Sentences with phrase «public corruption case with»

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I was not stupid not to understand that if I commenced any action in the Supreme Court while those cases were still pending the ignorant public may think I was siding with the judges accused of corruption against Anas Aremeyaw Anas, which would not have been the case.

E.J. McMahon, with the fiscal watchdog group the Empire Center for Public Policy, has long been skeptical of the state's SolarCity arrangement, which is now one of the focuses of the federal corruption case.

Thelegislation is part of a broader package of laws designed to improve enforcement of election laws, ease voter registration, strengthen anti-bribery laws, and provide district attorneys with greater power to prosecute public corruption cases.

The roundtable will assess the on - going fight against corruption, and is expected to come up with key programme agenda for among others mobilising Nigerians to get involved in the fight against corruption, and agenda for increasing the tempo of the anti-corruption fight including by revisiting outstanding cases of high - level official corruption and prosecuting high - ranking public officials.

The Schneiderman case lies at the intersection of two areas of the law with which Singas is familiar: sexual crimes and public corruption.

Bill Mahoney, with the New York Public Interest Research Group points out that even though the case involves the New York City mayoral ballot, it's still fundamentally a state government based example of alleged corruption.

The charge against him read in part, «That you, Robert Obuoha, on or about the 12th day of February, 2016 in Port Harcourt at the Port Harcourt Judicial Division did corruptly give N150, 000 only to Mr. Ishaq Salihu, a public officer and Zonal Head of Operations, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, South - South Zone, for the purpose of recharge cards and with a view to influencing his decision in a case wherein you are being investigated and thereby committed an offence, official corruption, contrary to Section 13 (1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003 and punishable under section 13 (1) of the same Act.»

The defendants said it includes a description of one public corruption case — the prosecution of former Bridgeport (Connecticut) Mayor Joseph Ganim — with an outdated summary of the law that applies to corruption cases, and want the display covered or removed before their trial starts.

Prosecutors made their closing arguments Monday in the public corruption case against Sheldon Silver, the former state Assembly speaker with extremely close ties to the real estate industry.

But Singas, who has worked as a prosecutor in Queens and Nassau and served as former District Attorney Kathleen Rice's chief deputy, contrasted her 24 years of trying criminal cases with Murray's record, and said she was best suited to tackle public corruption.

But one of its central characters is based on crusading U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (left), who made a name for himself with his relentless pursuit of public - corruption cases, taking down some of New York's top elected officials in the process.

At 9:30 a.m., jury selection takes place in the case of in U.S. v. (former Senator) Malcolm A. Smith and (former Queens GOP official) Vincent Tabone — charged with public corruption — before Judge Karas, Courtroom 521, White Plains.

Michigan Rep. John Conyers, 88, has dealt with various ethics investigations and a public corruption case that landed his wife in prison during a U.S. House career spanning more than five decades — longer than any other current member.

That's according to Steve Cohen, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who sat down with Liz on Capital Tonight Tuesday evening to discuss the governor's push to overhaul ethics in Albany in the wake of a stream of public corruption cases.

With a series of public corruption cases roiling the Legislature, Cuomo called for increased penalties for official misconduct and tighter disclosure rules that require greater disclosure of conflicts of interest.

Company founder and former CEO Louis P. Ciminelli is under federal indictment, along with two of his executives, for alleged bid - rigging and bribery in a public corruption case that stemmed from the state's Buffalo Billion project at RiverBend.

He's currently being investigated by a certain US Attorney with a hard on for public corruption cases.

Calls on the Commission, by the end of 2013, to submit a legislative proposal establishing an effective and comprehensive European whistleblower protection programme in the public and in the private sector to protect those who detect inefficient management and irregularities and report cases of national and cross-border corruption relating to EU financial interests and to protect witnesses, informers, and those who cooperate with the courts, and in particular witnesses testifying against mafia - type and other criminal organisations, with a view to resolving the difficult conditions under which they have to live (from risks of retaliation to the breakdown of family ties or from being uprooted from their home territory to social and professional exclusion); calls also on the Member States to put in place appropriate and effective protection for whistleblowers.

The AG does not have subpoena power in public corruption cases, which has caused Schneiderman to get creative, teaming up with his fellow statewide Democrat, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, whose office does have that power, to prosecute the misuse of public funds.

Also, when Vice President Osinbajo says «These cases of grand corruption and open looting of public resources pauperized Nigeria and left us with little or no savings ``, he has forgotten that on October 28, 2017, he himself (Vice President Osinbajo) said «When we came in, we had a foreign reserve of $ 32 billion».

Most notably, the AG lacks subpoena power in corruption cases, which hamstrings him considerably — so much so that AG Eric Schneiderman has resorted to teaming up with state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who does have suboena power, to prosecute the misuse of public funds.

The government's star witness in public corruption cases involving two NYPD cops and a city union official may have been involved in criminal activity — including extortion — while he was cooperating with the feds, The Post has learned.

Rogers is a former FBI agent who spent much of his time with the bureau investigating public corruption cases.

With the appointment, Mr Amidu's office will have the mandate to investigate and prosecute cases of alleged corruption under the Public Procurement Act 203 Act 63 and other corruption - related offences implicating public officers, political office holders and their accompPublic Procurement Act 203 Act 63 and other corruption - related offences implicating public officers, political office holders and their accomppublic officers, political office holders and their accomplices.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about a casino in the Catskills and the public corruption case against Capital Region Developer Joseph Nicolla.

Wike observed that the Federal Government had forced some public officers accused of corruption to step aside pending the conclusion of their cases while other public officers similarly accused of corruption were allowed to continue with their jobs.

As the public corruption trial of State Assemblyman Sheldon Silver heads to closing arguments on Monday, the clash in the courtroom has been handled largely by well - staffed government and defense legal teams, each with a wealth of experience in handling corruption cases.

In a Tuesday meeting with the Times Union's editorial board, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman made his case for another four - year term and briefly discussed the controversy over the Moreland Commission on public corruption.

On less controversial matters, Schneiderman said his partnership with state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has borne fruit in dozens of corruption cases against public officials.

In the past few years, several high profile cases of state elected officials being arrested and charged with corruption have further eroded public trust in government.

I try to do my best in all cases that we have and, in the past, I was a member of the Work Meeting with the OECD Evaluation Team, at OECD invitation, regarding Portugal's evaluation process within the context of the OECD Convention against the corruption of Foreigner Public Agents, but I believe Portugal has enough legislation to prevent economic crime.

Shapiro cites cases such as McDonnell v. United States, decided in 2016, in which the court unanimously reversed the conviction of a former Virginia governor on the basis that meeting with constituents who seek favors is not one of the «official acts» that can be prosecuted under public - corruption statutes.

Their return to private practice was applauded by former Assistant United States Attorney and Chief of Major Frauds Section Beong - Soo Kim, now Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.: «Having had the privilege of supervising them at various points in their careers, I consider each to be a powerhouse in his or her own right — Jim in the area of securities fraud, Maggie with her public corruption cases, and David in the healthcare fraud arena.

In Canada, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act has been around since 1998, but there's only been one significant prosecution under the act — the case against Niko Resources Ltd., which this past June was hit with a $ 9.5 - million fine for its actions in Bangladesh.

The facts in the Denison case are complicated, and it's difficult to tell whether the attorney's complaints about judicial corruption really meet the test for «public figure» defamation (meaning they must be made maliciously or with reckless disregard for the truth).