According to the criminal complaint, the charges stem from a scheme where Skelos, 67, abused his «official position by extorting money from others» by
receiving payments to his son Adam Skelos, 32, from companies to whom he promised to use his elected office to benefit.
Not exact matches
In just a few months, we have learned that Flynn lied
to Mike Pence, Vice President - elect, about obtaining a security clearance for Flynn's
son during the presidential transition; that during the same period, as President Obama was imposing sanctions on Russia for election meddling, Flynn communicated with the Russian ambassador about those sanctions, hinting that President Trump would take a softer line, and then lied
to Pence about it (and stood by while Pence publicly repeated that lie); that Flynn was not truthful when questioned by the FBI about the same topic; and that Flynn spoke at a gala for RT, the Kremlin - backed propaganda network and
received payments from RT, but dissembled about the source of the
payments and seems
to have failed
to follow U.S. regulations about reporting them.
Prosecutors say Dean Skelos arranged for his
son to receive more than $ 300,000 through bribes, gratuities and extortion
payments from a major real estate developer, an environmental technology company and a medical malpractice insurer.
Prosecutors said Dean Skelos arranged for his
son to receive more than $ 300,000 through bribes, gratuities and extortion
payments from a major real estate developer, an environmental technology company and PRI.
His
son, Charles Scarlata, who succeeded him as supervisor,
received $ 421,353 in unauthorized deferred
payments from 2012 through 2013, according
to the audit, while also earning a $ 255,000 annual salary before retiring in 2013.
Nothing was explained
to my
son about when his first
payment will be due, if he will be
receiving a
payment book in the mail etc., I had
to actually ask who the lienholder was.
She isn't known
to have accepted
payment directly, but she
received truckloads of free books, which her
son then sold on eBay.
With respect
to (2), the ONCA accepted the trial judges» determination of the parties» incomes but engaged in a thorough review of the case history, concluding that spousal support should terminate as of January 2012 (not 2006) and child support for the
son should cease as of December 2010 when he began
receiving ODSP
payments.