Sentences with phrase «saying the crimes charged»

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Prosecutors later withdrew the charge against Montano because they said they could not prove deception or any other crime.

U.S. authorities said Thursday they have shut down the successor website to Silk Road, an underground online drug marketplace, and charged its alleged operator with conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, computer hacking, money laundering and other crimes.

When asked by a local news station about his tab, Boren said he only took home $ 400,000 — less than he'd normally charge — and the rest of the money went to mental health experts, crime - scene reconstructors, mitigation investigators (who rarely get hired outside of death penalty cases), and DNA labs.

«To the extent that you have aided and abetted Snowden,» Gregory said, «even in his current movements, why shouldn't you, Mr. Greenwald, be charged with a crime?»

Last year, at a conference, Ackman said that executives of Herbalife were hiring criminal defense lawyers implying that they would soon be charged with a crime.

NEWARK, N.J. / BOSTON (Reuters)- Federal prosecutors said on Thursday they have charged five men responsible for a hacking and credit card fraud spree that cost companies more $ 300 million and two of the suspects are in custody, in the biggest cyber crime case filed in U.S. history.

All I can say is that if anyone is in hell as popularly conceived, then god should be charged with crimes against humanity.

In a Facebook comment responding to an article about an upcoming Black Lives Matter protest, «JM Roth» said to «run them over» and then proceeded to detail how you can avoid being charged with a crime if you hit someone with your car.

CNN: Woman accused of murder as a hate crime in NYC subway push death A 31 - year - old Bronx woman has been charged with second - degree murder as a hate crime in the death of a man shoved in front of a subway train, Queens prosecutors said Saturday.

«When the Iranian government brought these trumped - up charges of espionage and other so - called crimes against your brethren, we were outraged but we also were not surprised,» said Leonard Leo, the commission chair.

- In Hayward, California, police arrested two teens and charged them with committing a hate crime after worshipers said the boys threw lemons at them during prayer.

The following month, replying to the condemnation of some of his writings by the University of Louvain, Luther referred to Valla in a long list of scholars whose writings were unjustly condemned including Erasmus and Reuchlin — Valla, who was charged, he said, «with the crime of ignorance by those who are quite unworthy to hand him a piss pot.»

A Long Island Rail Road commuter who was targeted in a racist rant aboard the train says she plans to press charges against her tormenter, calling his words a «hate crime.»

Cuomo said if the charges are true, Schneiderman disgraced his office and that of other public servants, and he will pay for his crimes.

Cuomo says if the charges are true, Schneiderman disgraced his office and that of other public servants, and will pay for his crimes.

Two College Point men — Danny Rodriguez, 21, and Daniel Aleman, 26 — have been arrested and charged with assault and robbery as a hate crime in the incident, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.

But Alexandra Shapiro, the attorney who handled Skelos» appeal, applauded the decision and said the former senator should have never been charged with a crime.

«The only liberty that Liberty Reserve gave many of its users was the freedom to commit crimes, as it became a popular hub for fraudsters, hackers, and traffickers,» U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Tuesday in announcing charges against seven people in a $ 6 billion scheme that he billed as possibly the largest money - laundering scheme even seen in the United States.

Asked about making the reference to the county executive being charged with a crime, Schaffer laughed and said: «Make sure you use that quote.»

His longtime colleague, Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim, said that «the evidence presented at the trial was sufficient to prove all the crimes charged against Silver, even under the new legal standard.»

«Let's say for example Steve was charged with a crime,» Schaffer said Thursday.

He said he was promised by federal prosecutors that he would not be charged with any crimes as long as testified truthfully.

He said, «We find it demeaning, insulting and outrageous that our senator acted as an escort and body guard to the wife of the Senate President when she was arraigned in court on charges of money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Sources say they can likely get many of the players on conspiracy, but there needs to be an underlying crime if people are going to get charged with covering one up.

They say their clients were unjustly charged after a lobbyist made up lies to try to escape the decades in prison he could face after admitting to eight crimes.

The charges mark the second major inquiry of the Cuomo administration by the office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan; eight months ago, after investigating Mr. Cuomo's handling of an anticorruption panel that he had created and abruptly shut down, Mr. Bharara said there was «insufficient evidence to prove a federal crime.»

«If you are an accomplice to any crime, you can be charged,» said DA Flynn.

Charges against Wilson were dropped after Dixon came forward and made statements about the crime, prosecutors said.

Yet prosecutors said they had difficulty bringing charges sooner because witnesses were unable to distinguish Dixon from Paris Wilson, 20, who police initially arrested for the crime.

Glenwood has not been charged with a crime and the source says the company does not have a cooperating agreement with federal authorities.

They say their clients were unjustly charged after an associate, disgraced ex-lobbyist Todd Howe, made up lies to try to escape the decades in prison he could face after admitting to eight crimes.

They say their clients were unjustly charged after a lobbyist made up lies to try to escape decades in prison for his crimes.

«For those people who said, well, Hillary Clinton is going to be charged with a crime, they were wrong,» Cuomo said.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Friday, challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to charge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh to court if the commission was sure of evidences of fraud against him, saying «the EFCC appears to be operating a system in which an accused person is first arrested, detained endlessly while the anti-corruption agency goes about looking for evidence.»

He said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is to be used to frame some of his officials especially the Chief of staff on certain charges after which they will be arrested.

The acquittal of a Baltimore police officer charged with murder and six other crimes in the death of Freddie Gray has dealt a devastating blow to the prosecution, legal experts say, and raises questions about whether the state should press ahead with the trials of four other officers.

Investigators have decided not to charge Hollywood producer and studio executive Harvey Weinstein with a crime after a 22 - year - old woman accused him of sexual assault, an official with the Manhattan DA's office said.

Addressing the media at a press conference in Accra, the Libyan Charge d' Affairs to Ghana, His Excellency Salah Al Kony, has indicated that should the said allegations be true, all those involved in these heinous crimes will be punished and prosecuted by the law.

This concern was reflected by Sir Alec, who said: «There are now hundreds of thousands of perfectly innocent people populating that database, people who have come to the police's attention for example being charged with a crime but subsequently released.

Mr. Ankomah said this when his views were sought on the GHc1, 800 fines imposed on the 13 members of the Delta Force, who were charged with conspiracy to commit a crime by rioting, after they were captured on a video manhandling the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, George Adjei.

Nick Vamos, the CPS head of special crime, said it was not in the public interest to bring charges.

State Sen. Brian Kavanagh (D - Manhattan), a sponsor of the bill, said existing law falls short because it normally requires someone to be charged with a crime before their weapons can be confiscated.

Ron Deutsch, with the union - backed think tank Fiscal Policy Institute, says Cuomo and lawmakers should act to address an economic development scandal in the governor's office that's led to nine former Cuomo associates charged with crimes including bid rigging and bribery.

Kelly also took issue with Scheindlin's finding that the majority of the stop - and - frisks never lead to charges, saying much of the police intervention happens before a crime is ever committed.

Agbele was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on an 11 count, charge of money laundering involving the sum of N1, 219,000,000 said to be part of N4, 685,723,000 allegedly transferred from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA.

While many members of the rank - and - file in both houses have been charged or convicted of crimes over the years, it's the Legislature's leadership structure that some say makes it easy for those at the top to commit abuse.

Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said prosecutors would seek to retry Seabrook, who's charged with crimes that include funneling more than $ 1.2 million in council «slush» funds to non-profits that paid his then - mistress and several relatives more than $ 600,000 after taxes.

Confirming the attacks, the Plateau Police Command Spokesperson, ASP Mathias Tyopev Terna said, «There was an attack yesterday in Bassa, as such the Commissioner of Police Plateau State Command, Jos has directed the DCP Taiwo Jebiyisu, in charge of Department of Operations to go to the scene of crime for an on the spot assessment.

In addition to the hate crimes charges, he was hit with charges for criminal mischief, making graffiti, possession of graffiti instruments and trespassing, the Bronx District Attorney's office said.

Michael Weiss, 47 years old, was charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, reckless endangerment and other crimes, prosecutors said.