Sentences with phrase «work of federal prosecutors»

Not exact matches

Gowdy is also a former federal prosecutor who boasts of his work on drug trafficking, bank robberies and child pornography cases.

She later returned to the public service sector, working as a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

Crown Prosecutor is a title commonly used in Commonwealth realms, that refers to a prosecutor that works for the Crown, i.e. a federal prosecutor or a state prosecutor in the context of a state.

Rice, a former Nassau County district attorney, touted Kaminsky's work as a federal prosecutor as well as his support for victims of Superstorm Sandy.

A Buffalo native who worked as a director at QVC is accused of stealing more than $ 1 million from the company in a fraud scheme that funded his luxury lifestyle, according to an indictment unsealed earlier this month by federal prosecutors in Philadelphia.

Federal prosecutors have closed an investigation of the Working Families Party without filing any charges, party officials said on Friday.

Garcia has a long career as a prosecutor and defense attorney at both the federal and state level, including his recent work on behalf of Republicans in the State Senate as they faced inquiries from the Moreland Commission established by Cuomo.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the same federal prosecutor who brought down the leaders of the legislature, has been investigating, and on Friday evening Governor Cuomo revealed that subpoenas had been issued to a former top member of his staff, and a lobbyist who used to work for the governor when Cuomo was at the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.

But the far - reaching extent of the investigation by federal prosecutors, the FBI, and special Justice Department criminal investigators, working directly for Eastern District U.S. Attorney Robert Capers, has not been publicly reported, the sources said.

Eleven of the 14 JCOPE commissioners voters in favor of Biben, a former federal prosecutor who worked in Cuomo's AG office and now serves as state inspector general.

Questions about whether he's been contacted by federal prosecutors in their review of the Moreland Commission's work should be directed to the U.S. attorney, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters in Albany on Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors successfully argued in a November trial that Silver did no actual legal work for the firm outside of attracting mesothelioma patients from a physician who received legislative favors from the powerful Manhattan Democrat.

The $ 2 million Ippolito did not pay taxes on came from Carlo Lizza & Sons of Old Bethpage, a paving contractor that has worked for the town, as well as a Lizza family trust, federal prosecutors have said.

A federal agent who interviewed the wife of the then - Nassau County executive about what prosecutors say was her no - show job testified Thursday that Linda Mangano initially discussed performing a large volume of work but later broke down in tears when she was subpoenaed for evidence.

He said that Justice Hassan, who worked as a prosecutor at the Federal Ministry of Justice and later seconded to the EFCC, signed the charges against him when he was previously tried for money laundering.

While testifying at the unrelated corruption trial of former State Sen. Dean Skelos, Walker confirmed he is being investigated by federal prosecutors for what he called «campaign contributions, that contractors received work because of that.»

Master was an assistant U.S. attorney who worked under Preet Bharara, who was fired by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions for refusing to submit a letter of resignation this year, after working as a federal prosecutor under former President Barack Obama.

Other potential Democratic candidates include David Calone, a venture capitalist who also worked as a federal prosecutor; William Wexler, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who shares offices with Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer; Tad Scharfenberg, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who ran for district attorney in 1997; James Chalifoux, deputy bureau chief of the district attorney's major crimes bureau; Maureen McCormick, a top Nassau prosecutor who lives in Huntington; and Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan's Law, an advocacy group for victims of sexual assault.

Federal prosecutors have closed an investigation of the Working Families Party without filing any charges, party officials said on Friday, a major boost for the beleaguered organization as it gears up for the November statewide elections.

Federal prosecutors subpoenaed a slew of records from the Working Families Party in December 2009, forcing party officials into a defensive crouch and presenting a potential headache for Democrats around the state elected with the party's support.

Federal prosecutors from the Eastern District of New York charge Walsh with stealing more than $ 80,000 from county taxpayers by filling out false timesheets while working as a corrections lieutenant.

Before becoming district attorney, Thompson worked as a federal prosecutor in Brooklyn where he was part of a team that prosecuted NYPD Officer Justin Volpe in the 1997 beating and torture of Abner Louima.

Since assuming the title of commissioner, the former federal prosecutor has worked to repair relations with the FBI and other federal agencies — relationships that suffered under the regime of James Burke, the former police chief who is serving prison time for beating an inmate and trying to cover it up.

The undercover work of the assemblyman, Nelson L. Castro, a Bronx Democrat who cooperated to avoid prosecution for perjury, helped federal prosecutors in Manhattan with an investigation that led to charges against another Bronx Democrat, Assemblyman Eric A. Stevenson, for accepting bribes.

Federal prosecutor Preet Bharara's outstanding work is a wonder to behold and still has a robust future, in spite of his rhetorical response to the Skelos conviction:

We rely upon our full - time staff of attorneys, forensic accountants, research analysts, field investigators and computer forensics experts to staff these assignments, and we work collaboratively with our business clients to develop an investigative plan that is appropriate to the suspected misconduct... Since most of our investigative professionals have had experience in federal, state and local law enforcement — as prosecutors, auditors and agents — our investigative strategies are developed with an understanding of the evidence that may be needed to support an eventual criminal prosecution.»

And in a significant jump, 46 percent of voters now think that the work begun by the Moreland Commission should be completed by federal prosecutors.

According to Newsday, other Democrat contenders include, former Congressional hopeful, David Calone, a venture capitalist who has also worked as a federal prosecutor; William Wexler, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor; Tad Scharfenberg, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who ran for district attorney in 1997; James Chalifoux, deputy bureau chief of the district attorney's major crimes bureau; Maureen McCormick, a top Nassau prosecutor who lives in Huntington; and Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan's Law, an advocacy group for victims of sexual assault.

Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue offered only short answers in testimony Thursday in federal court when questioned by U.S. Justice Department prosecutors trying to solidify their case that Apple, along with five of the largest book publishers, worked together to illegally set the prices of electronic books for the market.

Prosecutors working in an agency that enforces criminal law may qualify to have some of their Perkins Loans (not Direct Loans) forgiven under 34 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Section 674.57.

We work closely with municipal, state and federal law enforcement agencies, court prosecutors and animal control officers throughout the Commonwealth and log thousands of miles each year investigating animal abuse and neglect.

I interviewed the federal prosecutor who had worked on the investigation and prosecution of the ELF for years.

Over the past few weeks, I've been talking to a range of people who have worked with her, nearly all of them former law clerks for other judges on the Second Circuit or former federal prosecutors in New York.

(8) the points made in the conclusion are: (1) consistent with avoiding expenditures on the criminal justice system, the federal attorney general appeared to be neglecting the plight of pre-trial inmates in custody in extremely bad jail conditions, and the provincial attorney general appeared to ignore the needs of prosecutors for greater resources of staff and time in order to work adequately; (2) similarly, the other examples presented also support the proposition that the criminal justice system is inadequately resourced because there are «no votes in justice»; and, (3) the reduction in the safeguards against wrongful convictions caused by the radical changes in procedures made necessary because governments do not provide adequate resources for the criminal justice system;

After school, he worked as a law clerk for Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, as a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York, and as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey.

«Anne's impressive expertise as a federal prosecutor and her work before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will add significant strength to King & Spalding's appellate bench and to the firm's West Coast litigation practice,» said Tim Scott, managing partner of King & Spalding's Silicon Valley office.

At the same time, he has also developed solid working relationships with members of law enforcement and state and federal prosecutors.

Although state and federal prosecutors have vast financial resources and teams of aggressive attorneys who pursue white collar crimes relentlessly, our highly skilled legal team will work diligently to build a successful defense strategy.

She has experience working not only with federal agents and state prosecutors, but also with various components of the DOJ.

I think it unlikely that Sessions will dramatically change the direction of white collar criminal enforcement, and based on his public positions in Congress and his previous work as both a federal prosecutor and state Attorney General he will have an aggressive approach to law enforcement.

Denver office of our client seeks junior white collar and investigations attorney with preferably 2 + years of experience either at a national law firm working on complex litigation matters (preferably handling white collar work) and / or internal investigations; working for a government regulator or prosecutor's office, and / or service as federal law clerk.

Federal prosecutors accuse Ramsey of working with other loan officers between December 2002 and June 2003 to falsify employment histories, pay stubs, and verifications of rent so that her buyers could qualify for Federal Housing Administration loans.