Sentences with phrase «using asset forfeiture funds»

Federal investigators are also said to be investigating bonuses paid in Spota's office using asset forfeiture funds.

The bill was a reaction to disclosures that $ 3.25 million in bonuses had been paid to district attorney employees since 2012 using asset forfeiture funds.

Disclosure that the Suffolk District Attorney's office paid $ 3.25 million in bonuses since 2012 using asset forfeiture funds spurred Calarco's bill.

Spota's office has paid a total of $ 2.7 million in bonuses since 2012 using an asset forfeiture fund, according to documents released this month.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone is urging Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to review bonuses paid out by Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota that may have used asset forfeiture funds.

Not exact matches

In September, after a lengthy investigation by staffers at the Senate Judiciary Committee, chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa) blasted the service for using forfeiture funds to pay for perks and luxury items such as «high - end granite countertops and expensive custom artwork,» much of it installed, appropriately enough, at a new Asset Forfeiture Academy in Houston.

Noel DiGerolamo, president of the Suffolk Police Benevolent Association, said Thursday he did not oppose the bill, and that he supported more transparency with how asset forfeiture funds are used.

«My research so far seems to indicate that it's a permissive use of state asset forfeiture funds,» Kennedy said of the district attorney's practice.

Clifford said the use of asset forfeiture funds to pay stipends to assistant district attorneys is allowable under state and federal law.

The asset forfeiture fund also has been used to fund police overtime and to provide $ 1.5 million for the East End emergency radio system, DA's spokesman Robert Clifford said.