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Two partners at the hedge fund Deerfield Management and two others were found guilty on Thursday of charges stemming from what prosecutors have described as an insider trading scheme based on leaks from within a federal healthcare agency.

Guilty verdict in what prosecutors call «most lucrative insider trading scheme in U.S. history», Reuters

A: While victims have an opinion about the outcome of their potential penalty, they do not control what prosecutors do on a case.

When they refused, citing a plea agreement they had signed, Rose called a police officer to the stand, questioned the officer herself and imposed a sentence that was two to three years longer than what prosecutors had contemplated.»

By cutting off funds, many corporate employees wind up accepting plea bargains — which in many instances, is just what prosecutors intend by pressuring companies to stop paying employee legal expenses.

The linking of teachers» employment, and sometimes their pay, to test scores has also been blamed for sporadic incidents of cheating, and on Friday, 35 Atlanta educators, including the former superintendent, were indicted in a what prosecutors called a widespread scheme of doctoring students» answers.

The client, Peter G. Kelly, an executive with the power company, would later hire Mr. Percoco's wife in what prosecutors say was a bribe.

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.

But most of all, Mr. Howe began to deliver an unsparing look at how he said Joseph Percoco, once one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's closest aides, sought to actively sell his influence in Albany in what prosecutors have called two separate bribery schemes involving companies seeking state contracts.

Or «Fat Boy,» the name the two men some used to describe an energy company executive involved in what prosecutors say was a corrupt scheme.

Halloran is on trial for allegedly acting as a power broker in what prosecutors described as an elaborate ploy by state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Hollis) to bribe his way onto the GOP ticket in the 2013 mayoral elections.

Unrelated to each other, the Percoco and Silver cases have already depicted what prosecutors say is an unseemly world that can operate inside Albany's seat of power.

Asked about those unrelated cases — including the contracts for political donors, as well as what prosecutors called «helping someone you had a personal relationship with obtain contracts with entities with business before the county» — Walker said, «I'm ready to answer any questions that they may have.»

Keating said that what prosecutors say Mangano did — gathering with officials, setting up meetings, giving advice — were not official Nassau County acts.

Bruno, 85, is facing his second trial for depriving the public of the right to honest services by engaging in what prosecutors described as a «quid pro quo bribery scheme.»

NEW YORK — The trial of former - Andrew Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco continued on Wednesday, as prosecutors alleged that one of the companies involved, Competitive Power Ventures, bribed Joseph Percoco through a $ 300,000 scheme where they educated his wife, Lisa Percoco, for what prosecutors say was very little work.

Mr. Kruger is accused of taking bribes from several of Mr. Lipsky's clients in what prosecutors say was a huge pay - to - play scam.

Silver, a Democrat from lower Manhattan, was charged on Thursday with accepting $ 6 million in what prosecutors said were «kickbacks» disguised as legal fees in exchange for official favors.

What prosecutors cast as misdeeds — collecting referral fees from a real estate law firm employed by major developers and a firm that represented asbestos patients treated by a medical researcher that Silver gave state funding — were presented as the inevitable conflicts of a part - time Legislature where lawmakers have side jobs.

Schneiderman's aides took four people into custody Wednesday in connection with what prosecutors said was a bid - rigging scheme at the Monroe County Local Development Corporation.

His wife received payments as well for what prosecutors say was a low - show job.

Naturally, the word «ziti» — the euphemism borrowed from The Sopranos to describe the alleged bribes to Percoco as payments to his wife for what prosecutors say was a «low - show» job — was tossed around in court on Tuesday.

A federal agent who interviewed the wife of the then - Nassau County executive about what prosecutors say was her no - show job testified Thursday that Linda Mangano initially discussed performing a large volume of work but later broke down in tears when she was subpoenaed for evidence.

Now, Skelos and his father, State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre), face federal extortion, conspiracy and bribery charges in what prosecutors call the senator's «monetizing» of his office to «take care of Adam's needs.»

Clarence Norman Jr., leader of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, the biggest Democratic organization east of Chicago, since 1990, was convicted February 23 of coercion, grand larceny by extortion and attempted grand larceny by extortion in what prosecutors said was a scheme to shake down judicial candidates in exchange for party support.

Silver's lawyers, while entering a not guilty plea for him on Tuesday before U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni, argued that Bharara broke rules about what prosecutors can say outside court and may have prejudiced the grand jury that indicted Silver.

Moments after Wood handed down a more lenient sentence than the 12 years Silver received and less than half what prosecutors had sought, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara focused on the sentences in just one week's time for two politicians who had exclusive entry to Albany's three - men - in - a-room system of government.

About 600 LIRR retirees will lose their disability benefits after a federal agency voted last week to halt the payments following a sweeping investigation into what prosecutors have called a major disability fraud scheme.

Silver defense lawyer Steve Molo said Bharara's statements after Silver's arrest broke rules about what prosecutors can say outside of court, and prejudiced the grand jury that indicted him last week.

Howe, another long - time associate of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is expected to detail what prosecutors contend were bribery schemes he, Percoco, and the businessmen defendants were involved in.

Lipsky would then request Kruger take an official action in return for placing part of his fees into an account with what prosecutors described as a «shell company» nominally run by Turano.

The federal case against Silver focused on his private legal work, which generated millions in what prosecutors were able to cast as bribes and kickbacks disguised as legal fees.

Nonetheless, what prosecutors investigating the State Senate fund - raising effort appear to be seeking, in subpoenas issued this week by the Manhattan district attorney's office, is evidence of a scheme to use the county committees to illegally redistribute contributions to candidates favored by Mr. de Blasio.

Both men are expected to be arraigned in new charges contained in the indictment, which revealed Adam Skelos received what prosecutors allege was a no - show job at a medical malpractice firm.

Percoco, Aiello and Gerardi and are on trial in U.S. District Court in Manhattan along with energy company executive Peter Galbraith Kelly, who is alleged to have bribed Percoco by securing what prosecutors have termed a «low - show» corporate education job for his wife, a former schoolteacher.

The ethics commission's first meeting comes on the same day that State Senator Carl Kruger pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to felony charges, for accepting more than a million dollars in bribes to maintain what prosecutors called a lavish lifestyle, including a large house owned by a former mafia boss and a Bentley automobile.

SUNY, meanwhile, released a memorandum of opposition questioning whether procurement reform would have prevented what prosecutors allege occurred: namely the rigging of state contracts for favored developers.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Two partners at the hedge fund Deerfield Management and two others were found guilty on Thursday of charges stemming from what prosecutors have described as an insider trading scheme based on leaks from within a federal healthcare agency.

Two partners at the hedge fund Deerfield Management and two others were found guilty on Thursday of charges stemming from what prosecutors have described as an insider trading scheme based on leaks from within a federal healthcare agency.

The punishment is surprisingly harsh, exceeding even what the prosecutors had proposed.

German police on Tuesday detained a second soldier suspected of involvement in what prosecutors believe was a plan by a military officer and a student, both in custody, to carry out an «extremist» attack and blame it on migrants.

The 73 - year - old Boone was convicted in the 1980s in what prosecutors called the «largest domestic marijuana syndicate in American history,» spending more than a decade in prison.

A Texas man who operated Bitcoin Savings and Trust was charged on Thursday with bilking his investors, in what prosecutors called the first federal criminal securities fraud case arising from a bitcoin - related Ponzi scheme.

For decades, it was perfectly legal to use these strikes on a discriminatory basis — and that's exactly what prosecutors did.

Jurors have been shown thousands of pages of records that include two secret ledgers kept by sports - marketing officials documenting what prosecutors say were bribes paid out to soccer officials.

But earlier Tuesday, Tierney noted that on April 13, 2010 — four days after Linda Mangano got a paycheck for what the prosecutor said was her «phony - baloney, no - show job» — Edward Mangano and William Savino of Rivkin Radler spoke by phone for 11 to 12 minutes.

Monster is what the prosecutor calls 17 year old honors student and aspiring filmmaker Steve Harmon.

Monster / U.S.A. (Director: Anthony Mandler, Screenwriters: Radha Blank, Cole Wiley, Janece Shaffer, Producers: Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver, Aaron L. Gilbert, Mike Jackson, Edward Tyler Nahem)-- «Monster» is what the prosecutor calls 17 year old honors student and aspiring filmmaker Steve Harmon.

In other words, the prosecutor will tell the judge what the prosecutor thinks happened.

This will largely depend on the facts of your case and what the prosecutor decides.