Sentences with phrase «referrals as bribes»
Silver, a Manhattan Democrat who is accused of masking legal referrals as bribes and kickbacks, resigned from the speakership after his arrest.
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Skelos's sentencing comes just over a week after his former counterpart, ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, was sentenced to 12 years in prison in a separate case involving the Manhattan Democrat masking bribes as legal referrals.
The Bronx Democrat rose to power over the last several days following Silver's arrest on charges that he has used his office to enrich himself through bribes masked as referrals.
Approximately $ 700,000 came in «undisclosed bribes and kickbacks» from a scheme in which Mr. Silver used his influence as speaker to induce real estate developers with «business for the state» to use a real estate law firm run by an attorney who previously worked as Mr. Silver's counsel in the Assembly, and which paid Mr. Silver for the referrals.
Silver was convicted late last year of masking bribes as legal referrals for his firm, Weitz and Luxenberg.
Silver is set to be sentenced on May 3 after he was convicted in November of corruption stemming from his masking of bribes as legal referrals.
Approximately $ 700,000 came in «undisclosed bribes and kickbacks» from a scheme in which Mr. Silver used his influence as Assembly Speaker to «induce real estate developers with business before the State» to use a real estate law firm run by an attorney who previously worked as Mr. Silver's counsel in the Assembly, and which paid Mr. Silver for the referrals.
«Common sense will tell you it is much harder to disguise a bribe or a kickback as a referral, if you don't have the ability to have the same kind of outside income,» Bharara said.
But discontent with Silver grew over the weekend following his arrest on charges that he masked bribes and kickbacks as legal referrals.
Manhattan Democratic Assemblyman Sheldon Silver was arrested in January and later charged with fraud and extortion stemming from what investigators say were bribes that had been masked as legal referrals.
Prosecutors charged Silver «betrayed» his office through allegedly masking bribes and kickbacks as legitimate legal referrals.
U.S. Atty. Preet Bharara said Silver collected about $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks disguised as referral fees.
A little more than three months ago the defendant in question was a Democrat, Shelly Silver, accused of taking bribes and kickbacks of $ 4 million, some of the money being listed as «referral fees» for steering asbestos cases and real - estate developers to Silver - connected law firms.
Silver, who retains his seat in the Assembly, is accused of receiving bribes and kickbacks masked as legal referrals.
Bharara said Silver «corruptly collected some $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks disguised as «referral fees»» and said it accounted for «approximately two - thirds of all of Silver's outside income since 2002.»
The indictment seems to recognize the challenge posed by Skilling, and refers at various points to Mr. Silver's referral fees as «bribes» and «kickbacks.»
Mr. Schneiderman's call comes after the state's former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested on charges of fraud and extortion by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who alleged that the longtime power broker had used his influence to inappropriately earn attorney referral fees for work he had not done, disguising what amounted as «kickbacks» and «bribes» as legitimate income.
Silver was convicted of essentially using his powerful position to collect some $ 4 million in bribes disguised as legal referral fees.
Much of the $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks Silver was charged with accepting were disguised as legal and referral fees, prosecutors said.
Approximately $ 700,000 came in «undisclosed bribes and kickbacks» from a scheme in which Mr. Silver used his influence as Assembly Speaker to «induce real estate developers with business before the State» to use a real estate law firm run by an attorney who previously worked as Mr. Silver's counsel in the Assembly, and which paid Mr. Silver for the referrals.»