Sentences with phrase «used by federal prosecutors»

CEO Jeffrey Skilling that held the «honest services» statute used by federal prosecutors against both men requires proof of a kickback or bribe.

Bruno was convicted on two felony charges in December 2009, but the Supreme Court retooled the statute used by federal prosecutors against him, triggering a second trial that ended with his acquittal.

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FBI agents seized documents using several warrants after the case was referred in part by Mueller to New York federal prosecutors, Cohen attorney Stephen Ryan wrote in an email.

«We don't know exactly what McGahn said, but the mere fact that he put a stop to that letter is another piece of evidence that Mueller could use to say, «Donald Trump was warned by the White House counsel that this was a problematic step and decided to do it anyway,»» former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti told Business Insider in September.

Perhaps the closest parallel was in a case filed by federal prosecutors against Lavabit, a privacy - oriented email service used by Edward Snowden.

Nicolas De-Meyer, 40, was identified in an indictment unsealed Wednesday by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, who say he used a fake name, «Mark Miller,» to sell hundreds of bottles of the stolen wine to a North Carolina wine dealer he had found on the internet from 2014 to 2016.

The FBI agent says De-Meyer denied using a fake name, as he was accused of doing in an indictment unsealed Wednesday by federal prosecutors in Manhattan.

King wrote that when acting as a federal prosecutor, Sessions used his power to «chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens.»

President Trump's longtime attorney, Michael Cohen, will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self - incrimination in a civil lawsuit brought by adult entertainer Stormy Daniels — a move that would prevent him revealing anything that could be used later by federal prosecutors.

Self - help guru Keith Raniere, who has charged by federal prosecutors with running a violent sex - slave cult called NXIVM, allegedly used the star power of two actresses from the Superman - prequel TV series «Smallville» to lure other women into his organization.

Today's sweeping indictments by federal and state prosecutors resoundingly confirm that the state's use of non-profits and SUNY to award billions in state economic development contracts has created huge and systemic opportunities for corruption.

Close to $ 2 Billion in public funds in play Today's sweeping indictments by federal and state prosecutors resoundingly confirm that the state's use of non-profits and SUNY to award billions in state economic development contracts has created huge and systemic opportunities for corruption.

The unique problem posed by Bharara is that few of the tools Cuomo typically uses to beat back problems (and opponents) will be at his disposal when it comes to dealing with the federal prosecutor.

For nearly a decade, federal prosecutors said, a former top official at the Staten Island DA» soffice used his agency's American Express card to buy himself and his family more than $ 400,000 in luxury gifts, resort vacations, even an extensive knife collection, hiding the transactions by logging them under the internal billing code his office used to pay informants and conduct surveillance operations.

DiNapoli said his plan would restore oversight by the comptroller over the contracts, and ban the use of nonprofit entities that federal prosecutors say were used to mask the illegal schemes.

Percoco was off the state payroll but used his Manhattan office — near the governor's in the executive chamber — to make calls on 68 days during that period, according to evidence submitted by federal prosecutors at the trial.

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.

The revelations into the steps leading to Ahmad Khan Rahami's New York and New Jersey bomb spree came in court documents in which federal prosecutors charge him with using a weapon of mass destruction, bombing a public place and two other charges leveled by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York.

A federal judge handed indicted Albany politician Dean Skelos a pile of legal defeats Tuesday, tossing out his motion to dismiss two of his corruption charges and ruling that prosecutors can use all the evidence they scored by wiretapping his cellphone, new court papers state.

Late last year, federal prosecutors said they may introduce evidence at trial to show that Percoco «threatened at least four New York State employees... who were considering leaving their current jobs or State service entirely, by claiming that [he] would use his extensive influence... prevent them from finding future employment.»

Brooklyn federal prosecutors say that Meng promised to use his influence quash the tax fraud probe by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office for an acquaintance, but in reality only intended to bilk the businessman out of money and pocket it for himself.

Cuomo's gubernatorial spokesman and his campaign have refused to answer questions about Percoco's use of the office, which was detailed in phone records and swipe - card data presented by federal prosecutors.

According to documents filed by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York, Silver used his relationship with JoRon Management, a Buffalo - area company run by Jordan Levy, to invest his money in Counsel Financial, which prosecutors call a «private investment vehicle that promised a high annual rate of return with little risk.»

The repeated and diverse efforts by Senator Skelos, a Long Island Republican, to use what prosecutors said was his political influence to find work, or at least income, for his son could send both men to federal prison.

President Trump's longtime attorney, Michael Cohen, will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self - incrimination in a civil lawsuit brought by adult entertainer Stormy Daniels — a move that would prevent him revealing anything that could be used later by federal prosecutors.

Federal prosecutors have charged that a $ 140 million project to bridge the «digital divide» in Arizona's public schools was used as a vehicle for accounting fraud in late 2001 by officials of the telecommunications giant Qwest Communications International Inc..

We have had several inquiries about whether the DOJ advice to Federal prosecutors regarding pursuing criminal cases will have an impact upon the Department of Transportation's longstanding regulation about the use of marijuana by safety ‐ sensitive transportation employees — pilots, school bus drivers, truck drivers, train engineers, subway operators, aircraft maintenance personnel, transit fire ‐ armed security personnel, ship captains, and pipeline emergency response personnel, among others.

That's what suggested in this story, reporting that two federal prosecutors may have breached ethics rules guarding attorney - client confidentiality by using an informant to infiltrate the defense camp and gather information.

Our client was charged by federal prosecutors with money laundering for allegedly transferring proceeds abroad using a currency arbitrage platform.

Commissioner Roberto Martinez, a former federal prosecutor, proposed an amendment that mirrored gun restrictions imposed by a new Florida law, which raised the minimum age from 18 to 21 and imposed a three - day waiting period to purchase long guns, such as the one used by Cruz.