Sentences with phrase «secure bribes and kickbacks»

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara charged that Mr. Silver improperly used his office to secure bribes and kickbacks that he misrepresented as payments for work done at two law firms.

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Mei, who was charged with accepting $ 50,000 and cash payments for a luxury car lease from Singh, secretly pleaded guilty in September 2015 to receiving «bribes and kickbacks» for helping Singh secure the loan guarantees, according to an indictment unsealed last week.

Court documents detailed Mei's statements that he received «bribes and kickbacks» for helping secure town loan guarantees for an unnamed concessionaire.

Mei pleaded guilty to a charge of honest services fraud for receiving bribes and kickbacks between 2011 and 2015 for helping secure a town loan guarantee for Singh.

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.