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.
Not exact matches
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.
(Chicago constructed this story from thousands of pages of
federal court records, police reports, and court testimony from
related cases, as well as from official government reports and dozens of interviews
with federal and local law enforcement officials and attorneys for some of the defendants; through a spokesman,
prosecutors in the Zambada case declined comment.)
Federal prosecutors investigating President Trump's personal attorney, Michael D. Cohen, are seeking records
related to two women who received payments in 2016 after alleging affairs
with Trump years before — adult - film star Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal — according to two people familiar
with the matter.
Then, in April,
federal prosecutors charged Mr. Grimm
with 20 counts of tax fraud and perjury,
relating to the operation of a Manhattan restaurant he co-owned prior to his 2010 election.
Colatarci's attorney says she is cooperating
with federal prosecutors after being subpoenaed for an investigation
relating to the senator and his campaign committee.
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.