Sentences with phrase «while illegal activity»

Not exact matches

«While casinos routinely look for suspicious bets at sports books and have worked with law enforcement to identify illegal activity, in some cases leading to criminal convictions, no such oversight exists for the illegal sports betting market,» he said

While bitcoin has been associated with illicit transactions, estimates of the proportion of the digital currency used in illegal activities vary.

While bitcoin is trying to promote financial sovereignty, individuals have manipulated the technology for illegal activities.

While not illegal, the trading activity by Joseph Otting's money manager could violate the spirit of ethics rules designed to prevent conflicts of interest... Otting gave the OGE a tally of his investments in March 2017 and agreed upon his June nomination to unwind millions of dollars in financial stocks within 90 days of being confirmed.

(C) An alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States shall not be regarded as seeking an admission into the United States for purposes of the immigration laws unless the alien --(i) has abandoned or relinquished that status, (ii) has been absent from the United States for a continuous period in excess of 180 days, (iii) has engaged in illegal activity after having departed the United States, (iv) has departed from the United States while under legal process seeking removal of the alien from the United States, including removal proceedings under this chapter and extradition proceedings, (v) has committed an offense identified in section 1182 (a)(2) of this title, unless since such offense the alien has been granted relief under section 1182 (h) or 1229b (a) of this title, or (vi) is attempting to enter at a time or place other than as designated by immigration officers or has not been admitted to the United States after inspection and authorization by an immigration officer.

The officers examined a selection of shotguns and rifles, traps and kit, while the training also focused on illegal activity affecting rural communities such as deer poaching and hare coursing.

Klein carried the bill in the Senate, while Republicans pushed — and won — a host of provisions that ranged from strengthening measures for criminal activity involving illegal guns and an expansion of measures concerning the violently mentally ill.

Mr. Bharara chided Mr. Silver, who has held his post since 1994, for taking in exorbitant legals feels while doing «nothing» and hiding his allegedly illegal activity from the public.

Cameron said he had hired Coulson into a publicly - funded job while in opposition «on the basis of undertakings I was given by him» that he was not involved in illegal activity.

It should of course go without saying that any particularly dangerous activity, like driving, should still be illegal while high, to protect the smoker from such mistakes.

The partner of the state environmental officer who was shot while investigating reports of illegal deer hunting activity in Columbia County Tuesday evening has been credited with saving the man's life by her «quick and heroic actions.»

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.

«Not one single dollar earned by Mr. Banks while a member of the PD or subsequent to his retirement, is any way related to illegal or corrupt activities,» said attorney Benjamin Brafman.

«While touting transparency and spending millions to promote its website — which attracts many unscrupulous commercial operators — Airbnb steadfastly refuses to cooperate with city agencies to stop illegal activity on its site allowing thousands of transient tourists to gain access to residential buildings, creating a danger to our communities.»

While parading the suspects, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Mineral and Natural Resources, Hon. Tunde Ajilore, said the state government's effort to curb the activities of illegal miners underscored the importance of a structured biometric database of miners in the state.

This occurred mainly due to men being allowed to participate in sporting activities while women were not allowed to because it was not considered «lady like» and it was illegal (Illegal for Women to Lift Weillegal (Illegal for Women to Lift WeIllegal for Women to Lift Weights).

American Made Rated R for language throughout and some sexuality / nudity Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87 % In Theaters In the 1970s and 80s, Barry Seal spent his time working privately for the CIA to provide reconnaissance in Central and South America, which lead to him running guns, and drugs and lots of other crazy illegal activity, all the while making him ludicrously wealthy and time putting him and his family in extreme danger.

As the Hayes Code put the kibbosh on the more extreme expressions of outlaw blasts of anti-social behavior and rat - a-tat violence, Cagney and Robinson calmed their illegal activities and even took their turns playing cops and DAs while Warners brought supporting actor Humphrey Bogart into the criminal fold.

Without money to feed her son, Ali teaches him to «dine and dash,» while her no - good boyfriend (Callum Turner, utterly convincing) teaches him cockfighting, further relying on the kid to sell drugs to the shady characters who show up to watch the illegal activity.

As the digital world becomes more and more a part of education and its curriculums, schools are under pressure to enable pupils digitally, while also protecting them from the darker side of the web such as illegal activity, cyberbullying or radicalisation.»

While this activity is illegal for public school districts, it has been allowed for charter schools to create cost savings.

The group said the lessons will be age - appropriate and that while sexual activity before the age of 16 is illegal, pupils should also learn about consent before they are sexually active to «help them keep healthy and safe from abuse and exploitation».

While the feds suspect her of illegal activity, her son, a soldier serving in Afghanistan, is kidnapped and held for ransom.

But while claiming that the retailer has «unprecedented power over America's market for books,» it is unclear whether there has been any activity that is illegal, or even if, ultimately, Amazon is hurting authors, at least in the short - to medium - term.

While peer - to - peer file sharing and digital currencies were for years the territory of illegal activities, tomorrow it could be the system changing how publishing works.

While this activity is not illegal and there are no current restrictions against the practice, we are in the process of gathering more information about these transactions.

While the act of dog fighting is illegal across Kentucky, contributing activities are not.

On July 22, 2011, the U.S. Mint said it was ending credit and debit card sales of $ 1 coins because of «individuals purchasing $ 1 coins with credit cards, accumulating frequent flier miles, and then returning coins to local banks... While not illegal, this activity was a clear abuse and misuse of the program.»

The natural richness and potential of Oostpunt since 1993 is under huge stress due to natural deterioration, and rampant illegal practices such as spear fishing, plundering of baby conch, lobsters and the capture of sea turtles and rays, poaching of goats / sheep and donkeys, while a variety of other criminal activities savagely take place in the area, like car theft and stripping, the smuggling of drugs and people, trash dumping, etc..

In a country where there is risk in speaking out, he has worked undercover, posing as a laborer, tourist, and driver, to catch illegal logging activities while the government looked the other way.

All of these companies have been linked to highly destructive operations while some, including WTK, DLH and Rimbunan Hijau, have also been implicated in illegal activities.

Legalize and Regulate Marijuana WHEREAS, despite almost a century of prohibition, millions of Canadians today regularly consume marijuana and other cannabis products; WHEREAS the failed prohibition of marijuana has exhausted countless billions of dollars spent on ineffective or incomplete enforcement and has resulted in unnecessarily dangerous and expensive congestion in our judicial system; WHEREAS various marijuana decriminalization or legalization policy prescriptions have been recommended by the 1969 - 72 Commission of Enquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, the 2002 Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, and the 2002 House of Commons Special Committee on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs; WHEREAS the legal status quo for the criminal regulation of marijuana continues to endanger Canadians by generating significant resources for gang - related violent criminal activity and weapons smuggling — a reality which could be very easily confronted by the regulation and legitimization of Canada's marijuana industry; BE IT RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will legalize marijuana and ensure the regulation and taxation of its production, distribution, and use, while enacting strict penalties for illegal trafficking, illegal importation and exportation, and impaired driving; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will invest significant resources in prevention and education programs designed to promote awareness of the health risks and consequences of marijuana use and dependency, especially amongst youth; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will extend amnesty to all Canadians previously convicted of simple and minimal marijuana possession, and ensure the elimination of all criminal records related thereto; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will work with the provinces and local governments of Canada on a coordinated regulatory approach to marijuana which maintains significant federal responsibility for marijuana control while respecting provincial health jurisdiction and particular regional concerns and praIllegal Drugs, and the 2002 House of Commons Special Committee on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs; WHEREAS the legal status quo for the criminal regulation of marijuana continues to endanger Canadians by generating significant resources for gang - related violent criminal activity and weapons smuggling — a reality which could be very easily confronted by the regulation and legitimization of Canada's marijuana industry; BE IT RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will legalize marijuana and ensure the regulation and taxation of its production, distribution, and use, while enacting strict penalties for illegal trafficking, illegal importation and exportation, and impaired driving; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will invest significant resources in prevention and education programs designed to promote awareness of the health risks and consequences of marijuana use and dependency, especially amongst youth; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will extend amnesty to all Canadians previously convicted of simple and minimal marijuana possession, and ensure the elimination of all criminal records related thereto; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will work with the provinces and local governments of Canada on a coordinated regulatory approach to marijuana which maintains significant federal responsibility for marijuana control while respecting provincial health jurisdiction and particular regional concerns and praillegal trafficking, illegal importation and exportation, and impaired driving; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will invest significant resources in prevention and education programs designed to promote awareness of the health risks and consequences of marijuana use and dependency, especially amongst youth; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will extend amnesty to all Canadians previously convicted of simple and minimal marijuana possession, and ensure the elimination of all criminal records related thereto; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will work with the provinces and local governments of Canada on a coordinated regulatory approach to marijuana which maintains significant federal responsibility for marijuana control while respecting provincial health jurisdiction and particular regional concerns and praillegal importation and exportation, and impaired driving; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will invest significant resources in prevention and education programs designed to promote awareness of the health risks and consequences of marijuana use and dependency, especially amongst youth; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will extend amnesty to all Canadians previously convicted of simple and minimal marijuana possession, and ensure the elimination of all criminal records related thereto; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will work with the provinces and local governments of Canada on a coordinated regulatory approach to marijuana which maintains significant federal responsibility for marijuana control while respecting provincial health jurisdiction and particular regional concerns and practices.

This phenomenon is a powerful defence mechanism allowing us to live with ourselves and preserve our status while permitting unethical and illegal activities to carry on around us.

For example, the television series Breaking Bad depicted Saul Goodman, an extremely unethical criminal lawyer who actively assisted his clients in various illegal activities while assuring them of confidentiality.

Some insurance companies out - right deny coverage for any marijuana use because they view it as an illegal activity and a dangerous and high - risk habit, while others are more lenient.

While there have been virtual currency cases involving money laundering, paying off ransomware attacks and other illegal activities, the Elgin police say they have never had reports related to bitcoin or the bitcoin ATMs.

The idea is to treat such currency in a manner similar to gold sold digitally, so that it can be traded on registered exchanges in a bid to «promote» a formal tax base, while keeping a tab on their use for illegal activities such as money laundering, terror funding and drug trafficking.

While the so - called Dark Net has more than often been associated with illegal activities like the underground online drug bazaar Silk Road and cryptocurrency transactions like Bitcoin BTCUSD, +0.21 % more mainstream internet users are becoming savvy in trying to minimize their digital footprint.

The so - called «Big 3» exchanges — Huobi, OKCoin and BTC China — halted bitcoin and litecoin withdrawals while they undergo an upgrade to fight «money laundering, exchange, pyramid schemes and other illegal activities.»

«While the CBK raised the issue that digital currency can be used for illegal activities, the same applies to hard currency.

While transacting in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin is not illegal, the authorities are seemingly willing to take action against any bitcoin - related activities within its jurisdictions.

While the KCS did not disclose whether it is taking any legal actions currently against these businesses, it said it will continue the effort in investigating on similar activities as well as illicit use of cryptocurrency in money laundering and smuggling illegal goods such as drugs.

The absence of counterparties in the usage of cryptocurrencies «including Bitcoins, for illegal activities in anonymous systems could subject the users to unintentional breaches of anti-money laundering while combating the financing of terrorism (AML / CFT) laws.»

While the majority of the ministries continue to support cryptocurrency activities, the South Korean government is doing its best to prevent illegal trading proceedings.

While a final decision has not yet been announced, and officials appear to be struggling to come up with a balanced response, news reports suggest that the government is inclined to tightening regulations after a flurry of illegal activities were recently uncovered.

While those photos from your college frat party or last year's Halloween bash may be a little bit embarrassing, they are unlikely to severely impact a job search (unless those photos betray illegal activity or other potential red flags).

Security officers often work tirelessly to protect properties and the people within them from illegal activity, and while the job itself can often be exhausting, creating a strong security officers resume doesn't have to be.

730 DOS 02 DOS v. New World Realty of New York, Inc. — availing of license; deposits; disclosure of agency relationships; duty to supervise sales associates; failure to pay judgment; proper business practices; DOS has jurisdiction where disciplinary action was started while individual was licensed as an associate broker and was eligible to automatically renew at the time of the disciplinary hearing; salesperson owned voting stock in licensed corporate real estate broker, failed to pay judgment and failed to present evidence of inability to do so, and engaged in unlicensed activity after license expired; representative broker availed corporate real estate brokers license to salesperson; representative broker failed to properly supervise salesperson by permitting and authorizing salesperson to act as a real estate broker; broker and salesperson failed to make agency disclosures and failed to deposit funds of principal in a special bank account; real estate transaction conducted was a fraudulent business practice; DOS fails to prove the unauthorized practice of law; salesperson's license revoked and salesperson ordered to pay refund of $ 1,406.00 of illegal commission collected; representative broker's license revoked and broker ordered to refund $ 74.00 of illegal commission collected; representative broker fined $ 5,000.00