Sentences with phrase «participating in the scheme which»

Wildstein pleaded guilty to participating in the scheme which was allegedly done out of political payback to a New Jersey mayor who declined to endorse Christie's 2013 re-election bid.

All of the vets agreed to fully participate in any scheme which might be introduced.

Not exact matches

2 A «collective investment scheme» (as defined in Schedule 1 to the SFO) generally has four elements: it must involve an arrangement in respect of property; participants do not have day - to - day control over the management of the property; the property is managed as a whole by or on behalf of the person operating the arrangements, and / or the contributions of the participants and the profits or income from which payments are made to them are pooled; and the purpose or effect of the arrangement is for participants to participate in or receive profits, income or other returns from the acquisition or management of the property.

Franchisees participated in the company's new Beef 2.0 format, which specifies color schemes, flooring and equipment for the company's new locations.

That scheme is one of two federal prosecutors say Percoco participated in between 2012 and 2016, in which he netted more than $ 300,000 from companies with business before the state in exchange for his taking «official action» on their behalf.

Some of these federal offerings which other states are taking full advantage of but which Ekiti government has so far refused to participate in include the free rice mill programme, the free school feeding programme, the cocoa plantation renewal scheme, the free tractor and land clearing programmes, the rice outgrower scheme, among others.

Silver is accused of participating in a scheme in which he used his position as speaker to secretly direct state funds to an unnamed doctor in exchange for obtaining referrals of asbestos cases from that doctor, the complaint says.

Prosecutors said they used dominatrixes to recruit patrons to participate in the mortgage scheme, which involved straw buyers who took out mortgages to «buy» property in tony Hamptons towns.

Vincent Delazzero and Ralph Petrillo, owners of two of the largest marble and stone contracting companies in the metropolitan area, plead guilty Monday in White Plains federal court to participating in a tax fraud scheme designed to evade taxes on profits made from a collusive bidding scheme in which both participated.

She gave the example of a school in Moss Side, Manchester, her constituency, which had cut a scheme involving pupils participating in Shakespeare performances at a local theatre.

One of the most energetically expanding startups in publishing, Vancouver - based Shelfie — which began life in 2013 as BitLit Media — has some 1,400 participating publishers now in its ebook bundling scheme, which uses smart phone apps (Android and iSO) to capture the interests of print - book owners and offer them ebook editions of those print books.

The Club recommends that its members who breed, participate in the Clubs «Breeder of Merit» Scheme and to make use of any future health schemes and genetic tests which may become available in the future in order to eradicate known health problems.

One advantage of the BVA / KC scheme is that over the years a huge amount of data has been collected by the Animal Health Trust (AHT) which can now be used to calculate estimated breeding values for HD in those breeds which have participated in the scheme in sufficient numbers.

Oil giants Shell and Eni knowingly participated in a vast bribery scheme for one of Africa's most valuable oil blocks which deprived Nigeria and its people of $ 1.1 billion, an exposé by Global Witness and Finance Uncovered reveals today.

The freezing orders had been obtained by the US Department of Justice as part of its prosecution of an alleged Ponzi fraud scheme called the «Vavasseur Programme», run by an American named Terry Dowdell, in which the defendants had participated.

Discussions around this issue have resulted in schemes such as PRIME — a social mobility initiative launched by 23 major law firms in September last year, which will see participating firms provide an annual number of work experience placements to eligible students that is equivalent to 50 % of their trainee intake.

However, it is less good news for tenants wishing to participate in collective enfranchisement schemes as the House of Lords has decided that «hope value» can be taken into account for non-participating tenants which will increase the premium payable, in some cases quite substantially.»

«Pyramid promotional scheme» means a plan or operation by which a person gives consideration for the opportunity to receive compensation that is derived primarily from a person's introduction of other persons to participate in the plan or operation rather than from the sale of a product by a person introduced into the plan or operation.

While the project has been supported from the outset by major insurers, there is a concern that without legislation some insurers, including smaller insurance companies and those providing defined benefit schemes (which, ostensibly, have less to gain by participating), will not provide the necessary data such that individuals can access all their pension scheme information in one place.

At the certification motion, the plaintiffs sought to certify an overall «Verbeek Class» (which would include all of Verbeek's clients who participated in the investment scheme) and two subclasses: the «Dundee Subclass» (composed of all Verbeek Class members who participated in the investment scheme while Verbeek was registered at Dundee) and the «CWT Subclass» (composed of all Verbeek class members whose shares were held by CWT).

Acknowledging that more data is required, the report concludes that, in view of the positive evaluations received to date, and the willingness of parties to participate (as demonstrated by the number of cases that were signed up initially to the scheme but which settled before trial), it would be appropriate for concurrent evidence to be included in CPR Pt 35.

According to the official, the ministry has also decided to raise the validity of the smart cards, which are required to participate in the scheme, thereby saving on its cost, which is borne by the government.

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For a group of companies participating in a loyalty scheme, I can imagine that storing the data on a blockchain on which they all have access may be useful, as the single source of truth about the order of events.

The Australian Government funds many elements of the native title system, including the «respondent funding scheme», which can provide financial assistance to certain «non-claimant» parties to participate in native title proceedings.

79 DOS 99 Matter of DOS v. Pagano - disclosure of agency relationships; failure to appear at hearing; proper business practices; unauthorized practice of law; unearned commissions; vicarious liability; fraudulent practice; jurisdiction; ex parte hearing may proceed upon proof of proper service; DOS has jurisdiction after expiration of respondents» licenses as acts of misconduct occurred and the proceedings were commenced while the respondents were licensed; licensee fails to timely provide seller client with agency disclosure form prior to entering into listing agreement and fails to timely provide agency disclosure form to buyer upon first substantive contact; broker fails to make it clear for which party he is acting; broker violates 19 NYCRR 175.24 by using exclusive right to sell listing agreement without mandatory definitions of «exclusive right to sell» and «exclusive agency»; broker breaches fiduciary duties to seller clients by misleading them as to buyer's ability to financially consummate the transaction; broker breaches his fiduciary duty to seller by referring seller to the attorney who represented the buyers when he knew or should have known such attorney could not properly protect seller's interests; improper for broker to use listing agreements providing for broker to retain one half of any deposit if forfeited by buyer as such forfeiture clause could, by its terms, allow broker to retain part of the deposit when broker did not earn a commission; broker must conduct business under name as it appears on license; broker engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in preparing contracts for purchase and sale of real estate which did not contain a clause making it subject to the approval of the parties» attorneys and were not a form recommended by a joint bar / real estate board committee; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using sales contract which purported to change the terms of the listing agreement to include a higher commission; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using contracts of sale which were unclear, ambiguous, vague and incomplete; broker failed to amend purchase agreement to reflect amendment to increase deposit amount; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in back - dating purchase agreements; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in participating in scheme to have seller hold undisclosed second mortgage and to mislead first mortgagee about the purchaser's financial ability to purchase; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness by claiming unearned commission and filing affidavit of entitlement for unearned commission; DOS fails to establish by substantial evidence that respondent acted as undisclosed dual agent; corporate broker bound by the knowledge acquired by and is responsible for acts committed by its licensees within the actual or apparent scope of their authority; corporate and individual brokers» licenses revoked, no action taken on application for renewal until proof of payment of sum of $ 2,000.00 plus interests for deposits unlawfully retained