Sentences with phrase «prison on corruption»

Former Democratic representatives Corrine Brown (Fla.) and Chaka Fattah (Pa.) are still receiving taxpayer - funded federal pensions despite being convicted and sentenced to prison on corruption charges.

The sentencing came one week after Skelos» Democratic counterpart, former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on corruption charges.

Other bundlers include Paul Adler, a former suburban Democratic chairman who served 19 months in prison on corruption charges, and hotel magnate Sant Singh Chatwal, who avoided prison despite making illegal donations to Hillary Clinton.

After leaving office, he worked for Giuliani Partners, which funded his protection until he was sentenced to four years in prison on corruption charges.

With former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver getting 12 years in prison on a corruption conviction earlier this month and former Senator John Sampson to be sentenced next week, good - government advocates say the time for reform is now.

Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim served seven years in prison on corruption charges but he's back in Connecticut's political scene and is in the midst of a run for governor.

Last September, Finch became the first incumbent mayor in Bridgeport history to lose a mayoral primary and his loss came at the hands of Ganim, a former mayor who spent seven years in federal prison on corruption charges.

The last Republican to hold the office was Mary Moran, who won a surprising victory in 1989 and served one term before losing in 1991 to Democrat Joseph Ganim, who later went to federal prison on corruption charges.

Skelos was sentenced to five years in prison on corruption charges in May.

The mayor, who returned to office in 2015 after a seven - year stint in prison on corruption charges, has raised more than $ 600,000 for his gubernatorial effort.

Disgraced former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi is collecting a six - figure pension while he serves time in a state prison on corruption charges.

Not exact matches

A Long Island penny stockbroker who served 36 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including shoe designer Steve Madden.

Brazil's Supreme Court early on Thursday rejected former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's plea to avoid prison while he appeals a corruption conviction.

Brazilian stocks jumped on Thursday after a court ruled that former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva can be sent to prison while he appeals a corruption conviction.

One of China's elite prisons has become overcrowded with political prisoners due to President Xi Jinping's increased crackdown on corruption.

Who would have imagined that today I would be writing freely, praying freely, breathing freely, standing on free soil, while Zhou, once nicknamed China's «security tsar,» would be sentenced to life in prison for corruption by his political enemies?

Oliver takes on smaller, justice - oriented issues — corruption in scholarship programs, unfairness in immigration and racism in the prison system.

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.

Initially scheduled to report to prison on July 1, Silver's appeal has gained some ground in recent weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell that narrowed the definition of an official quid pro quo in public corruption cases.

John Sampson, the 51 - year - old former leader of the Democratic conference in the state Senate, was sentenced on Wednesday afternoon to five years in prison for his corruption conviction in 2015.

Silver was proclaiming his innocence, and the SCOTUS decision in the McDonnell case this week may ultimately prevent Silver, convicted on all seven corruption counts last year, from ever spending a day in prison.

You simply can't see it,» Judge Gary Sharpe told ex-Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno before sentencing him to two years in prison on federal corruption charges.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's retrial on corruption charges is scheduled to begin Monday in federal court in Manhattan, but his new shot at vindication is expected to be a virtual carbon copy of the 2015 version that ended in his conviction and a 12 - year prison sentence.

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Both former leaders of the legislature are awaiting prison sentences on corruption convictions involving their outside income.

Monserrate was expelled from the Senate after an assault conviction and then later served prison time on corruption charges.

Former Senate Leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay over $ 334,000 in restitution after his conviction on corruption charges.

In a statement after former Senate Leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in federal prison on May 12, Bharara said that the «most effective corruption investigations are those that are truly independent and not in danger of either interference or premature shutdown sentencing».

«It is my humble honor to stand here today as a candidate for governor, as a mayor of the largest city but also as an imperfect human being,» said Ganim, who spent seven years in prison on federal corruption charges.

Lerner said while she's disheartened that yet another legislator has been accused of corruption, she's relieved that state prosecutors under Schneiderman are taking on investigations now that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who achieved prison terms for both former legislative leaders, has been fired by President Donald Trump.

Earlier this month, Silver's lawyers argued that thanks to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell, Silver's case, too, would likely be thrown out — and he should be allowed to stay out of prison on bail while he made his appeals case.

Disgraced former state Sen. Dean Skelos will be able to stay out of prison pending an appeal of his corruption convictions, a Manhattan judge ruled on Thursday.

The voting wrapped up a session clouded by federal investigations into corruption and the sentencing of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau County) to federal prison on bribery and extortion charges.

On Thursday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the corruption conviction of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — who was facing 12 years in prison after being convicted of taking $ 4 million in kickbacks.

The speaker could be facing 100 years in prison on political corruption charges of conspiracy and bribery.

The appellate ruling is part of a multipronged court battle between Tinari forces and dissidents who say the party is still under the control of ex-Conservative chairman Edward Walsh, who is in federal prison after his conviction on corruption charges.

But, so far, there's been little focus on responding to corruption scandals that led to two legislative leaders facing long prison terms.

Previous Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin remains in jail on federal corruption charges stemming from the «Corridor of Corruption» case that also landed Malcolm Smith, Jay Halloran and other major figures corruption charges stemming from the «Corridor of Corruption» case that also landed Malcolm Smith, Jay Halloran and other major figures Corruption» case that also landed Malcolm Smith, Jay Halloran and other major figures in prison.

Dean Skelos, another former top New York legislator convicted on corruption charges, is also asking to stay out of prison on bail while he appeals, based on the same Supreme Court ruling as Silver.

Disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption Tuesday by a judge who said she hoped the idea of «living out his golden years in an orange jumpsuit» would keep other politicians on the «straight and narrow.»

Former New York Senate leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $ 800,000 in restitution and fines Thursday after his conviction on corruption charges.

The New York State Assembly and Senate have released budget positions that focus on taxes and spending policies, but very little on ethics reform, even though both former leaders of the legislature face prison sentences over corruption convictions.

«Dr. Peterside is aware that all previous heads of NIMASA ended up either in prison or being charged to court on corruption charges.

Waving his fists in the air, Ganim, whose corruption convictions sent him to prison for seven years, jumped on a table and shouted along with his political staff and loyalists.

U.S. prosecutors are recommending that former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver receive a sentence «substantially in excess» of 10 years in prison for his conviction on federal corruption charges late last year.

Although Rowland was convicted and spent 10 months in prison on a non-campaign related federal charge, public anger over political corruption in general pushed state lawmakers to pass major campaign reforms.

Former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who endured for decades as one of the most powerful figures in state government, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in federal prison after being convicted in November on multiple corruption charges.

Former New York State Senator Dean Skelos of Long Island was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison and a $ 500,000 fine over corruption charges, while serving as majority leader.

Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was convicted on multiple felony - level corruption charges in 2015.

The former - No. 2 man in the state Senate was begging a federal judge to have «mercy» and not send him to prison when he's sentenced on a corruption rap...