The second - ranked Republican in the New York state Senate has been convicted of lying to the FBI about arranging a high -
paying job for his son.
Federal prosecutors say they will not seek prison time for a New York state senator convicted of lying to the FBI about arranging a high -
paying job for his son because the former lawmaker is terminally ill.
WHITE PLANS, N.Y. (AP)-- A terminally ill former New York state senator will serve six months of house arrest after being convicted of lying to the FBI about arranging a high -
paying job for his son.
Not exact matches
Skelos, 69, and
son Adam, 33, were convicted of bribery, corruption and conspiracy in December 2015 after a jury found that the Long Island Republican strong - armed companies into
paying his
son more than $ 330,000
for a no - show
job.
Sen. Thomas Libous, an upstate Republican who died of cancer last year after being convicted
for lying to the FBI about whether he had used his influence to get his
son a
job, managed to
pay $ 21,295 in legal fees posthumously and has $ 184.53 remaining in his account.
Sen. Tom Libous faces one count of making a false statement to the FBI stemming from an investigation in whether he arranged
for his
son to receive a
job at a prominent Westchester COunty law firm
paid for by a lobbying organization.
Instead, Ryan filed an ethics complaint with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics pointing to testimony in a Yonkers corruption trial from disbarred attorney Anthony Mangone that alleged Libous had arranged
for his
son to receive a
job at a law firm
paid for by $ 50,000 from a lobbying organization.
According to the indictment, Skelos supposedly persuaded a New York real - estate executive to
pay commissions to Adam, helped Adam get a consulting
job for which he was unqualified at an environmental firm, used his office to help the firm get a multimillion - dollar government contract, and leaned on the pollution - control company to
pay his
son more or risk losing Skelos's support
for the contract bid.
Skelos faces federal corruption charges
for allegedly using his political power to help his
son keep various high -
paying jobs.
But while IDA board members embraced SelectOne's plan to upgrade the former F.X. Winkler &
Sons Building because it would help workers find good -
paying jobs, especially in the banking industry, they delayed consideration of the Christian Science Reading Room upgrade because of concerns over the level of returns it would generate
for its developers.
But you had to be there, and you have to know the
son of God, whose
job it was to heal the sick, so Ned, Jesus incarnate, seeing that the law officer needed Mary Jane
for his weary soul, offered the man her services, then
pays the price.
They had successfully timed the birth of their first
son, now 5,
for the beginning of summer, since Meredith's
job as a university instructor did not offer
paid maternity leave.
My extire tax returns was taking
for 2015 and all the funds went to department of education and the fact that they took over 8,000 and I lost my apartment I'm currently still homeless and I'm also divorced and lost my vehicle to theft and to get even more worse my
son was air lifted from school I had to miss work and I lost my
job behind the the issues with my
son and I don't have a good credit score because department of education and I was pressing the issues that the school was not accredited by no state and I have to
pay for a service that I can't even get a
job in the field I went to school
for.I don't know what to do honestly about the filing
for 2016 returns cause I was not offered a option to get my money back from 2015 returns cause I was really in the need
for my money I worked hard
for.
The Riham family came to Canada in October 2016 in an effort to give their two - year - old daughter and seven - year - old
son a better life, but without good
paying jobs the family couldn't afford daycare let alone save
for a home.
Because his lower -
paying job is less demanding, Rick is the primary caregiver
for their seven - year - old daughter Jenny and 16 - year - old
son Lucas (names have been changed to protect the family's privacy).