Under a plea deal
with federal prosecutors in Spokane, Wash., last week, Richard J. Novak may face 10 years in prison and millions of dollars in fines for his part in a conspiracy to commit fraud.
WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the WAMC Locked Box, President Donald Trump says he's looking forward to talk to
speaking with federal prosecutors regarding the Russian investigation, and the trial of former top aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Joe Percoco.
President Trump's growing desire for his lawyers to more forcefully counter the ongoing special counsel investigation drove yet another shake - up of his legal team on Wednesday, putting the White House on war
footing with federal prosecutors examining Russian interference in the 2016 campaign.
Former Albany lobbyist Todd Howe has agreed to cooperate
with federal prosecutors examining possible fraud and conflict of interest in state contracts, the New York Post reported Monday.
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.
Attorneys for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's office have been sharing information with former lieutenant Joseph Percoco's defense team about the governor's
contacts with federal prosecutors in advance of Percoco's upcoming corruption trial, according to a new government filing in court.
Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke to the assembled Albany press corp for the first time in six months and revealed that he spoke
with federal prosecutors about the corruption charges facing his former aide and campaign manager Joe Percoco.
It's full of quotes from advisers to President Donald Trump — some anonymous, but several on the record — discussing two possibilities: that Michael Cohen will remain «loyal» to Trump, or that the threat of criminal prosecution will cause Cohen to «flip» and cooperate
with federal prosecutors against Trump.
With federal prosecutors scouring Albany, state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said Tuesday he's «actively engaged» in talks with Gov. Cuomo to enact ethics reforms because «we need full transparency. . .
Colatarci's attorney says she is cooperating
with federal prosecutors after being subpoenaed for an investigation relating to the senator and his campaign committee.
The majority of those who took the survey, 61 percent,
sided with the federal prosecutor and said the investigations should continue, compared to just 23 percent who thought Cuomo was right to end the probes, says Siena's Steve Greenberg.
He said he did not meet with the U.S. attorney during his visit to Albany, though he downplayed the significance by saying governors typically don't have much
interaction with federal prosecutors.
Ricardo Morales, the city official who approved lifting deed restrictions that allowed a Lower East Side nursing home to be flipped for luxury condos, was fired just hours after de Blasio's highly anticipated sit -
down with federal prosecutors, his attorney confirmed.
Western New York real estate developer - turned - newspaper publisher Frank Parlato Jr.'s
battle with federal prosecutors, four years in the making, escalated when a grand jury accused him of cheating the Internal Revenue Service and two heirs to the Seagrams liquor fortune.
A third search warrant obtained by the state attorney general's office in May 2016 — information from which was
shared with federal prosecutors — also was based on flimsy evidence, Miller wrote.
But last week, after months of delays and mismanagement that culminated in
September with federal prosecutors revealing a far - reaching bribery and bid - rigging scheme, state and local officials said that the Austrian chip maker, AMS, had abandoned the project.
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he spoke
with federal prosecutors as they crafted their case against members of his inner circle during the last nine weeks, and could be called as a witness.
Seminerio tendered his resignation to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) Monday, fueling speculation that he has reached or is close to reaching a plea deal
with federal prosecutors relating to his indictment on corruption charges.
Silver's case featured a considerable real estate angle,
with federal prosecutors claiming he received nearly $ 4 million in illegal payments through two schemes he orchestrated.
Bonomo's non-prosecution agreement,
reached with federal prosecutors in July 2015, stated he was required to «bring to (the government's) attention all crimes which he has committed» and to «commit no (further) crimes whatsoever.»
Aiello, Gerardi and their lawyers met June 21 of this
year with federal prosecutors and FBI agents in U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office in Manhattan.
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has injected himself into a federal criminal case against the operator of a medical marijuana dispensary, intensifying his
standoff with federal prosecutors on cannabis enforcement issues.
Such an alleged crime came as a first for Chicago,
with the federal prosecutors of the country's third most populous city having never administered any charges related to cryptocurrency trading.
The other donor, Leonard Litwin's Glenwood Management, stopped giving at about the same time a senior vice president at the firm signed a non-prosecution
agreement with federal prosecutors in their case against former Senate majority leader Dean Skelos.
Our skilled lawyers have achieved success in many cases by heading off indictments with early legal defense intervention, and are well - practiced at
negotiating with federal prosecutors to keep cases at the state level, where penalties are lighter.
President Donald Trump's growing desire for his lawyers to more forcefully counter the ongoing special counsel investigation drove yet another shake - up of his legal team on Wednesday, putting the White House on a war
footing with federal prosecutors...
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.