He was convicted of scheming to use his influence to get
his son jobs with companies with business before the state.
Not exact matches
After doctors diagnosed Kim Young's third
son with Tourette syndrome — her first two also had the disorder — she figured that quitting her direct - sales gig
with a crafting
company to take a 9 - to - 5 corporate
job would offer the stability that her family needed to deal
with the challenges of their situation.
Repeatedly, according to the 43 - page complaint against Dean Skelos and Adam Skelos, the father arranged potential
job or commission opportunities for the
son with political supporters and
companies who had or wanted government business.
Skelos was convicted of using his political influence to get his
son, Adam,
jobs with companies that included an Arizona environmental firm that then received a lucrative contract from his home base of Nassau County.
At trial, the government had accused the elder Skelos of strong - arming three
companies with a stake in state legislation — a major real estate developer, an environmental technology
company and a medical malpractice insurer — into giving his
son about $ 300,000 through consulting work, a no - show
job and a payment of $ 20,000.
An eight - count indictment accuses the two men of «a corrupt scheme to monetize Dean Skelos's official position,» in which the senator used his power to obtain for his
son jobs and payments from
companies with business before the state.
In the trial, prosecutors persuaded the jury that Mr. Skelos and his
son had used the father's official position to pressure a Manhattan developer, an environmental technology
company and a medical malpractice insurer to provide Adam Skelos
with roughly $ 300,000 via consulting work, a no - show
job and a direct payment of $ 20,000.
Mr. Bharara's office charged the former majority leader of using the powers of his office to illegally extort three
companies into setting his
son up
with jobs and money.
But Robert Gage, Dean Skelos» lawyer, denied charges that the senator «sold his office» and his power to extort
companies into giving Adam Skelos
jobs and make him a success, casting the case and FBI wiretaps of the two as a government intrusion into a parent's bond
with a sometimes «volatile»
son who needed help.
Lawyers for former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his
son Adam today argued that the federal corruption charges against the pair — which allege that the elder Mr. Skelos obtained posh
jobs for the younger from
companies with business before the state — really tell a heartwarming tale of a «caring and concerned» father and his «rude,» «volatile» and «immature and emotional» 33 - year - old boy.
Former Senate Leader Dean Skelos arranged to get his
son Adam Skelos a
job at a medical malpractice insurance
company with business before the state — where the
son threatened a supervisor and said he didn't have to show up to work because of his father's position — according to new charges brought by a grand jury.
Republican members of the State Senate will convene behind closed doors this morning to discuss whether it's time for Skelos, a Long Islander who has led their conference for just shy of seven years, to relinquish the reins as he fights federal charges that he traded official favors
with a major developer and environmental
company that gave a
job and money to his
son.
Mr. Skelos, 67, a Long Island Republican, and his
son, Adam B. Skelos, 33, were found guilty on Friday of bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges, for schemes that exploited the senator's position to pressure a developer, an environmental technology
company and a medical malpractice insurer to provide the
son with hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting fees and a no - show
job.
His father had lined up a well - paid
job with a Belgian
company in Kinshasa — indeed, he had already promised the CEO that his
son would take the position — but Mulembakani hesitated.
With Jeremiah out of town, Marty is forced to bring his son Roscoe to his next job in San Francisco; hoping for some quality time with his dad, Roscoe ends up spending it all with the Pod when Marty is forced to babysit Alex Katsnelson, the teenage CEO of a security software comp
With Jeremiah out of town, Marty is forced to bring his
son Roscoe to his next
job in San Francisco; hoping for some quality time
with his dad, Roscoe ends up spending it all with the Pod when Marty is forced to babysit Alex Katsnelson, the teenage CEO of a security software comp
with his dad, Roscoe ends up spending it all
with the Pod when Marty is forced to babysit Alex Katsnelson, the teenage CEO of a security software comp
with the Pod when Marty is forced to babysit Alex Katsnelson, the teenage CEO of a security software
company.
On the surface Brad has everything going for him — a comfortable life in Sacramento
with a loving wife, a brilliant and talented musician in his
son Troy (Austin Abrams, «Gangster Squad»), and a satisfying
job managing a non-profit
company which provides services to others.
Once Sebastian graduated in 1992, he got a full time
job as an applications engineer
with a manufacturing
company and the following year their
son Max was born.
If your resume isn't in their system, then you have almost no chance of getting a
job with that
company unless you're the
son or daughter of the CEO.