Sentences with phrase «prosecuted federal crimes»

In addition to his years of public service with Westchester County, Castro - Blanco prosecuted federal crimes as an assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of New York.

It also authorizes the Special Counsel to «prosecute federal crimes arising from the investigation of these matters».

In one sense, it would be a stretch: The commission was a state entity, and Bharara's job is to prosecute federal crimes.

But they own the Dept of Justice — which is responsible for investigating and prosecuting federal crimes.

Not exact matches

As it currently stands, the president could decide to give his lawyer a get - out - of - jail - free card for any federal convictions, which would also shield him from being prosecuted for those same crimes on the state level.

In a letter to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Democratic and Republican leaders of the state House and Senate Wednesday, Schneiderman asked state lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow for prosecuting people on the state level for the exact crimes they were convicted of — and pardoned for — on the federal level.

· Amend The Penal Law To Prohibit Undisclosed Self - Dealing By Public Officials: To address the Supreme Court's decision in Skilling, which severely hampered the federal government's ability to prosecute cases involving deprivation of «honest services» by public officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government employer.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday presented another witness, Alhaji Suraju Ahmadu, in the ongoing trial of Alhaji Sule Lamido, erstwhile governor of Jigawa State, who is being prosecuted by the Commission on a 27 - count charge bordering on abuse of office and money laundering before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court Maitama, Abuja.

Commending the Federal Government over its declaration that the case was not dead, Fayose said it was not enough to tell Nigerians that a case like the Halliburton and Siemens, in which many people have been jailed in other countries, especially the United States and investigations concluded in Nigeria with those alleged to be involved questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was not dead, rather, those already found wanting should be prosecuted.

Alleged Corruption: How Dariye Diverted N204m to Own Company - Witness The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has presented more evidence against a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted on a 23 - count charge bordering on money laundering and diversion of funds, before Justice Adebukola Banjoko, of the Federal Capital Territory, -LSB-...]

Metuh is being prosecuted alongside his company, Destra Investment Limited on a 7 - count charge before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,

Justice E.S Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, Tuesday, admitted as evidence, a compact disc (CD) tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to the effect that the statements of Imaobong Akon Esu - Nte, an accountant with the Nigeria Prison Service and five others being prosecuted by the agency were voluntarily rendered.

Suswam, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the same Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, was absent from court on health grounds on Tuesday, which had been scheduled for the continuation of his trial.

(EFCC Press Release) Hearing on a case involving the erstwhile Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani - Kayode, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial crimes Commission, EFCC, over his alleged role in the mismanagement of funds meant to fight insurgency during President Goodluck Jonathan's administration commenced on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama Abuja.

Right now, if Trump pardons cronies for a federal offense, New York can't prosecute them for crimes related to the same act.

The on going trial of a former Head of Service, HoS, Stephen Oronsaye, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for a N2 billion fraud to November 25, 2015 has been adjourned by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

Justice Ofili - Ajumogobia, a serving judge of the Federal High Court, is being prosecuted alongside Obla by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over N5m bribe.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has presented more evidence against a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted on a 23 - count charge bordering on money laundering and diversion of funds, before Justice Adebukola Banjoko, of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Gudu, Abuja.

The prosecuting counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), told the Federal High Court in Lagos that Udoh had been evasive, adding that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had been having difficulty bringing him to court.

Most crimes can only be prosecuted for limited periods of time, but there is no time limit for collection on federal student loans.

Meanwhile, U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch recently acknowledged that the Department of Justice is contemplating using a federal law originally created to fight organized crime to prosecute climate skeptics.

The issue of whether Peter Gleick's actions should or should not be prosecuted based upon the notion that the crime itself was not meeting some certain threshold of «seriousness» should be considered in the context that that Gleick was a high ranking member of an organization that was a recipient of significant federal grant monies — not merely the administrator of a private blog out to exact revenge on his [perceived] ideological foes.

Formed by the merger of Sallah & Cox, LLC and Beam & Astarita, LLC, our attorneys include James D. Sallah, a former Senior SEC Attorney and in - house lawyer for a national brokerage firm, Mark J. Astarita, a nationally recognized securities litigator and outside counsel to dozens of regional broker - dealers and investment advisers, and Jeffrey L. Cox, a former Senior SEC Attorney and federal prosecutor responsible for prosecuting economic crimes.

Because federal crimes are both investigated and prosecuted differently than state crimes, and because the court procedures in federal court are different than in state court, it is absolutely vital that, if charged with a federal crime, you have an attorney that has experience defending federal criminal charges.

Prosecuting them for the federal crime of «flight to avoid prosecution» is rather tricky in this case, since «Violations of this section may be prosecuted only in the Federal judicial district in which the original crime was alleged to have been committed» - we still have to decide where tfederal crime of «flight to avoid prosecution» is rather tricky in this case, since «Violations of this section may be prosecuted only in the Federal judicial district in which the original crime was alleged to have been committed» - we still have to decide where tFederal judicial district in which the original crime was alleged to have been committed» - we still have to decide where that is.

A measure urging the Obama administration to ensure that any detainees who are expected to be charged with crimes be prosecuted in federal district courts and be given all rights of habeas corpus with full due process.

You can be prosecuted for the crime in the U.S., both at the federal level and at the U.S. state level (or both), completely without regard to what happened in the criminal justice process elsewhere.

Formed by the merger of Sallah & Cox, LLC and Beam & Astarita, LLC, our attorneys include James D. Sallah, a former Senior SEC Attorney and in - house lawyer for a national brokerage firm, Mark J. Astarita, a nationally recognized securities litigator and outside counsel to dozens of regional broker - dealers and investment advisers, Jeffrey L. Cox, a former Senior SEC Attorney and federal prosecutor responsible for prosecuting economic crimes and Raymond Beam, a former prosecutor and well - known criminal defense attorney.

Depending on what state the servers are located in and whether the crimes are prosecuted at the state or federal level then you may or may not be charged by law enforcement, especially if you removed the offending content as soon as notice was provided that there was offending content on your server (s).

There is also a federal appropriations bill which prohibits expenditure of federal funds to prosecute marijuana crimes which are legal under state law, although these bills only last a year at a time.

During this time, Mike held a concurrent appointment as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, in which capacity he prosecuted civilian and Department of Defense employees who stood accused of committing crimes on federal installations.

Before private practice, he was a federal prosecutor for 21 years, prosecuting white collar crime, public corruption and tax fraud.

While relatively rare, a crime can be prosecuted in both federal and state court with no violation of double jeopardy.

Federal crimes are prosecuted by Assistant U.S. attorneys.

In practice, 10 U.S.C. § 375 has more bite because a federal prosecutor can and usually would refrain from prosecuting a crime ordered by his ultimate boss, the President, and there is not legal duty to prosecute every possible crime, but 10 U.S.C. § 375 creates an affirmative duty on the party of the Secretary of Defense that might be enforceable in a civil action.

The conference will take up such issues as the nature of domestic and international crimes committed; which high - level Bush officials, including Federal judges and Members of Congress, are chargeable with war crimes; which foreign and domestic tribunals can be used to prosecute them; and the setting up of an umbrella coordinating committee with representatives of legal groups concerned about the war crimes such as the Center for Constitutional Rights, ACLU, among others.

State felony cases better be in compliance with the Federal Constitution which states no felony or other infamous crime shall be prosecuted without indictment «OR» presentment of a grand jury.