Sentences with phrase «on racketeering charges»

I can just see Dick Lindzen — or for that matter, myself — in court being tried on racketeering charges for exercising our academic and political freedom.

What signal, spoken or unspoken, leads elementary school teachers to engage in «organized and systemic misconduct» bad enough to warrant a conviction on racketeering charges?

Not exact matches

A number of other prominent mob bosses with ties to the concrete industry were also convicted on federal racketeering charges.

Oregon also accuses Oracle of breach of contract, along with civil racketeering, for «failing to deliver on its obligations, overcharging for poorly trained Oracle personnel to provide incompetent work, hiding from the state the true extent of Oracle's shoddy performance, continuing to promise what it could not deliver, and willfully refusing to honor its warranty to fix its errors without charge.»

A complaint filed in the Southern District of California on Thursday charges Vincent Ramos, the founder and CEO of Canada - based Phantom, with racketeering conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs, as well as conspiracy to distribute narcotics, and aiding and abetting.

Jennifer, Renee, and Lana are the daughters of Anthony «T.G.» Graziano, the capo of the Bonanno crime family, currently serving a prison sentence on federal racketeering and extortion charges.

For his part in these and other activities McLain was convicted on the racketeering, conspiracy and extortion charges, for which he received three concurrent eight - year sentences.

Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel got a four - year sentence last week following his conviction on charges of mail fraud and racketeering: for the latter, read playing legislative footsie with state racetrack interests.

Sixteen alleged members of a Central American gang, MS - 13, were charged for a range of crimes — including murder, assault and racketeering — in connection with three brutal slayings that rocked Brentwood on Long Island last year.

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Sixteen alleged members of a Central American gang were charged Thursday for a range of crimes — including murder, assault and racketeering — in connection with three brutal slayings that rocked Brentwood on Long Island last year.

Although Siegelman is scheduled to go on trial in May on federal racketeering charges, he could well defeat Baxley in the state's June 6 primary, which would make Riley's reelection bid considerably smoother.

Ganim was mayor of Bridgeport for about 12 years before he was convicted on federal corruption charges, including racketeering and extortion.

As many as 34 state and local officials have been convicted in New York since 2002 on charges including bribery, conspiracy, falsifying records, racketeering, fraud, extortion, federal corruption and perjury, among a mix of several other felonies and misdemeanors.

State residents awoke Thursday to the almost incredible news that Joe Ganim, the former Bridgeport mayor who spent seven years in prison on federal corruption and racketeering charges, defeated incumbent Bill Finch in the city Democratic mayoral primary...

It's the real - life story of Olympic - level skier Molly Bloom (played by Jessica Chastain), who quit the sport after physical injury and then embarked on a new test of nerves, running a high - stakes poker game that eventually brought her up on mob and racketeering charges by the FBI in 2013.

Former U.S. Rep. James Traficant, seen here during a House Ethics Committee hearing in 2002, served seven years in prison on federal bribery and racketeering charges.

Meria Joel Carstarphen became superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools (APS) on the heels of a national cheating scandal in which 11 of 12 people in APS were convicted on charges including racketeering, with some serving time in prison.

The former head of the Broward Teachers Unions (BTU) in South Florida turned himself in on Monday and now faces corruption charges, including racketeering and fraud.

Most recently, a group of scientists dubbed the RICO 20 called for prosecuting on fraud and racketeering charges any companies, organizations, or scientists who publicly doubt or debate humans are causing catastrophic climate change.

Meanwhile in Boston, after decades on the FBI's «Ten Most Wanted List,» James «Whitey» Bulger Jr. was about to stand trial on 32 counts of racketeering, money laundering, extortion, weapons and murder charges.