Sentences with phrase «probes after the commission»

Bharara picked up the probes after the commission was abruptly shut down in April 2014 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

A member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Moreland Commission, formed in July 2014 to investigate public corruption, Soares failed to follow up with his own corruption probes after the commission was disbanded — even though he had clear jurisdiction as Albany DA.

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Kushner also learned the hard way what investigators can do — in 2004, Kushner pleaded guilty to witness retaliation, tax violations, and Federal Election Commission violations after trying to frame his brother - in - law after he allegedly cooperated with a federal probe into Kushner's business.

After U.S. multi-level marketing company Herbalife settled a probe of its sales practices with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission last month, top executives assured investors that the company would be able to thrive under the new rules.

Former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet S. Bharara then launched a probe after the Moreland Commission's demise, requiring figures like Wojtaszek and Norris to testify before a federal grand jury.

Bharara's investigation came after Governor Andrew Cuomo disbanded the Moreland Commission he had appointed to probe corruption in state politics.

After the Times reported that Cuomo's aides tried to meddle in on going ethics probes and get Moreland Act commissioners to rescind subpoenas that were issued to campaign donors and Cuomo associates, several commissioners simultaneously issued statements insisting that the commission was independent and that they were not coerced.

Sundram, Cuomo's special advisor on the disabled, who headed a state reform commission after the Willowbrook revelations of abuse and neglect in the 1970's, says there are privacy issues that prevent surveillance cameras from being used routinely, but says they will be used as investigative tools during probes of alleged abuse.

In fact, not long after he arrived, the governor called for every member of the PIC to resign following a scathing IG's report that accused the commission of botching the Troopergate probe.

Albany nerves are raw after two years of probes — first by Cuomo's Moreland Commission, and now by Bharara and the U.S. Attorney's office.

But a year after the US attorney and Manhattan district attorney closed their probes, the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics is still investigating, it was reported Monday.

• Cater told The News she had no contact with Hoyt since October 2016, while the suit said they talked after a probe was launched earlier by the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

Reacting however, Fayose said the minister, who at the event tried to proffer solution to corruption in Nigeria was like robbers offering solution to armed robbery even after refusal to appear before commission of inquiry to probe his years as Ekiti governor.

In the summer of 2014, after a series of news stories came out describing Cuomo secretary Larry Schwartz's alleged interference in the management of the governor's Moreland Commission to investigate corruption in the Legislature, Albany insiders wondered whether Schwartz might give up information about the governor to federal investigators in the Southern District U.S. attorney Preet Bharara's office, as part of a probe they had begun into the circumstances surrounding the commissionCommission to investigate corruption in the Legislature, Albany insiders wondered whether Schwartz might give up information about the governor to federal investigators in the Southern District U.S. attorney Preet Bharara's office, as part of a probe they had begun into the circumstances surrounding the commissioncommission's demise.

Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga has condemned the country's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and called for a probe after Kenya's Supreme Court annulled the result of August's presidential election.

By Joseph George After months of suspense, and seeming inertia, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has began probe into the budget padding allegations...

After the Times report, Governor Cuomo said, through a spokesman, if the probe were not widened to include an investigation of the secret settlement, then he would create a Moreland Act Commission to conduct his own investigation.

After months of suspense, and seeming inertia, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has began probe into the budget padding allegations labeled against the Speaker Yakubu Dogara and three other principal officers by his estranged associate Abdulmumini Jibrin.

After five months of ignoring the Securities and Exchange Commission's requests to testify in a federal probe, rapper Jay Z has finally fallen in line.

After a five - week commissioning phase, the probe will begin its primary mission around the beginning of November 2014.

After more than a year - long probe, the European Commission has cleared the final hurdle for General Electric's $ 12.4 bn (# 9bn) acquisition of Alstom's power business after it agreed to sell some of the French company's turbine assets to Italian rival Ansaldo EneAfter more than a year - long probe, the European Commission has cleared the final hurdle for General Electric's $ 12.4 bn (# 9bn) acquisition of Alstom's power business after it agreed to sell some of the French company's turbine assets to Italian rival Ansaldo Eneafter it agreed to sell some of the French company's turbine assets to Italian rival Ansaldo Energia.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is actively investigating Facebook's privacy practices in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica revelations, confirming in a statement the existence of a probe into the social network's activities after settling an earlier investigation with a consent decree in 2011.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is probing whether Facebook violated terms of a 2011 consent decree after the recent revelations that user data had been transferred to Cambridge Analytica without those users» knowledge, according to a person familiar with the matter.