Sentences with phrase «taking cash bribes»

Wormuth later pleaded guilty to taking cash bribes and stealing thousands of dollars from a campaign account for personal use.

Also Monday, the feds arrested Sgt. David Villanueva and Officer Richard Ochetal of the NYPD License Division for allegedly taking cash bribes from Brooklyn businessman, Alex Lichtenstein, who wanted gun permits for undeserving applicants paying him as much as $ 18,000 each.

Not exact matches

But is you don't have the kind of cash lying around that it takes to bribe high level politicians (i.e millions), you are middle class.

This is the same man who reportedly took cash - briefcase bribes for all kinds of things, including competing bids to put the 2010 World Cup in Morocco or South Africa.

The President has deliberately refused to institute proper investigation into reports of corruption allegations involving his appointees including the grievous BOST scandal, activities at the National Communication Authority, allegations against his two deputy chiefs of staff, the cash for seat scandal, inflation of cost, breaching of procurement regulations, illegal oil deals with foreign companies, bribes taking at the Presidency, etc..

Halloran, a Republican, was charged with taking more than $ 20,000 in payoffs from two undercover FBI operatives posing as corrupt developers in exchange for agreeing to funnel public cash to them and to help bribe Republican NYC county leaders to allow Democratic Sen. Malcolm Smith, also of Queens, to run Row B in the party's mayoral primary.

As the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers.»

«As the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers,» Mr. Bharara said in a statement.

He is accused of taking a $ 15,000 cash bribe in return for supporting Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith's bid to run for mayor as a Republican.

«When a public official takes cash like that, in a car, in an envelope, it's so troubling, it's shady,» said Karas, referring to how Halloran was caught red - handed taking bribes.

Former Queens Councilman Daniel Halloran testified at his federal trial that an envelope of cash he took from someone who turned out to be a government informant wasn't a bribe but a personal loan.

In a prepared statement following the conviction, interim Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey Berman said, «Joseph Percoco was found guilty of taking over $ 300,000 in cash bribes by selling something priceless that was not his to sell — the sacred obligation to honestly and faithfully serve the citizens of New York.

At the same time, the statement knocks Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, referencing last year's arrest of a pension fund manager who was accused of taking bribes in the form of cash and drugs.

«Taking into account the fact that nine out of every 10 bribes paid into public officials in Nigeria are paid in cash and the size of the payment made, it is estimated that the total amount of bribes paid to public officials in Nigeria in the 12 months prior to the survey was around N400 billion, the equivalent of $ 4.6 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP).

DiNapoli said he has ordered an internal review of hiring practices and oversight after the arrest of Kang, who was 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.

According to city campaign finance records, the campaign paid Tabone $ 3,000 on Feb. 16 — two days after the aide allegedly took a hefty cash bribe from an undercover FBI agent posing as a real estate developer, according to the criminal complaint.

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said: «Joseph Percoco was found guilty of taking over $ 300,000 in cash bribes by selling something priceless that was not his to sell — the sacred obligation to honestly and faithfully serve the citizens of New York.

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.

Former Queens City Councilman Daniel Halloran testified at his federal trial Thursday that an envelope of cash he took from someone who turned out to be a government informant wasn't a bribe but a personal loan.

Mei also said the very first time he took a bribe as a government official was in 1995, when he accepted a set of new car tires and then $ 2,500 in cash from a town contractor named Joe Rutigliano.

Bribes took the form of bricks of cash, expensive art works, aircraft and yachts.

«It's exceedingly rare these days that a bribe paid or offered or promised takes the form of cold hard cash.