Sentences with phrase «taking bribes»

The executives are being investigated by the German public prosecutor for taking bribes from contractors in connection with office projects in Frankfurt and Munich, The Wall Street Journal reported.
By now you've heard, read or seen the news about the two Los Angeles building inspectors who were charged last month by the FBI with taking bribes to sign inspection forms for houses they never inspected.
It isn't limited to taking bribes.
On Feb. 18, Facciola applied the civil rules to the case of a State Department worker accused of taking bribes to facilitate visas.
The June 2016 Supreme Court decision said had said an official can't be convicted for taking bribes unless he or she takes action or makes a decision on a matter involving a formal exercise of government power.
Why are people taking bribes?
Not the «taking bribes» kind of corrupt, the more general definition of the term encompassing: guilty of dishonest practices...; lacking integrity; crooked; debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil; made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text.
Michel Temer, vice-president under Rousseff and chairman of the centre - right PMDB party, who was confirmed as the new president in 2016, was last year formally charged for taking bribes from meat - packing giant JBS.
What could considered robbery or taking bribes of a state could be in accordance with contract - it is not a breach of contract.
Environmental groups are not above taking bribes, either.
Taking bribes and extorting characters can sometimes be a matter of life and death (literally)-- and you'll have to decide where your loyalties lie.
Some companies and government agencies also consider that employees in financial trouble may be susceptible to taking bribes or stealing from their workplace.
Oh, I remembered the third rule of journalism: 3) If the Times only pays attention to the Big Five on their tout sheets, and they do it to gain advert money on their pages, then they are in effect taking bribes.
Further complicating the situation is the fact that Gillian Sullivan, the judge who originally found Rommy guilty, is only recently out of prison herself, having served time for taking bribes.
Dennis Josleyn, former West Coast Honda sales manager, and John Billmyer, former senior vice president, were convicted of taking bribes from dealers in return for favorable treatment in getting sought - after cars and dealerships, especially during the booming 1980s.
A jury found former school board member Olga Hernandez not guilty of taking bribes from an insurance contractor doing business with the San Antonio Independent School District, but that doesn't mean she is innocent.
Two school board members were charged with taking bribes from contractors.
In March, Ira Thomas resigned from OPSB and subsequently pled guilty to taking bribes.
Stephen Heyneman, professor at Vanderbilt University, has made it his mission not only to discover where it is happening — whether the issue is plagiarism, falsifying research, or teachers taking bribes — but also why, and help to devise measures by which future cases can be prevented.
Famitsu got nailed for taking bribes for good reviews a while back so basing your opinion on famitsu review is about as wise as basing it on ign alone.
In the world's oldest horse race, the Palio, taking bribes and fixing races threatens to extinguish the passion for the sport itself.
Michael has been supplementing his income by taking bribes from Turkish drug pushers, but when a pair of vicious Albanian kingpins blow through town, eager to take over, he's in a terrible spot.
Shades of Monica Lewinski... and it makes you wonder - how taking bribes can be condoned (see Lobbyist in the dictionary), and yet the populace takes the moral high ground when it comes to hanky panky... somehow, as usual, we miss the bigger picture.
He didn't mind taking bribes and giving bribes.
In court last week, official state media reported, Zhang pleaded guilty to taking bribes, almost half of which were for his CAS membership bids.
The governor had promised to form the investigatory commission in accordance with the state's Moreland Act after he and lawmakers failed to agree on a package of ethics and elections law reforms that ranged from increasing punishment for taking bribes to making it easier to register to vote to using taxpayer money to finance political campaigns.
Two days later, Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson was arrested for taking bribes, and his fellow Bronx Assemblyman Nelson Castro revealed that he had taped Stevenson and others for federal investigators in order to resolve a previously undisclosed perjury charge.
More remarkable, if true, is the fact that the sewer machinations continued even after the former New York Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, was charged in January with taking bribes disguised as fees.
started taking bribes from a wealthy donor shortly after he entered the Senate in 2006.
In just the past five years, a lawmaker was convicted of taking bribes from a carnival promoter.
Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. managed to crush a gaggle of six challengers — despite being accused of taking bribes to pay his legal bills for another alleged scandal.
He's expected to plead guilty to charges of fraud and taking bribes — if one of the charges to which he pleads is a felony, he automatically is no longer eligible to hold his seat.
He is to serve 2 to 6 years in prison for taking bribes and official misconduct.
Edward Mangano and Venditto are accused of taking bribes in what is also known as an illegal «stream of benefits» scheme while they were in office, prosecutors say in court papers.
Edward Mangano, who is not seeking re-election next month, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of taking bribes and kickbacks from a local businessman in return for favors, including a county contract.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's one - time top adviser Joseph Percoco was convicted Tuesday on three counts of soliciting and taking bribes by a Manhattan federal court jury after an eight - week trial.
Frederick Mei, a former Oyster Bay deputy town attorney, admitted Monday to taking bribes from restaurateur Harendra Singh and another contractor as part of what he described as the «pay - to - play nature» of conducting business in the Republican - controlled town.
A South Bronx assemblyman was arrested Thursday on charges of taking bribes to help developers with their projects, the New York Times reported.
The prosecutors argued that the senator began taking bribes from Melgen shortly after he entered the Senate in 2006.
Last week, calls for action increased when Sen. Carl Kruger was charged with taking bribes.
Percoco is accused of taking bribes from three co-defendants, Steve Aiello and Joseph Gerardiof Syracuse - based COR Development and Peter Galbraith Kelly of Competitive Power Ventures.
Mr. Kruger is accused of taking bribes from several of Mr. Lipsky's clients in what prosecutors say was a huge pay - to - play scam.
Percoco is accused of taking bribes from three codefendants, Steve Aiello and Joseph Gerardi of Syracuse - based COR Development and Peter Galbraith Kelly of Competitive Power Ventures.
Percoco was convicted of taking bribes from Kelly, an energy company executive, in the form of a «low - show» job for his wife.
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli on Thursday said he has ordered an internal review of hiring practices and oversight in the wake of the arrestof a former state pension fund manager accused of taking bribes that ranged from cash to crack cocaine to prostitutes in exchange for steering $ 2 billion in investments to Wall Street broker - dealers.
Newton previously served time in prison after pleading guilty in 2005 to federal charges that included taking bribes.
Lt. Robert Sung and Detective Yatyu Yam were taking bribes from this club in Flushing in exchange for quashing drug arrests and giving warnings of police raids on the club.
«The idea that Mississippians would vote for a Clinton crony, who narrowly avoided jail for taking bribes, is pure fantasy.»
State Assemblyman Eric Stevenson is accused of taking bribes for writing legislation.
Inspector James Grant, a former precinct commander in Manhattan and Brooklyn, of taking bribes worth more than $ 100,000 from two Brooklyn investors over three years.
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