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Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was convicted on corruption charges on Monday for taking $ 4 million in referral fees from law firms in exchange for favors.
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Ms. Cancel praised Mr. Silver, who is due for sentencing on corruption charges on April 13, after her nomination.
New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam leave Southern District Federal Court in Manhattan after his initial hearing on corruption charges on Monday, May 4, 2015.
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Speaking to Reuters just ahead of his release Saturday, Alwaleed said that there were no charges against him following his arrest as part of a nationwide crackdown on corruption last November.
And in a turn that is likely to be most significant for his campaign, in 2014 he was indicted for corruption, on charges stemming from his veto of a $ 7.5 million appropriation for a public integrity unit, seen as a bid to pressure a district attorney to step down.
Kwame Kilpatrick, who was mayor from 2002 until 2008, was convicted this week of two dozen federal charges of corruption and bribery for a scheme to collect kickbacks on city contracts for himself and associates.
Mehdi was sentenced to 10 years on corruption and security charges.
CARACAS / HOUSTON Venezuelan authorities said on Thursday they were seeking an Interpol red alert for ex-oil czar Rafael Ramirez on corruption charges, heightening tensions between the former political heavyweight and the country's socialist government.
Former Commonwealth Bank IT general manager Jon Waldron is expected to face a six week trial in 2019 on bribery and corruption charges.
BEIJING (AP)-- A top official who led China's biggest petroleum company and later was assigned to oversee state - owned companies went on trial Monday on charges of corruption and abuse of power.
As the trial of the head of one of South Korea's largest conglomerates on corruption charges got underway, the president's ousting meant she lost her immunity to prosecution over the corruption scandal that forced her from office.
Thirty seven people were arrested last week on charges of extortion, corruption, money laundering and embezzlement.
The release of the 40 - page document comes amid a large crackdown by U.S. authorities, who recently arrested several top officials from the global soccer organization on corruption charges.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide says he's being held in solitary confinement and is facing 18 new charges, including «Mofsed - e-filarz», translated as «spreading corruption on Earth» which carries a sentence of death.
CSW's Chief Executive Mervyn Thomas said: «We are deeply concerned by the new charges against Pastor Irani, especially the charge of spreading corruption on Earth, which bears unsettling similarities to the one faced by Pastor Matthias.
On January 29, authorities also arrested on «corruption» charges CCC Chairman Li Guanzhong in Pujiang County, Zhejiang, who served as senior pastor of Puyang Christian Church in JinhuOn January 29, authorities also arrested on «corruption» charges CCC Chairman Li Guanzhong in Pujiang County, Zhejiang, who served as senior pastor of Puyang Christian Church in Jinhuon «corruption» charges CCC Chairman Li Guanzhong in Pujiang County, Zhejiang, who served as senior pastor of Puyang Christian Church in Jinhua.
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.
This comes after the world of football was rocked with news that several executives of FIFA had been arrested on corruption charges (via BBC Sport)
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Louisville wasn't named explicitly or charged in the FBI's sweeping investigation on wide - spread corruption within college basketball, but it's easy to identify the Cardinals as «University - 6» in the indictment from the Department of Justice.
In the ongoing corruption scandal embroiling college basketball for months, federal prosecutors in New York added charges on Tuesday against a former Adidas rep, Jim Gatto, which allege payments to families of players at four universities.
FIFA council member Constant Omari has been arrested on corruption charges related to his role as president of the football federation of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
FIFA's attempts to rebuild its credibility received another blow when it emerged that Congolese Federation of Association Football (FECOFA) president Constant Omari has been arrested on corruption charges in Kinshasa.
FC Barcelona, Santos, Neymar and his parents will all have to stand trial on fraud and corruption charges according to Spanish magistrates.
Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric appeared as a key witness at a corruption trial on Tuesday, testifying about his financial deals with a former Dinamo Zagreb director charged with tax evasion and embezzlement.
The firm severed ties with the former assemblyman after he was arrested on corruption charges by Bharara.
Apart from the return of Avigdor Lieberman to the Foreign Ministry after his acquittal on corruption charges, the composition of the cabinet has not changed since the election, and the coalition has been very stable.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has finally arraigned immediate past governor of Benue State, Mr Gabriel Suswam, before the Federal High Court in Abuja, for allegations bothering on money laundering and corruption charges.
They gave Wall Street billions in tax breaks and their leader was convicted on federal corruption charges.»
Former Suffolk Conservative chairman Edward Walsh, recently convicted on federal corruption charges, has failed to qualify for an immediate state pension in a ruling that could cost the former corrections lieutenant thousands of dollars in lost benefits.
A former close aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was found guilty on three counts of federal corruption charges related to a bribery and bid rigging scheme.
The guilty verdict on felony corruption charges triggered his removal from office.
An upstate - downstate divide is just one of several rifts within the conference that have emerged since Speaker Sheldon Silver's arrest on federal corruption charges last week touched off a furious round of discussions — both public and private — about whether the Manhattan Democrat is too damaged to continue in his leadership role.
Silver in may was sentenced to 12 years in and prison and owes nearly $ 7 million in civil penalties stemming from his conviction late last year on corruption, fraud and self - dealing charges.
Cuomo yesterday campaigned for state Senate Democrats in competitive races on Long Island and Nassau County in particular, where Republican County Executive Ed Mangano — a onetime Cuomo ally — is facing corruption charges.
The acquittal of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman over corruption charges has had no noticeable effect on the list's support.
Disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will remain free until at least Oct. 27 as he seeks bail pending appeal of his November 2015 conviction on corruption charges.
A political operative who wore a wire to help the feds bust Assemblyman Eric Stevenson on public corruption charges admitted he turned off the device at least once to receive oral sex from a prostitute.
The longtime speaker of the Assembly, Silver was removed from the post after his arrest on corruption charges, but remained in the chamber pending the outcome of his trial.
Skelos surrendered his seat in December following his conviction on corruption charges.
He has given cash to Republicans, too, including former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, who is still fighting his conviction on federal corruption charges.
Republican former Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam are due in court this morning to be sentenced following their December convictions on corruption charges.
Democrat Lew Fidler just sent out a press release congratulating David Storobin on his victory in the special election for the 27th Senate District seat that has been vacant since Carl Kruger plead guilty to corruption charges.
Navalny has been barred from standing in the election due to a conviction on corruption charges, and because of his outstanding criminal record by Russian law this means he can not run for president.
Skelos, who was forced from office in December, is due to be sentenced on corruption charges later this month.
The Democrats went on to lose control of the chamber to the Republicans, and now they're in the crosshairs yet again after their former Finance Committee chairman, Sen. Carl Kruger, has been hit with federal corruption charges in a complaint that makes it clear he tried hard to influence key members of the conference — including «Senate Leader No. 1» — whoever that might be.
In the recording, Temer allegedly agrees to buy the silence of Eduardo Cunha, the powerful former speaker of House — now under arrest on corruption charges — who is widely believed to possess incriminating information on much of the political elite.
A jury today found ex-Queens Councilman Dan Halloran guilty on all five counts of the corruption charges he faced stemming in part from his role in a bribery scheme to sell the GOP line in the 2013 NYC mayoral primary.
(Recall that the AG's office actually doesn't have subpoena power in corruption cases until the governor specifically refers a case to his office, which is why Andrew Cuomo couldn't compel testimony in the Troopergate case, but former Chief Judge Judith Kaye — working as Cuomo's request on the ethics charges lodged against Gov. David Paterson — can do so).
The race for the seat was kicked off after former Majority Leader Dean Skelos in December was ousted from his seat after he was convicted on corruption charges.