use, one - night stands, shady financial deals and egos run amok by artists who would jump on stage, flip on a switch and «praise the Lord,» often giving canned speeches between songs that drove soccer moms to the merch table to pick up an album so their kids could have «positive role models.»

After LOTS of shady, criminal deals, it was done.

The 48 - year - old has something of a shady past in this aspect, and has been involved in a number of questionable activieis such as money laundering and getting involved in business deals with drug lords.

for Sanchez, playing without any long - term security might seem unnecessarily careless in light of his potential future earnings (this next contract, wherever he is, will likely be the most lucrative deal he will ever sign)... for the club, there is a delicate balance between protecting their monetary interests and not appearing shady in the process... it rarely works, especially now without 24 hr access to all things club - related

With all the recent revelations about shady deals between managers and agents let's hope this is not a contributing factor to the skewed make up of English club squads.

But the growing list of complicated plots and shady deals can be boiled down easily: Prosecutors allege that the Dixmoor Park District has served as more of a theme park for public corruption than a place for public recreation over the last five years.

Claim: The use of single - sourcing and non-transparent procurement processes for even, large, capital - intensive, complex, projects has led to billions of dollars being wasted, sometimes in shady deals that suggest corrupt motives on the part of some parties.

Former First Lady: Kennedy Agyapong goes after Lordina Mahama; accuses her of «shady» financial deals

Public affairs professionals need to learn lessons of the past and move on from shady deals in Westminster.

The probe of the controversial sale of a Lower East Side AIDS care facility has now been joined by the state attorney general's office, amid new allegations the nursing home behind the shady deal blatantly lied to the community.

The presidency, according to a high level source at the Flagstaff House, is now awaiting the outcome of separate investigations by the Bureau of National Investigation, EOCO, National Security, and the Ghana Police Service into some suspected shady deals involving Mr Boateng Aidoo and his companies to determine the way forward.

As for voters, they should reflect that such shady, unsavoury deals constructed on half - truths and exaggerations, struck far away from the public gaze, are part and parcel of coalition politics - and would be entrenched for ever in Westminster if we adopt an electoral system such as the alternative vote.

The Guardian's clear implication is that Coulson knew a great deal about the shady activities that took place within NewsCorp during his time at the News of the World.

Perhaps people mean the 1980s when Iran - Contra saw shady arms deals with Iran on side of the Atlantic, and Oregreave, Hillsborough and Westland on the other?

In a state mired with political corruption and known for its shady backdoor deals, the sudden leftward shift of one of the New York's most powerful and shameless politician hides the continuation of the business agenda that lies underneath all of Cuomo's progressive rhetoric.

The chief of staff was also allegedly involved in a deal of taking money from Jide Omokore, a shady businessman who was allegedly involved in corruption in the oil sector during the preceding administration.

The more we know about the people who are courting favor with our state representatives and employees, the less likely it is that these officials will be able to make shady deals on behalf of favored clients, friends or contributors.

The comptroller's report comes on the heels of a separate probe by the city's Department of Investigation, which concluded that top city officials knew or should have known about the shady land deal — and worked to stop it.

Sweeping the shady reality of online dating under the rug, some dating websites can leave users unaware and unprepared to deal with potential threats online.

The mysterious soul in question is that of Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz), a Polish Christian who works as a sewer worker but augments his income with shady deals and thievery.

Hemsworth hasn't officially signed on to play one of the shady characters staying at the El Royale, but he's close to finalizing a deal.

It's a moral conflict expertly conveyed by Ejiofor, who, whether delivering stern lessons to his police officer student and friend Joe (Max Martini) or dealing with a host of shady businessmen (including Mamet regulars Rickey Jay and Joe Mantegna), smartly expresses his character's staunch conviction with hints of sorrow born from the recognition that devotion to his «code of the warrior» and its rituals inevitably means pain for himself and those he cares about.

But with success comes a price — especially when dealing with not only the shady side of American law enforcement but drug lords and dictators, including the infamous Pablo Escobar.

But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a $ 300 million deal to arm the Afghan Military — a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.

In The Rum Diary, adapted from the Hunter S. Thompson novel, actor Aaron Eckhart plays Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals, determined to convert Puerto Rico into a capitalist paradise in service of wealthy Americans.

Forced into a shady drug deal by her unscrupulous boyfriend, Lucy soon finds herself in a dingy holding cell in Taipei with a dangerous and unstable new drug sewn into her stomach, forced into servitude as a drug mule by a Korean kingpin (Choi Min - sik of

The flood this time around goes back to Long and some shady development deals, and one has to wonder why God cares so much about the material possessions of a bunch of well - to - do people in a gated community when there's so much of more vitally important things going on in — well, throw a dart at a map and you'll hit something.

Believing that a stereotypical family would be less suspicious when crossing the border, he enlists the help of three others to complete his shady deal.

Turns out the development is a hazardous natural disaster waiting to happen.which was only built because of a shady land deal bartered by a crooked Congressman Long (John Goodman).

Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals, is one of a growing number of American entrepreneurs who are determined to convert Puerto Rico into a capitalist paradise in service of the wealthy.

A major lesson is being taught in War Dogs about the business of WAR and how shady deals are made on the regular.

Looking like Borat's lost wayward sister, this glum college student lives in a grey dorm on a grim campus where practically everybody seems to be dealing in contraband (cigarettes, candy, even showers) or is up to some sort of shady shenanigans.

War Dogs reminds us that shady deals aren't the work of one political party or even one administration.

From her younger persona as a sporty but self - conscious schoolgirl, through her time as part of a girl gang involved in petty theft and other forms of experimentation, right up until she gets sucked into the shady world of drug dealing, Toure's great strength in the role is an unusual kind of reserve.

His partner at the firm and assistant coach Stephen (Jeffrey Tambor) seems to be doing fine with his own clients, and his best friend since high school Terry (Bobby Cannavale) knows of some shady monetary deals that Mike wants to avoid at all costs.

But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military — a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.

The cause — the end of slavery — is unquestionably righteous; the means to that end — Lincoln covertly sending the founder of the Republican Party to test the waters of brokering a peace deal with the Confederacy and unofficially employing shady surrogates to offer patronage jobs to House Democrats simply waiting for their Congressional tenures to end — are more questionable.

Jasmine was always something of a phony, averting her eyes as corrupt deals were hatched on shady verandas in the Hamptons.

The genre elements (sex scandal / blackmail / murder / shady real estate deals) remain notional, indefinite, teetering on the verge of abstraction.