Sentences with phrase «to misuse the funds»

However, some GOP lawmakers, including influential Wake County Republican Sen. Chad Barefoot, accuse districts of misusing funding allotments, although they have not presented any evidence of specific misdeeds.

Even as he was under investigation for misusing funds from Soundview, Espada got a new contract from the health network's board.

The Democrat was arraigned Monday morning for misusing funds from his inaugural committee.

Dadey says the murky appropriations — which he says are simply labeled as $ 200 million for transportation, or $ 300 million for labor initiatives, for example — led to some of the criminal charges against former Speaker Sheldon Silver, and a former senate leader, Malcolm Smith, who misused the funds for personal gain.

Republicans say local school districts are misusing their funding allotments.

Auditors might analyze data to find instances of people misusing funds.

Another former IMF head, Rodrigo Rato of Spain, is currently standing trial on charges of misusing funds when he was head of Spanish lender Bankia.

MANHATTAN — A state appeals court threw out a suit brought by the United Federation of Teachers and NAACP alleging the city misused funds allocated specifically to reduce class size.

Representative Chaka Fattah accused by U.S. government of misusing funds after failed mayoral race

However, many large organizations misuse the funds and only give a small percentage of the donations back to saving animals.

Judge Simon concluded she was «convinced there is a potential for SoCalGas to misuse funds authorized for codes and standards advocacy.»

Some consider financial impropriety unforgivable, while others are more tolerant when a lawyer misuses funds to pay the bills, as opposed to pocketing the money for personal gain.

The individual properties could do well but your investment can go to zero if management misuses funds or invests poorly.

Occasionally, there are stories of people who misuse the funds they received via a crowdfunding campaign.

Hawass, who reportedly has close ties to the Mubarak family, stood accused of misusing funds and covering up antiquities theft.

«Anecdotal evidence shows that these funds are still being spent improperly, and currently only the establishments face a penalty - which does nothing to discourage benefit recipients from misusing their funds,» said Rocco LaDuca, a spokesman for the senator.

Espinal said he's aware people are still judging his ability to lead based on reports of him misusing funds from the precinct council budget, as well as encouraging residents to rally against restaurant owners on Dyckman Street for apparently siding with an opponent in his run for district leader.

The «Obordobidi» hitmaker started his rant by asking Obour to resign and also discussed the frustrations of musicians about how Obour had misused funds of the Association.

The Reform Party calls on Congressional Ethics Committees to continue scrutiny of Franking, and to hold our elected Congressional officials accountable for any abuses, including penalties and reimbursing any misused funds.

But opponents, including most environmental groups, say Cuomo is misusing the fund to clean up water pollution that would actually be caused by the bridge project.

This isn't the first time a head of a non-profit has ripped off or misused funds.

Martin Shkreli, the drug executive who was widely criticized for sharply raising the price of a drug used by HIV patients, was arrested Thursday by federal agents on charges that he misused funds at the company he founded.

Recently, the depth of the charter school scandals even made it to John Oliver's HBO show, «Last Week Tonight,» where he observed, in Philadelphia alone, at least 10 executives or top administrators have pleaded guilty in the last decade to charges like fraud, misusing funds and obstruction of justice.

Critics who have argued that the government's flagship free school policy has suffered from weak oversight have been given further ammunition as an investigation into a pioneering free school in Bradford, West Yorkshire, found an alleged trail of misused funds, unexplained invoices and improper payments.

Taking a higher amount not only makes it more likely to misuse the funds but it also gets you into unnecessary debt.

There are many instances in the news where the head of the organization has done something bad or has misused the funds for their personal gains.

They have every right in the world to iquire how he used or misused the funds.

They further argued that the agreement placed Mr. Platt in the position of «trustee», that he misused the funds in this role, and that the investors were consequently entitled to several millions of dollars in «credits» as a result.

Two years later, President Reagan asked him to step in as acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency when its director resigned amid allegations of misused funds.