Sentences with phrase «racketeering in»

This recipe for easy money and power has permeated the family court and all connected services as recent history continues to repeat itself when the FBI one by one finds deep entrenched racketeering in many cases, even child trafficking rings.

In an effort to send the company further down the path of discovery about who really seems to be doing the racketeering in this issue, I sent the information below verbatim (with non-embedded links) as an email to Exxon via its online contact form and straight to the lawyer group noted in the article.

Instead of the accusation from Schneiderman et al. being that Exxon engaged in racketeering in order to misinform its shareholders about the certainty of man - caused global warming, the question should be asked if a particular clique of enviro - activists (Gore, Oreskes, Gelbspan and those at «Greenpeace USA née Ozone Action» http://gelbspanfiles.com/?p=4482) instead engaged in racketeering when it comes to hoodwinking environmentalist donors about the certainty that skeptic climate scientists are «industry - paid crooks.»

Exxon has been compared extensively to the tobacco industry, which was convicted of racketeering in 2000 for deliberately deceiving the public about the dangers of its products.»

The alleged pattern of racketeering in this case is mail and wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. Â § Â § 1341 and 1343.

Blasko also brings claims against Petland for racketeering in violation of RICO, 18 U. S.C. Sec. 1962 (C; fraud, negligence, and breach of contract.

I found myself caught up short by the Atlanta verdict this week and eleven educators found guilty of racketeering in a widespread cheating scandal.

But I found myself caught up short by the Atlanta verdict this week and eleven educators found guilty of racketeering in a widespread cheating scandal.

The President reiterated the determination of his administration to stop all forms of fraud in the country, noting that security agencies had been alerted to apprehend persons engaged in currency racketeering in the country.

Scopo was convicted of racketeering in 1986, and sentenced to 100 years in prison.

Not exact matches

Just what these big payoffs meant for soccer dons wasn't fully known until federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, began unveiling their evidence at the racketeering trial of three former South American soccer officials.

Ekonomou is a member of The Lambros Firm, a boutique firm in Atlanta, which mostly handles civil and criminal racketeering cases for D.A.s around the state.

A complaint filed in the Southern District of California on Thursday charges Vincent Ramos, the founder and CEO of Canada - based Phantom, with racketeering conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs, as well as conspiracy to distribute narcotics, and aiding and abetting.

First - of - their - kind lawsuits filed in five states accuse the defendants of conspiring, racketeering and creating a public nuisance.

If there's any plaintiff's law firm in America that should know racketeering when it sees it, it's Cohen Milstein.

He had gone to jail on March 16, 1985, the day a jury of nine women and three men in U.S. District Court in Tampa found him guilty of racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering (including loan - sharking), extortion and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it.

For his part in these and other activities McLain was convicted on the racketeering, conspiracy and extortion charges, for which he received three concurrent eight - year sentences.

A veteran of more than 50 years in government — 22 years as alderman — Roti was convicted of racketeering and extortion, for which he spent four years at a federal prison in Oxford, Wis..

Then CBN resorted to administrative controls and rationing of FX, resulting in further effective devaluation, multiple exchange rates, racketeering and so - called «round - tripping» of scarce foreign currency, corruption, and influence peddling around the FX market.

Astorino has decried the advertising as false and nasty, especially the ad in which he's accused of racketeering, the basis of which came from a lawsuit filed by a colorful Westchester County businessman now under indictment for fraud.

Corrupt practices in the States --(short - changing, racketeering and harassment of beneficiaries)

Jim Walden, a former federal prosecutor and a partner at Walden Macht & Haran in Manhattan, said it would be «difficult to imagine that prosecutors are not already looking closely at the lulus,» citing potential violations of statutes covering larceny, false records or official misconduct on the state level, or fraud or racketeering on the federal level.

Once a highly popular political figure in his hometown, Ganim was convicted in 2003 of 16 counts of racketeering, extortion, bribery, conspiracy, mail fraud and tax evasion after a lengthy investigation by the FBI that led to the convictions of 10 other friends and colleagues of Ganim.

Of course, the criminal elements within the NPP have already taken «position», to engage in visa racketeering and the extortion of monies from poor party foot soldiers under the guise of sending them to Russia from where they can cross over into Europe.

4) George Ryan, Republican of Illinois — Convicted in 2006 of 18 felony corruption counts for racketeering, mail fraud and tax fraud — largely related to selling government licenses and contracts as a public official.

Bello said that Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) had been able to dislodge a land racketeering group that used to operate in Area 11, near the Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS) head office.

Social media footsoldiers of the ruling New Patriotic Party government have, in the past few days been circulating a story from a fake news website which alleges that the former Chief of Staff has been banned from travelling to seven western countries because of his involvement in visa racketeering while he was the Chief of Staff.

Sixteen alleged members of a Central American gang, MS - 13, were charged for a range of crimes — including murder, assault and racketeering — in connection with three brutal slayings that rocked Brentwood on Long Island last year.

Three top management members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have been accused of involving in contract racketeering of N14 Billion naira projects.

Robert Sarfo Mensah The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) has applauded the president Nana Akufo - Addo for taking swift action in the visa - racketeering scandal that has embarrassed the nation.

Robert Sarfo Mensah Suspended Acting Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA) is pleading innocence in a visa racketeering...

Suspended Acting Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA) is pleading innocence in a visa racketeering scandal that has left the Deputy Sports Minister Pius Enam Hadzide also suspended and two other workers of NSA sacked.

Michael Contillo and Joseph Deglomini were indicted in the 1990s for tax evasion, racketeering and conspiring to raid the pension funds of building trade unions with the help of organized crime.

NEW YORK — A Bronx restaurateur ordered his associate in an organized crime ring to break the knees of a panhandler supposedly bothering people near his eatery as part of a massive racketeering conspiracy, according to a federal court indictment.

The new allegations are contained in a superseding indictment, charging three men — Alexis Hernandez, 20, of Central Islip, Santos Leonel Ortiz - Flores, 19, of Central Islip, and Omar Antonio Villalta, 22, of Central Islip and Charlottesville, Virginia — each with one count of racketeering, one count of conspiracy to murder rival gang members, and four counts of murder in connection with the April 11 murders of Justin Llivicura, Michael Lopez, Jorge Tigre and Jefferson Villalobos in a Central Islip park.

In that portion, editorial page editor Arthur Browne calls Spitzer «a racketeering prosecutor and the attorney general,» accuses him of money laundering, and asks him exactly how much he spent on hookers.

This is a town, after all, that over the past 15 years or so has seen people accused — and convicted in dozens of cases — of everything from embezzlement, bribery and rape to racketeering, bid - rigging and kickbacks.

He faces 16 counts of corruption, racketeering, fraud and money laundering, which dogged his presidency and were reinstated in 2016.

But in a statement from the Nigerian Wailers signed by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr Fasipe Oluyemi, the group has called on the good people of Nigeria to come out en mass for a protest (#OccupyCBN) to stop this impunity of the Fraudulent Forex Trading, Round Tripping and racketeering going on in the Central Bank of Nigeria aided by its Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele and bring to an end the Manipulation of Forex, illegally funding Federal Government budget, short - changing the Money Deposit Bank's reserve ratio at the expense of the Masses as the abuse of internal process.

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Sixteen alleged members of a Central American gang were charged Thursday for a range of crimes — including murder, assault and racketeering — in connection with three brutal slayings that rocked Brentwood on Long Island last year.

Ever since a federal jury nailed him in 2003 on 16 counts of racketeering, conspiracy, extortion, mail fraud, bribery and filing false tax returns, he failed to show remorse or even acknowledge wrongdoing — until now.

A federal lawsuit filed by NRP accuses Brown of racketeering conspiracy for a failed housing development in Buffalo.

Although Siegelman is scheduled to go on trial in May on federal racketeering charges, he could well defeat Baxley in the state's June 6 primary, which would make Riley's reelection bid considerably smoother.

As many as 34 state and local officials have been convicted in New York since 2002 on charges including bribery, conspiracy, falsifying records, racketeering, fraud, extortion, federal corruption and perjury, among a mix of several other felonies and misdemeanors.

State residents awoke Thursday to the almost incredible news that Joe Ganim, the former Bridgeport mayor who spent seven years in prison on federal corruption and racketeering charges, defeated incumbent Bill Finch in the city Democratic mayoral primary...

Prior to joining the Attorney General's Office, Ms. Biben served as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office for more than 10 years, the last five years as Deputy Bureau Chief of the Rackets Bureau where she investigated and prosecuted organized crime, money laundering, tax evasion, public corruption and other forms of racketeering.

A federal grand jury in April indicted him on 16 felony counts, including racketeering, conspiracy, wire fraud and making false statements to investigators.

The two are said to be among others who have been implicated in the Commonwealth Games alleged visa racketeering for some 60 fake journalists and athletes.

According to him, Mr Asiamah should have been the first to be suspended following reports of visa racketeering at the Commonwealth Games in Australia where over 50 persons who claimed to be journalists were sent.

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