Sentences with phrase «used by an investigator»

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's spokeswoman Jennifer Freeman noted that email trails are often used by investigators to catch government officials engaged in wrongdoing, and if those trails are no longer available, it could curtail corruption - busting probes.

It is unknown, Jain said, what automatic facial recognition technologies were used by investigators in Boston.

When it is determined live animals must be used by an investigator, only the fewest animals required will be approved, and only if the living conditions are sufficiently described and accepted as well within the definition of humane care.

Much of computer forensics is focused on the tools and techniques used by investigators, but there are also a number of important papers, people, and organizations involved.

After reviewing basic principles concerning s. 8 of the Charter [118] and the reasoning of the first appellate court (the Divisional Court), [119 - 131] the Court of Appeal concluded the summons power was a reasonable power, properly constrained, when used by an investigator appointed under s. 75 of the Code.

Not exact matches

Billionaire Vincent Bollore was charged by French investigators as part of a probe into the possible use of bribes in two African countries to obtain port contracts from public officials, according to a statement from his company.

Investigators have tracked the provenance of the grenade and say it came from the same batch as those used by the Hague hostage - takers and had been stolen from a US army base in 1972.

Now French investigators say they have proved that prepaid bank cards were used by the terrorists and the EU is seizing on that to push forward its plans.

FBI investigators had found new emails on a computer used by Clinton's aide, Huma Abedin, after Comey closed the investigation in July of that year.

The investigators» report this week traced a web of offshore companies set up by Olympus and a network of mostly Japanese financial advisers that were used to hide 118 billion yen ($ 1.5 billion) of losses dating back to the 1990s.

Research data used to generate Grassroots ® Research reports are received from reporters and Field Force investigators, who work as independent, third - party contractors, as well as external research panel providers — all of whom supply research that may be paid for by commissions generated by trades executed on behalf of clients.

The year before, just about 90 miles west of the high school where Kaepernick played football, baseball and basketball, an Oakland resident named Oscar Grant was shot in the back in a BART Station by an officer who told investigators he mistakenly believed he was using his taser.

Bias was minimized by the use of a scripted interview, which was closely followed by both investigators.

An over-the-counter sinus medication, banned for pilot use by the Federal Aviation Administration because of its tendency to cause drowsiness, was found in the body of the pilot in a May 18 helicopter crash in Arlington Heights that killed four people, federal investigators said Monday.

Specifically, a literature search was performed (by the investigators with the aid of a professional librarian) by using the index terms ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease, inflammatory bowel disease, bottle - feeding, breastfeeding, infant nutrition, perinatal, and milk in various combinations.

Investigators determined that the bombing was perpetrated by a «Lya Jamal» — thought to be «an Arab traveling under an alias, using fraudulently obtained Colombian documents.»

Indicted restaurateur Harendra Singh told investigators that he disclosed to de Blasio his use of straw donors in fundraising for de Blasio and that he falsified a campaign receipt at the direction of the mayor's office, according to a court filing by former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's attorney.

The Skelos men used «code language» and Adam used a «burner phone» to discuss business arrangements to thwart possible wire taps by investigators.

Eliot Spitzer used investigators to gather damaging information on his leading GOP foe; an effort by then - Gov.

A «representative string of emails» subpoenaed by investigators included «a lively discussion among members of an organization about which of the organization's LLCs should be used to make a round of outsized contributions, based upon which ones had already given outsized contributions in the past,» the report said.

Commission documents obtained and authenticated by City & State show that Moreland's investigators sought to determine if lawmakers were spending the contributions they received for legitimate campaign - oriented purposes, or whether any money was going to their personal use, in violation of state law.

The State Police, a once highly regarded statewide agency, has been wracked by scandal over the past four years, including Troopergate, during which Spitzer was found to have used investigators to gather information on a GOP foe, and alleged efforts by Paterson's top bodyguard to persuade a Bronx woman not to file assault charges against a top gubernatorial aide.

Adam Skelos bought a burner phone, more difficult to trace, and had White mail documents to his home to avoid using emails that could be scooped up by federal investigators, according to court testimony.

Defense attorneys thus far have attacked Singh's credibility as a government witness and sought to use his own words against him — in part by playing secretly made recordings in which Singh says he has no story about politicians to share with federal investigators and Mangano gave him «nothing» for gestures such as hiring Linda Mangano.

Vance and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton called a press conference to blast a decision by Apple not to help investigators hack into an encrypted iPhone used by Syed Farook, who killed 14 and injured 22 others in San Bernardino, Ca.

Correction Officer Byron Taylor, 32, helped other officers cover up the true nature of Spear's death by coming up with a fake story that made Spear look like the instigator, filing false Use of Force reports with the Department of Correction and repeatedly lying to the Bronx District Attorney's Office, DOC investigators and a federal grand jury said.

In a more extensive use of a wiretap by Spota's office, the federal investigators are seeking to determine if information gleaned on a wiretap on Macedonio was used only to convict Macedonio of drug possession, while other information involving possible fraud by Macedonio, political corruption in the county and possible illegal activities by a member of Spota's staff, was ignored, sources said.

Brissenden alleged newly revealed evidence that showed Singh told investigators that he relayed to de Blasio that his efforts to direct funds to his campaign coffers were «not kosher» because he skirted campaign finance laws by using the names of contributors — the straw donors — whom he subsequently reimbursed.

At least three investigators with the Suffolk district attorney's office have been subpoenaed as a federal investigation has expanded into whether county investigators and prosecutors engaged in federal civil rights violations by illegally using a wiretap on Oliva.

Those proposals include stripping public officials who are convicted of corruption of their pensions, while also new penalties for those who use county committees to circumvent donor limits — another area in which de Blasio has come under scrutiny by federal investigators.

The documents reveal a myriad of new details about the email set - up and show that investigators found multiple attempts by hackers to access Clinton's system — a series of personal devices and servers that the Democratic presidential candidate told investigators she used as a matter of convenience while she was secretary of state.

An office used by a law firm that had employed lobbyist Todd Howe at the SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany was searched on Thursday by investigators from state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office amid investigations in economic development projects in New York, according to a source familiar with the investigation.

Work and pensions secretary Peter Hain announced DWP fraud investigators will use information held by credit reference agencies to help locate benefit cheats.

But Mr. Gural said he did express concern to the investigator about a potential conflict of interest between a winning bidder and a casino consulting firm used by the board that recommended new licenses to the State Gaming Commission.

The New York Times responded to the latest bombshell report about Harvey Weinstein's efforts to silence accusers, along with the Times journalist working to tell their stories, by firing the law firm that the studio executive used to employ private investigators: Boies Schiller Flexner.

The phone is coming to Schneiderman after state investigators searched an office at SUNY Poly's Albany campus that was used by Todd Howe and other employees of Whiteman, Osterman and Hanna, the law firm that had employed him.

One consultant was identified by the city's schools investigator for grossly overbilling the department, another for using city time and a DOE email account to start his own personal business and a third for carrying on a personal relationship with the DOE supervisor of his $ 42 million contract.

Investigators have been scrutinizing the operation of the office, including allegations that Hynes improperly used money forfeited by criminals.

Part - time work by legislators has long been a focus of federal investigators because corrupt lawmakers have used payments for ostensible part - time jobs or consulting work to mask political payoffs.

Principal investigator Cari Herrmann - Abell and her colleagues plan to expand on their previous efforts to develop multiple - choice test items by developing a set of constructed or open - ended response items that can be used in combination with the multiple - choice items to measure students» understanding of core disciplinary ideas, science practices, and crosscutting concepts — the three dimensions of science learning that are central to the vision of NGSS.

To answer these questions, a team of MUSC investigators led by stroke neurologist and physician - scientist Wayne Feng, M.D., MS, attempted something that has never before been tried — they directly measured tDCS - generated EFs in vivo using deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes that were already implanted in patients with Parkinson's disease.

A recent study by investigators from LIJ Medical Center demonstrated that using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in men with an elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) resulted in a prostate cancer detection rate that was twice as high as data reported in the March 1999 Prostate journal that analyzed men undergoing the standard 12 - core biopsy with an elevated PSA.

Using over a decade's worth of data from the Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research project, supported by the National Science Foundation, the investigators examined the effects of kelp on groups of organisms in the kelp forest ecosystem.

In one analysis that included 21 randomized clinical trials, investigators found a risk of 138 surgical site infections per 1000 procedures, and the use of sutures coated with the antimicrobial triclosan reduced this by 39.

Investigators used the UroNav system, which combines MRI and ultrasound imaging to better identify areas not revealed by the standard, 12 - core biopsy procedure.

To accurately test the hypothesis of a lower risk of recurrence with HRT, a new study led by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital published in European Urology Focus, performed a systematic review and meta - analysis, pooling available data, to assess whether an improved risk of recurrence could be demonstrated using HRT compared with CRT, in addition to assessing the relative impact of these two treatments on bladder and rectal function.

To look for potential blood - based markers of delirium, a team led by senior investigators Towia Libermann, PhD and Edward Marcantonio, MD, SM, both of BIDMC, screened plasma from adults without dementia aged 70 and older undergoing major non-cardiac surgery using data from the Successful Aging after Elective Surgery Study.

The tremors and other movement impairments of Parkinson's are triggered by the death of dopamine - producing cells in the brain, so the investigators used flies that had been genetically engineered to have their dopamine cells die off as they age.

By using this technique, we demonstrated that the telomere G - tail length of leukocytes is significantly correlated with endothelial function and severity of ARWMCs,» said Professor Hidetoshi Tahara, a principal investigator of this study at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hiroshima University.

Using a mouse model of HSV - 1 as well as autopsied samples of human adult and fetal tissues, investigators from Dartmouth College's Geisel School of Medicine found that antibodies against HSV - 1 produced by adult women or female mice could travel to the nervous systems of their yet unborn babies, preventing the development and spread of infection during birth.