Sentences with phrase «scheme in»

The proposal comes after Sen. Malcolm Smith and five others were arrested in an alleged bribery scheme in order to secure ballot access for the Republican mayoral line through the Wilson - Pakula process.

Venditto, Mangano and Mangano's wife, Linda, have pleaded not guilty in an alleged bribery scheme in which the elected officials are accused of illegally helping Singh get $ 20 million in indirect loan guarantees and government contracts in exchange for kickbacks, and a $ 450,000 no - show job for Linda Mangano.

Two Cor executives — along with a former vice president at an energy company — are on trial with Percoco over whether they engaged in an alleged bribery scheme in which payments allegedly flowed to Percoco and his wife in return for the former senior Cuomo adviser helping them.

Friday's developments in the Buffalo Billion case follow the March conviction of Joseph Percoco, Cuomo's longtime friend and confidant who was found guilty of three felony counts for his role in a bribery scheme in which corporate interests got special attention in return for a steady flow of bribe money paid into Percoco's personal bank account.

Mr. McFadden: We announced a loan guarantee scheme in the pre-Budget report, based on a balance of risk sharing between the Government and business.

Andy Burnham adopted the scheme in his pitch for the Labour leadership.

Prosecutors» claims that Percoco engaged in an extortion scheme in 2014 was, however, «far before the government has alleged that Percoco performed any «official act» relating to the Syracuse developer,» Bohrer wrote last week.

Howe pleaded guilty to multiple felonies connected to the alleged scheme in September 2016, and is cooperating with prosecutors.

The complaint charged the campaign and its treasurer, David Thomas, with lying about the scheme in filings with the CFB and state Board of Elections.

A U.S. attorney says the Dutchess County surgeon Thursday pleaded guilty to operating a long - running health care fraud scheme in which he defrauded Medicare, the New York State Insurance Fund, and numerous private health insurance providers out of more than $ 2.5 million by lying about the nature and scope of the surgical procedures he performed.

But he was later caught up in a scheme in which his top adviser, Hank Morris had taken kickbacks through «placement agents» or intermediaries between the fund and investments.

Charles McGee, executive director of the New Hampshire Republican Party, Republican National Committee regional political director James Tobin and GOP consultant Allen Raymond «have been found guilty of criminally violating federal communications law» for their part in a 2002 Election Day phone jamming scheme in New Hampshire, according to the Washington Post.

The Federal Government, through the national manager of the programme, Mrs. Abimbola Adesanmi, had in July said it would commence the scheme in September when schools resumed, with 5.5 million pupils across the country.

The pensions that we're told are gold - plated — the average pension is # 4,200 a year — reflects that you can have the best pension scheme in the world, but if it's based on years of low pay, the pension is low.

The result is that local government workers, faced with an average additional 3 % increase in their contributions which will then yield a much reduced pensions, are likely to abandon the local government pension scheme in droves as no longer worthwhile, thus adding to the State's welfare bill in retirement and perhaps collapsing the investment funds which this pension scheme feeds.

«While I am glad the Welsh Government is at last considering actively a limited transitional scheme in their new RDP consultation, it is critical that Welsh Labour doesn't let our upland farmers down again.

John Haggerty, 41 years old, pleaded not guilty to charges he stole money from Mr. Bloomberg to purchase a home, but court documents filed by the district attorney's office late Thursday allege he admitted to the scheme in an...

Vincent Delazzero and Ralph Petrillo, owners of two of the largest marble and stone contracting companies in the metropolitan area, plead guilty Monday in White Plains federal court to participating in a tax fraud scheme designed to evade taxes on profits made from a collusive bidding scheme in which both participated.

The pair were convicted in 2015 for a corruption scheme in which the elder Skelos, 70, strong - armed companies into hiring his son Adam, 35, for no - show jobs.

Earlier, the SSA visited the Delta Commissioner for Economic Planning, Mr Kingsley Emu, where he called for serious stakeholder monitoring of the volunteers for effectiveness.Emu hailed the scheme in the state but advised that with the huge investment by the Federal Government, effective supervision was also very important.

The Deputy Director of the scheme in charge of Operations, Mr Henry Nana Boakye, who announced this, said it was aimed at reducing the stress prospective service personnel went through before they knew their places of posting.

Six years later with the growing number of bikes on our roads, more and more cycle lanes being introduced and the introduction of excellent schemes which I take advantage of such as the cycle hire scheme in London.

Conservative including Liam Fox, Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians do not support their party line, and oppose the HS2 scheme in detail; some support proposals for alternative routes; and some reject the whole principle of high - speed rail.

The Skeloses were convicted in 2015 of a scheme in which Dean Skelos allegedly used his power in the Senate to pressure a developer, a malpractice insurer and a technology company into giving no - show jobs and consulting fees to Adam.

Yet despite this, and despite the fact that Home Secretary Theresa May accepted in January 2014 that we should do our bit to help the most vulnerable Syrian refugees who the UNHCR consider urgently need safe haven, only 143 people have been resettled under the VPR scheme in the UK.

«With poor initial decisions by Ministers and endless indecision from Downing Street putting the whole scheme in jeopardy, it is increasingly difficult to have any confidence in the Government's handling of welfare.»

«In a sense, it could be risk aversion: that he doesn't wan na take any chances by stepping out and proposing a grand scheme in terms of the election, exposure that way,» Muzzio said.

A long term flood alleviation scheme in Banbury has benefited hundreds of homes and businesses in recent floods, the council has said.

The chancellor backed the scheme in his Tory party conference speech on Monday, but the shadow chancellor said last week there would be no blank cheque from Labour for the project.

According to Gwar, the state government also recruited monitors in all the wards to supervise the school feeding scheme in order to ensure that the vendors complied with the laid down policy and standard.

One guilty verdict involved a scheme in which an energy company with state regulatory decisions ahead of it arranged for a «low - show» job for Percoco's wife.

Joseph Percoco, who served as the insider among insiders to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, was convicted today of three felony counts for his role in a bribery scheme in which corporate interests got special attention before Cuomo's administration in return for more a steady flow of bribe money paid into Percoco's personal bank account.

Silver is accused of participating in a scheme in which he used his position as speaker to secretly direct state funds to an unnamed doctor in exchange for obtaining referrals of asbestos cases from that doctor, the complaint says.

Mike Willis, Principal of the Ford College at Daventry, which supports both irtec and the IMI - governed Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) scheme in the light vehicle sector, welcomed the agreement:

The Home Office is considering a scheme in which people can anonymously pass on details about firearms to informers.

Martin Doherty, project manager for client Belfast City Council said: «9 Adelaide was a challenging scheme in terms of programme, site logistics and budget.

The ruling New Patriotic Party also touched on providing a similar scheme in its manifesto under Creative Arts at cited on page 171 Chapter 17 Section III during the 2016 general elections.

The government is expected to largely accept these recommendations, although today Mr Hutton made clear it would be going further in its efforts to include women, by introducing a credit scheme in place of the residency criteria.

Labour started the eborders scheme in 2007 and planned to have it covering all journeys by the end of next year, as an essential part of counting people in and out.

It was co-hosted by hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal, who a few months later pleaded guilty to a straw donor scheme in which he funneled more than $ 180,000 to Clinton and two other federal candidates from 2007 to 2011.

The current Caravan Park Watch scheme in Skegness was started in early 2014 when Community Inspector Andy Morrice got together with caravan park owners and representatives from the caravan manufacturing and insurance industries to discuss ways to help reduce the number of burglaries from caravans on holiday parks that occur each year, especially during the closed winter season.

He said that the MOU also involved the establishment of a large scale rice milling factory to process up to 200,000 metric tons of rice to be sourced mainly from out - grower scheme in another part of the state.

The FBI agent's invented real estate developer was also involved in another piece of the scheme in Spring Valley, N.Y., along with a «confidential witness» who has not been identified, prosecutors said.

The PAC criticised the failure of RGF in supporting enough front - line projects, particularly given the importance of this scheme in stimulating growth and providing a trickle - down effect.

A Manhattan judge sentenced the head of a mobile - phone aggregation company to 10 years in prison for a multimillion - dollar fraud scheme in which consumers were charged for unsolicited text messages containing horoscopes, trivia and celebrity gossip.

The charges levied Thursday by Bharara include bribery, bid - rigging and facilitating a pay - to - play scheme in order to ensure that desired contractors - specifically those who have made large cash contributions to the Governor's election campaign - were awarded contracts.

Dean Skelos, 67, and Adam, 32, face eight counts of bribery, extortion and conspiracy to commit honest services fraud for an alleged scheme in which the elder Skelos allegedly used his office to pressure businesses into giving his son cushy no - show jobs that earned him over $ 200,000 starting in 2010.

Ten people, including top Cuomo administration officials Joe Percoco and Alain Kaloyeros, were accused of a scheme in which bids for construction contracts were rigged in exchange for money.

NYC Councilman Ruben Wills was indicted today by NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for a fraudulent scheme in which he stole somewhere between $ 3,000 and $ 33,000 in state legislative member items steered to his non-profit by his political crony State Senator Shirley Huntley.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling sparked anger in July last year by supporting a new # 30 billion Crossrail 2 scheme in London and the South East days after a series of rail electrification projects in Wales, the Midlands and the North were axed or downgraded.