Sentences with phrase «year federal investigation»

Harrington, who comes from a long line of respected officers, served previously as the right - hand man for then - Chief of Department Philip Banks, who was the initial target of the now 2 1/2 - year federal investigation.

The agreement comes after a five - year federal investigation into the murder of Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero in 2008.

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At the time of his termination, Comey had been leading a federal investigation into whether the president's campaign advisors had colluded with Moscow in order to influence last year's election.

Forge, a former federal prosecutor for 12 years, said that he finds the slowness appalling, describing the way the Wal - Mart bribery investigation has been handled as shameful.

The Justice Department investigation is still in its early days, and it could take years to determine if any federal laws were broken.

A bank under federal investigation unitl last year played a role in two recent real - estate transactions involving Jared Kushner's family company, ProPublica reports.

Apple has been casting itself as a protector of user privacy in recent years, particularly earlier this year when it battled the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a high - profile case involving accessing encrypted data stored on an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists.

Airlines» customer service practices have come under fire in recent months, and just last year, U.S. carriers were cleared in a federal investigation regarding exorbitant fare mark - ups in the wake of a deadly Amtrak derailment that drove up demand for air travel on some routes.

At the beginning of the year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned that such attacks are on the rise.

A corporate financing expert who worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 30 years claims the U.S. corporations and bank accounts were not designed to deceive.

On Wednesday, the U.S. federal prosecutors have filed civil lawsuits seeking to seize assets worth more than $ 1 billion, allegedly stolen from Malaysian state fund 1MDB, which has been under investigation for more than a year.

State and federal prosecutors often begin investigations because of consumer and whistleblower complaints, several civil and antitrust attorneys said, and gripes about rising insulin prices have been roiling the online diabetes community for the past few years.

The company is now under federal investigation while its founder deals with a two - year ban by regulators from operating a lab.

For instance, James Comey, who heads the Federal Bureau of Investigation (and who is often painted as an encryption bogeyman), told the Senate last year that «it is important for our global economy and our national security to have strong encryption standards.»

Although one underwriter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the SEC last year, on the whole the bankers of our small - company group behaved better than that: as of the spring of 1997, not one of their issues had gone under.

Among her greatest hits were the prosecution of a pair of rogue federal agents who were stealing bitcoin while investigating the illicit marketplace Silk Road in 2015, and settling a criminal investigation into Ripple later that same year.

In a move that mirrors Apple's legal tussle with the Federal Bureau of Investigation last year when it asked for help unlocking an iPhone that belonged to the San Bernardino shooter, Apple has been served yet again with a similar warrant, and it asks for the same thing: access to a shooter's iPhone.

Conservative foundations, multinational oil companies and a prescription drug maker were the most frequent sponsors of more than 100 expense - paid educational seminars attended by federal judges over a 4 1/2 - year period, according to a Center for Public Integrity investigation.

Tuesday's indictment followed a nearly four - year federal antitrust probe that began after a 2012 Reuters investigation found that Chesapeake had discussed with a rival how to suppress land lease prices in Michigan during a shale - drilling boom.

Insys stock was hammered throughout much of last year, with sales for its opioid painkiller Subsys tanking and federal investigations into its promotional practices.

that's too funny - and they also have been over the years on the receiving end of many state and federal investigations int copyright / trademark infringement and labor law violations.

It's perfectly fine if this is the end: A-Rod is one of the greatest players in baseball history, a lightning rod in the industry well before PEDs ever came up, and he did his time when he was caught with them, anyway — well, when MLB obstructed a federal investigation to make sure he was caught with them so Bud Selig could use his last year as commissioner as a victory lap, but who remembers such unimportant details?

The governor says legislators should reveal their outside income even further in an effort to avoid federal investigations like the one that ended Leibell's 28 - year - career, along with so many others in both political parties.

The NYT tells the story of the 2011 bootlegging case that turned out to be the tip of a criminal scheme that within three years would be used as evidence in an unimaginably larger case, a federal corruption investigation that would ultimately reach deep into New York City's highest offices of power.

The assemblymember who represents Hoosick Falls is calling for a federal investigation after revelations that Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration knew about elevated levels of a toxin in the village's water for a year and a half before residents were warned.

But when Walker learned last year of a federal investigation into potential corruption in Nassau County government, including circumstances surrounding the payment, he spoke to the contractor several times «in an attempt to convince the contractor to conceal the existence of the $ 5,000 payment from the grand jury,» according to authorities.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration offered the testing after a Department of Investigation probe last year found the city's housing authority had failed to conduct lead inspections for four years, violating city law and federal rules.

Hunter has been under federal criminal investigation since last year for using campaign cash to pay for private expenses like private school tuition, video games and oral surgery.

In a statement after former Senate Leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in federal prison on May 12, Bharara said that the «most effective corruption investigations are those that are truly independent and not in danger of either interference or premature shutdown sentencing».

Two decades after he was sodomized by an NYPD officer, touching off one of the biggest police misconduct investigations in city history, Abner Louima is living a quiet but productive life in Miami, while the officer who attacked him, Justin Volpe, has eight years left on his federal prison sentence.

In recent years, the sheriff's office was involved in a federal investigation into political corruption in Suffolk that led to the conviction of Edward Walsh, the former corrections lieutenant under the outgoing sheriff, Vincent DeMarco.

Cohen is blocked from commodities trading until 2018 due to an investigation by Preet Bharara, the former US Attorney who did not make life easy for the governor during his years as a federal prosecutor.

It has been a difficult year for the WFP after its heady success of the 2009 NYC elections, thanks largely to a federal investigation and a protracted legal battle with former Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro.

We're guessing these little screw ups and the federal investigation into them may have played a part in Senator Maziarz's decision to not seek re-election this year.

The past year has seen Liu's campaign weather a number of legal problems related to the Comptroller's campaign finance reports, including an ongoing federal investigation, as well as the arrest of both his former treasurer Jenny Hou and a campaign fundraiser, Oliver Pan, who was indicted for his role in a straw bundling scheme.

The melodrama over the WFP line this year is in stark contrast to 2010, when the WFP nominated a placeholder candidate as it faced a federal investigation over its for - profit arm Data and Field Services.

Yet the initial surge of «Buffalo Billion» investment was clouded last year by federal indictments in a «pay - to - play» investigation led by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office had registered high - profile corruption convictions against former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

After working in New York politics in a variety of City Council and state legislative campaigns and on the staff of US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Rivera came on strong four years ago, defeating Democratic Senator Pedro Espada, long a target of criminal investigation and now serving a federal prison term for theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from a health care non-profit he controlled.

During the Jurczynski years, Schenectady's police department was the target of a federal corruption investigation.

Over the past few years, various members of that team have figured in federal investigations stretching from Newark in the north, to Asbury Park on the Jersey shore, to Camden at the state's southern tip, and across the Delaware River into the sullied administration of Philadelphia Mayor John Street.

After a year and a half of investigations by state and federal prosecutors, SUNY Polytechnic Institute finds itself on the verge of something new.

It appears to be driven by several factors, including the disappearance of a couple of major donors, federal investigations, a dearth of competitive off - year elections, the increased significance of independent expenditure committees and a reduction in the totals of the state's most active fundraiser.

Liu's run for mayor was upended last year when his campaign treasurer was convicted of attempted wire fraud and other charges in a federal investigation of his fund - raising practices.

Maziarz announced in 2014, amid the federal investigation, that he would not seek re-election to the seat he held for nearly 20 years.

A congressional ethics report has recommended further investigations into allegations Rep. Tim Bishop violated House rules and federal law last year, saying there was a «substantial reason» to believe Mr. Bishop broke federal campaign finance rules.

A spokesman for Crystal Run Healthcare confirmed Tuesday that the company was subpoenaed by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, but told The Association Press it received the subpoena a year ago and does not believe it is under active investigation.

Attorney William McGinley says Friday that federal prosecutors intend to charge his client after more than two years of investigation plagued by «malicious leaks, violations of grand jury secrecy, and strong - arm tactics.»

Cuomo served for four years as HUD's assistant secretary for community planning and development, then took over the agency after previous Secretary Henry Cisneros resigned amid a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe.

Ethics reform is being discussed, but in a year where both former leaders of the legislature have been sentenced to prison, and there's on going state and federal investigations of the governor's economic development programs, it's unclear what will ultimately be agreed upon.

The targets came to light during the two - year investigation of the powerful state Assembly leader — during which federal corruption fighters found «numerous new tentacles» to pursue, sources said.