Sentences with phrase «who rigged bids»
The Competition Bureau recently decided not to recommend charges against an autoparts maker who rigged bids, because the cars containing their parts were mostly sold in the US.
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Next year, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Joe Percoco, will go on trial along with the former president of SUNY Nanotech and upstate developers, who are accused of being involved in a bribery and bid - rigging scheme for economic development projects.
The latter issue is potentially a tricky one of the Assembly: Lawmakers in the wake of charges in a bid rigging and bribery case that has ensnared a former close aide to the governor, Joe Percoco, sought changes to procurement that would restore some of the power of the state comptroller, who has been at odds with Cuomo.
A Buffalo business executive who is a defendant in a federal case alleging the bid - rigging of massive upstate development projects was scheduled to plead guilty this afternoon and begin cooperating with the government.
That includes the former head of SUNY Polytechnic, Alain Kaloyeros, who is accused of bid - rigging in connection with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development program known as the Buffalo Billion.
A cooperating witness in the case who had already pleaded guilty is lobbyist Todd Howe, who admitted orchestrating the bid - rigging of «Buffalo Billion» development initiatives in exchange for kickbacks.
The governor said he's met with federal prosecutors since former top aide Joe Percoco, a former lobbyist who was a close Cuomo associate, the head of SUNY Polytechnic and six others were charged with bribery, bid - rigging and other corruption charges in connection with the governor's upstate economic development programs.
A Buffalo business executive who is a defendant in a federal case involving the alleged bid - rigging of massive upstate development projects pled guilty Friday afternoon and agreed to cooperate with the government.
In May, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, who spearheaded many of the governor's economic development projects, will go on trial for charges that include bid - rigging of state contracts.
The defendants in that case include Alain Kaloyeros, former president and CEO of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, who's accused of rigging bids for a $ 750,000 contract tied to that project and $ 105 million in contracts for a film studio and manufacturing plant near Syracuse.
against former president Alain Kaloyeros, who is alleged to have rigged the state - sponsored nonprofit's bidding processes to favor certain companies for construction - related contracts.
FRMC, an entity that controls millions of public dollars that just last year adopted commonly accepted standards of transparency, figures in the state's criminal complaint against former president Alain Kaloyeros, who is alleged to have rigged the state - sponsored nonprofit's bidding processes to favor certain companies for construction - related contracts.
Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who brought corruption cases against both former legislative leaders, and charged nine of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former associates with offenses including bribery and bid - rigging, weighed in on Twitter with a one - word tweet: «huzzah.»
Lobbyist Todd Howe repeatedly emailed his clients — including executives at LPCiminelli who are facing charges of bid - rigging — about giving money to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his then running mate, -LSB-...]
And last week, Trump himself plucked the one thorn from the governor's side: Preet Bharara, the hot - dogging U.S. Attorney who indicted a score of the Cuomo's top aides and donors last year in alleged bid - rigging and bribery schemes involving state contracts and services.
The charges levied Thursday by Bharara include bribery, bid - rigging and facilitating a pay - to - play scheme in order to ensure that desired contractors - specifically those who have made large cash contributions to the Governor's election campaign - were awarded contracts.
Buffalo Billion, the state's $ 1.7 billion plan to revitalize Buffalo, has attracted the attention of federal investigators who have subpoenaed records relating to bid - rigging and improper lobbying.
The indictment alleges Howe took the bribes and worked with then - SUNY Polytechnic chief Alain Kaloyeros, who also was indicted, to rig the bids on the solar panel plant in LPCiminelli's favor, after the Buffalo company made contributions to the Cuomo campaign.
The cases involve accusations of bid - rigging involving upstate economic development programs — including the ballyhooed Buffalo Billion — and related dealings involving ex-Cuomo aide Joe Percoco and lobbyist Todd Howe, who previously worked for Cuomo when he was federal housing secretary.
Another corruption trial scheduled to begin this year involves Alain Kaloyeros, who was president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute and is accused of rigging bids for projects part of the «Buffalo Billion,» one of Cuomo's top economic development programs.
Economic development spending has come under renewed scrutiny after the governor's former top aide was arrested last year and charged in a sweeping bid - rigging case that included prominent upstate developers who have received contracts under the state's job spending efforts.
Cuomo's administration has also been investigated by the U.S. attorney's office under the tenure of Preet Bharara, who probed the shuttering of the Moreland Commission and charged a top former aide to the governor in an unrelated bribery and bid - rigging case.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the last two days has sidestepped questions about the departure of Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney who has charged his former close aide in a sweeping bribery and bid rigging case.
Cuomo seemed to be of two minds about Alain Kaloyeros, who is facing both state and federal charges alleging that he engaged in bid rigging on contracts worth millions of dollars of taxpayer money and has been suspended without pay from his post as president of SUNY Poly.
The reference, of course, is to former aide Joseph Percoco who was one of eight men indicted in connection with a bid - rigging and bribery scheme involving state contracts.
The grants, rents and business he brought in to SUNY Polytechnic «all benefited him personally through his compensation package, and also added to his status as a kingmaker and an important person in state government,» said the New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, who charged Dr. Kaloyeros with three felony counts of bid - rigging at a news conference.
The State University of New York Board of Trustees have named an interim president for SUNY Poly to replace the embattled former president Alain Kaloyeros, who is facing federal bid - rigging charges.
SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros reportedly is under scrutiny, as investigators turn over stones looking for possible «bid - rigging» involving Kaloyeros» possible connections with a company picked to put a dormitory up on the SUNY Poly campus, and college board member Joseph Nicolla, who happens to be CEO of the construction company.
The piece mentioned, among other corruption cases, the upcoming federal trial of former SUNY Polytechnic Institute president Alain Kaloyeros, who is alleged to have rigged bids for upstate construction projects through a SUNY - affiliated nonprofit, Fort Schuyler Management Corporation, several years ago.
Cuomo announced he wanted to create a special inspector general — who he would appoint — after a bribery and bid - rigging scandal ensnared several members of his inner circle, including Joe Percoco, a political adviser and surrogate brother.
It's been nearly two years since Jim Heaney, editor of the Investigative Post, broke open the Buffalo Billion bid - rigging scandal involving SUNY Polytechnic Institute and its allegedly illegal dealings with various upstate developers who were major donors to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Mr. Kaloyeros, who is accused of being part of a wide - ranging scheme that involved bid - rigging and bribery related to upstate economic development projects, is suing to force Fuller Road Management Corp. and Fort Schuyler Management Corp., which oversaw that economic development work, to pay his legal expenses as he fights the state and federal charges.
He's been among the most vocal critics of Cuomo's economic development initiatives, some of which are now part of a federal indictment that focuses on Joseph Percoco, a former close aide of the governor who is accused of essentially rigging bids for kickbacks and campaign contributions.
Felony bid - rigging charges filed Sept. 22 against SUNY Poly President Alain Kaloyeros, lobbyist Todd Howe and developers in other upstate cities have brought a new round of scrutiny to the college's shadowy contracting practices as Cuomo's administration scrambles to reconfigure who oversees the state's major economic development projects.
Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who brought corruption cases against both former legislative leaders, and charged nine of Governor Cuomo's former associates with offenses including bribery and bid rigging, weighed in on Twitter with a one word tweet: «huzzah.»
It is utterly remarkable for Jim Malatras, who served as chief policy adviser and state operations director for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to claim that he repeatedly told lobbyist Todd Howe (who pleaded guilty to felony charges concerning bid - rigging) to send his emails to Malatras» official business account and not, as he did a dozen times in violation of state policy, to his private email («Public matters, private emails,» Dec. 31).
Kaloyeros, who has been removed from his position at SUNY Polytechnic, will face additional bid - rigging charges from State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
Albany, N.Y. — Alain Kaloyeros, who is facing federal and state corruption charges in alleged bid - rigging schemes, has reportedly resigned as president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute.
They were responding to the indictments of 10 state officials and developers who were charged by state and federal prosecutors with bid - rigging and bribery in connection with the awarding of state contracts for projects in Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany.
Bob Megna, president of the Fuller Road and Fort Schuyler management corporations, told POLITICO that the nonprofit offshoots were doing the best they could and shouldn't be measured against promises made by former SUNY Poly president Alain Kaloyeros, who was forced from his position by state and federal bid - rigging charges.
It is unclear if that had anything to do with the departure of SUNY Poly founder Alain Kaloyeros, who left the school in October 2016 after he was accused of participating in a bid - rigging scheme.
SUNY Poly is the innovative high - tech school formerly run by Alain Kaloyeros, who recently resigned and is facing federal and state charges related to alleged bid - rigging of several upstate development deals.
ALBANY — State and local officials are blaming the collapse of a plan to build a chip fab in Utica on Alain Kaloyeros, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute who has been charged in a felony bid - rigging scheme.
You'd think it wasn't the gov's former campaign manager and deputy executive secretary, Joe Percoco, who stands charged with bid - rigging contracts at the heart of Cuomo's signature economic - development project.
Alain Kaloyeros - Once head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Cuomo's chief development strategist who touted the Upstate / COR deal, Kaloyeros now faces felony bid rigging charges.
The governor says he's met with federal prosecutors since his former top aide Joe Percoco, a former lobbyist who was a close Cuomo associate, the head of SUNY Polytechnic and six others were charged with bribery, bid - rigging and other corruption charges in connection with the governors» upstate economic development programs.
Joe Percoco, who the current governor's father Mario Cuomo regarded as a «third son», is charged with extortion and bribery, while the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Alain Kaloyeros is charged with bid rigging in connection with major upstate economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion.
«Greenland has condemned as illegal a protest by Greenpeace activists who scaled an oil rig in a bid to prevent a British company from drilling in Arctic waters off the North Atlantic island.»
It was used recently by Barclays, which received 100 % discount on its fine for cartel behaviour relating to the pricing of loan products for professional services firms, and by a number of construction companies involved in a major bid - rigging case who received reduced fines for their co-operation.