Sentences with phrase «on bribery charges»

He could face up to five years in prison if convicted on the bribery charge, and up to 20 years for wire fraud.
(Disgraced Queens senator Malcolm Smith was a member of the IDC until his arrest on bribery charges last week.)
How about Rep. William Jefferson, D - La., just indicted on bribery charges after the FBI found $ 90,000 in cash in his freezer?
Since Senator Malcolm Smith and Assemblyman Eric Stevenson were arrested on bribery charges early this month, several ideas have been bounced around on how to reduce corruption in the legislature.
Tuesday's conviction of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide Joseph Percoco on bribery charges involved state business with two companies.
When a New York jury convicted ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on bribery charges last week, the biggest winner might have been Preet Bharara, even though he was nowhere near the courtroom.
A federal courthouse in lower Manhattan has removed a historical exhibit outside the courtroom where former governor's aide Joseph Percoco will be tried in January on bribery charges after complaints that it was biased against defendants.
His campaign manager from his 2010 and 2014 races, Joseph Percoco, was convicted on bribery charges last week in a federal trial.
Disgraced jail - guard union boss Norman Seabrook likened himself to Jesus and said he forgives those who abandoned him when he was nailed on bribery charges in June, according to a bizarre new video making the rounds.
In February, a White Plains federal jury took just 90 minutes to find Smith and Tabone guilty on the bribery charges.
The record — which still stands — belongs to former Assemblyman William Boyland Jr., a Democrat who received 14 years in prison following his 2015 conviction on bribery charges.
Last month, the NY Post reported a video where «Seabrook likened himself to Jesus and said he forgives those who abandoned him when he was nailed on bribery charges in June.»
There were several red flags missed by the state comptroller's office in the run - up to the indictment of a money manager, Navnoor Kang, on bribery charges involving the pension fund.
The trial on bribery charges against Kelly ended in a hung jury, but he plans to plead guilty to revised charges soon.
In the Boyland case, which ended more than two years before McDonnell was decided, the former assemblyman, who was once acquitted on bribery charges, was found to have taken bribes in exchange for securing approvals for a carnival to be held in his district and aiding a real estate venture.
After the conviction of former Bronx assemblyman Eric Stevenson on bribery charges, Bharara emphasized that the case was just one step in a larger quest.
Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto, who was indicted alongside Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano on bribery charges, is resigning at the end of the day today.
In May 2013, federal authorities arrested former New York Senate Majority Leader John Sampson (D) on bribery charges related to the probe.
The shake - up at South Korea's biggest company is designed to ease investors» concerns about a leadership vacuum following the arrest and conviction of group scion Jay Y. Lee on bribery charges earlier this year.
Speaking of Samsung, how improbable is it that the scandal - plagued company is riding high even though its de facto leader awaits a judgement on a bribery charge and its smartphone profits blew up with the batteries of its last generation of phones?
The upcoming trial would be Bruno's second on bribery charges.
While unable to comment specifically on the bribery charges Silver faces, Bruno questioned his treatment at the hands of federal prosecutors.
City housing preservation inspector cashed big paycheck despite serving time on bribery charges
The ruling comes after the conviction of Assembly Member William Boyland Jr. and Assembly Member Eric Stevenson this year on bribery charges.
Even if authorities were to investigate Markey's allegations, the statute of limitations on bribery charges would likely be a factor.
I'd have listed the late senator Guy Velella, instead of Gallagher, because he went to prison on bribery charges.
NEW YORK CITY — The arrests of state Sen. Malcolm Smith, Queens City Councilman Daniel Halloran and two GOP bosses on bribery charges has thrown a cloud over an already - weak Republican Party and the GOP candidates vying to be mayor.
«Instead of distancing themselves from Bob Menendez after his indictment on bribery charges, his Democrat colleagues have stood behind him, even accepting tainted campaign cash from the disgraced Senator,» Bob Salera, the deputy communications director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), told the Washington Free Beacon.
Complicating that effort — former Senate Leader Malcolm Smith is due to be arraigned on the bribery charges against him on Tuesday.
ALL IN THE OPEN: Brooklyn state Sen. Carl Kruger (above), moments before surrendering yesterday on bribery charges, has allegedly been shacking up with his boyfriend at this Mill Basin home.
«Nor has Barack Obama come clean on his close friendship with Tony Rezko, a felon convicted on bribery charges who subsidized the purchase of Barack Obama's home.»
Morelle, D - Rochester, told reporters at the Capitol that there is no plan to remove Silver following Silver's arrest today on bribery charges.
Disgraced Albany pol Sheldon Silver is betting that the same court that gave Virginia's former governor a pass on bribery charges will do the same for him.
Sen. Malcolm Smith leaves federal court flanked by reporters in White Plains after an arraignment hearing on bribery charges.
Prominent Calgary lawyer Kristine Robidoux, best known for her work defending corporate clients on bribery charges, has been suspended by the Law Society of Alberta and resigned from Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, in the wake of being found to have breached client confidentiality in 2008.
Robidoux, who defended Niko Resources and Griffiths Energy on bribery charges, was suspended for four months Monday by an LSA panel after she admitted she provided then - National Post columnist Don Martin (now host of CTV's Power Play), with damaging and misleading internal campaign e-mails and other information about Arthur Kent, who was running for the provincial Tories at the time.
The company had a turbulent past few months — its profits nosedive in the second quarter of 2016 and its president was recently indicted on bribery charges.
The call comes following the March conviction of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide Joseph Percoco on bribery charges that involved state business with two companies, including the power plant.
A White Plains federal jury took just 90 minutes to find the once - powerful Democrat and an accomplice, former Queens Republican Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone, guilty on the bribery charges.
Former New York state Assembly member William Boyland was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison last September after his conviction on bribery charges.
Among them is disgraced ex-Assemblyman William Boyland, a Brooklyn Democrat who actually was acquitted on bribery charges but wound up going to prison anyway after he was accused again of soliciting bribes to raise money to help pay off his legal fees from his first trial.
He helped take down fellow Bronx assemblyman Eric Stevenson on bribery charges.
A longtime town supervisor on Long Island, who was indicted alongside Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano on bribery charges, is resigning, he announced Tuesday.
Silver was arrested on bribery charges after prosecutors concluded he exploited his power to reap $ 4 million in kickbacks over a decade.
The governor's former closest aide, Joe Percoco, was convicted on bribery charges earlier this month, and several more former Cuomo associates face trial later this year.
Investigation of NY's Senate Majority Leader follows arrest of Sheldon Silver on bribery charges
The Moreland probes helped lead to the corruption convictions of both of the legislative leaders who were in power in 2013, and the conviction of the governor's former closest aide, Joe Percoco, on bribery charges.
Molinaro blasted the Democrat's leadership and what he called a «culture of corruption,» while referring to the recent conviction of Joseph Percoco, the governor's former top aide, on bribery charges.
Independent Democratic Conference Leader and Senate Co-President Jeff Klein announced this afternoon in a statement he has stripped Sen. Malcolm Smith of his various leadership posts and committee assignments as the result of his arrest on bribery charges this morning.
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