Sentences with phrase «with alleged corruption»

Howe pleaded guilty to eight felonies in connection with the alleged corruption scheme.

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has backed the President's approach towards dealing with alleged corruption in his government.

Bharara filed a criminal complaint in September charging eight individuals in connection with alleged corruption.

Not exact matches

Sepp Blatter's 17 - year reign over FIFA, the governing body of world soccer is effectively over, after the organisation suspended him and other officials in connection with investigations into alleged corruption.

Artemenko gave them a purported proposal for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia — paired with alleged evidence of corruption that he said could be used to discredit Ukraine's president.

Trump has been scandal - ridden for his entire career — from alleged affairs with porn stars, to hush money payoffs, to alleged corruption in his corporate dealings — and still enjoys an approval rating of over 79 percent amongst white Evangelical Christians.

America had come to the merciful end of an off - season filled with grim headlines: from the epic corruption of ex — Fiesta Bowl chairman John Junker to the serial lies of ex — Ohio State coach Jim Tressel to the firing of coach Butch Davis at North Carolina (for presiding, albeit unknowingly, over academic fraud, among other sins) to Oregon's $ 25,000 payment to an alleged «street agent.»

In June last year, the anti-graft commission had grilled the former two - term governor along with some former cabinet members, over alleged corruption.

A one - time high - end hooker at the center of an NYPD corruption scandal is expected to testify that a major de Blasio donor «watched and directed» her alleged sexcapades with cops, new court documents reveal.

As if to illustrate the findings of the State Integrity Investigation, the federal corruption trial of former state Senator Pedro Espada, Jr., continued this week, with Judge Frederic Block excoriating Espada's attorney for using questionable courtroom tactics, and with Espada characterized during trial as a «puppet master» for his alleged embezzlement of funds from the Soundview Healthcare Network.

The grand jury alleged two overlapping schemes with common threads of «bribery, corruption and fraud.»

Nine people have pleaded guilty or been indicted in connection with alleged bid - rigging and other corruption charges involving some of Cuomo's economic development programs.

First up on Jan. 22 is the trial of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to the governor, and others related to alleged corruption and bribery in connection with Cuomo's economic development efforts.

What about his appointees whose names are associated with so many alleged corruption issues.

A federal judge has officially «severed» the corruption trials against eight individuals in a case that began with an alleged bid - rigging probe of the Cuomo administration's Buffalo Billion program — setting one of the trial dates in the midst of the governor's expected re-election bid.

Lipsky turned himself in to authorities March 10 in connection with a federal corruption probe alleging that he indirectly injected lobbying fees totaling $ 252,000 into an account accessible by Sen. Carl Kruger (D - Brooklyn) in hopes of encouraging him to take official actions to benefit Lipsky's clients.

A New York Times report alleges that a senior aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo interfered with the work of the Moreland Commission, the group the governor appointed to investigate corruption in Albany.

«With a pending criminal case alleging corruption at CPV, the DEC made the right decision to put the safety of the community before politics.»

Federal prosecutors have amassed about 11 million pieces of evidence, including more than 28,400 pages of emails and images from the phone Kelly used as an executive with Competitive Power Ventures Holdings, LLC, (CPV) the company that is building a natural gas - fired power plant in Oxford and has not been linked to the alleged corruption.

Bill Mahoney, with the New York Public Interest Research Group points out that even though the case involves the New York City mayoral ballot, it's still fundamentally a state government based example of alleged corruption.

Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos has been charged with six counts of corruption in an alleged extortion and bribery scheme, but so far is remaining as Senate Leader.

The former president of SUNY Poly Alain Kaloyeros was indicted earlier this year on corruption charges along with several other people associated with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's upstate development projects over an alleged bid - rigging scheme.

Silver, 71, was indicted in January on corruption charges alleging that he abused his political power in order to line his pockets with more than $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks dating back to 2000.

In Brooklyn, Mr. de Blasio said his administration is cooperating with a federal probe into alleged corruption at the New York Police Department that involves two former members of his inaugural committee.

Despite the 62 % acceptance rating, the government has had its share of controversies, with several of them being alleged corruption scandals.

Sylva along with six others, had been slammed with a 50 - count charge on alleged corruption.

Klein, interestingly enough, ran on no fewer than four ballot lines in 2012, gaining access to the GOP line thanks to some peace making with erstwhile opponent Bronx County Chairman Jay Savino, who is now facing federal corruption charges for an alleged scheme to put fellow IDC Sen. Malcolm Smith on the Republican mayoral ballot through bribery.

Instead, Ryan filed an ethics complaint with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics pointing to testimony in a Yonkers corruption trial from disbarred attorney Anthony Mangone that alleged Libous had arranged for his son to receive a job at a law firm paid for by $ 50,000 from a lobbying organization.

The plaintiffs with suit number M / 4853/17 had sought an order to compel the AGF to investigate Acting - chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu and his predecessors in office for alleged corruption.

Prosecutors in the Sheldon Silver corruption case called two key players, including an official with Glenwood Management, to the stand today to answer questions about the former Assembly speaker's alleged involvement in a real - estate kickback scheme.

Espada's alleged corruption has been Albany lore for years, and he now joins a list of state politicians charged with abusing their office.

Company founder and former CEO Louis P. Ciminelli is under federal indictment, along with two of his executives, for alleged bid - rigging and bribery in a public corruption case that stemmed from the state's Buffalo Billion project at RiverBend.

The leader of the New York State Senate, Dean Skelos, surrendered to federal authorities Monday morning and was charged with six counts of corruption, including bribery and extortion, in connection with an alleged scheme that used his political position to enrich himself and his son.

The alleged quid pro quo arrangement with Taub is one of two secret corruption schemes federal prosecutors say Silver orchestrated.

«Public corruption, based on all the evidence, appears rampant,» said Bharara, who says he's found the alleged wrong doing to be «bi partisan,» with both Democrats and Republicans accused of crimes.

D'Amato, 80, now a Republican lobbyist, has told how the alleged incident occurred in 2002 when he was working with an insurance company that wanted to sell life insurance to members of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, or COBA — the union Norman Seabrook headed until his corruption arrest last year.

AbTech, the company at the center of Dean and Adam Skelos» corruption trial, claims its insurance company refuses to pay legal bills associated with federal investigations — in violation of an agreement, a new federal lawsuit alleges.

The list was truly a combination of both the saints, who are not identified with corruption and the sinners who are alleged to be corrupt.

This has been preceded by a flurry of media headlines, subjecting him to an open - air political trial and a trial in the court of NPP public opinion supported with earlier pressure from some leading Members of New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Government, to commence prosecution of former NDC Government appointees including Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni for alleged acts of corruption for over a year now.»

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Already hit with criminal charges alleging that he took bribes in a federal corruption case, New York City Councilman Daniel Halloran (R - 19th) is now facing an investigation by his own colleagues.

It is no surprise, however, that people charged with perpetrating fraud and corruption against the taxpayers of Monroe County are attempting to distract from their alleged crimes.

The son of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has denied involvement in alleged corruption despite his links with controversial businessmen.

Cor executives Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi are facing felony charges in U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's probe of alleged corruption and bid - rigging in connection with state - funded development projects.

Nine people have pleaded guilty or been indicted in connection with alleged bid rigging and other corruption charges involving some of Governor Cuomo's economic development programs, and they face trial later this year.

Perceived corrupt cases under NPP The NPP government has so far found itself in two cases of alleged corruption, with the recent one being the allegations of corruption against two deputy chiefs of staff, by musician and NPP sympathizer Kwame A-Plus, as well as the perceived corruption in the sale of contaminated fuel involving BOST.

Lawyers for former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam today argued that the federal corruption charges against the pair — which allege that the elder Mr. Skelos obtained posh jobs for the younger from companies with business before the state — really tell a heartwarming tale of a «caring and concerned» father and his «rude,» «volatile» and «immature and emotional» 33 - year - old boy.

ALBANY — The federal corruption case against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver rests in part on his alleged scheme with a doctor who referred asbestos cases to the Weitz & Luxenberg law firm where Silver is of counsel.

The new charges are in addition to bribery and extortion charges connected to two other alleged corruption schemes, dealing with a real estate developer and an environmental technology company.

With the appointment, Mr Amidu's office will have the mandate to investigate and prosecute cases of alleged corruption under the Public Procurement Act 203 Act 63 and other corruption - related offences implicating public officers, political office holders and their accomplices.

The joint operation and press conferences comes just week after several members of the NYPD brass were suspended in connection with a corruption investigation by Mr. Bharara's office, which alleges two businessmen, Jona Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg, traded gifts for favors from cops.