Sentences with phrase «year investigation against»

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The indictments against Manafort and Gates are the first since James Comey launched the investigation over a year ago.

Agents targeted about 100 stores nationwide, broadening an investigation that began with a 4 - year - old case against a franchisee on New York's Long Island.

The idea for an ACCC investigation was hatched during media reform negotiations in parliament earlier this year, which resulted in a relaxation of ownership laws to allow the country's big players to boost their market share to better compete against online disruptors.

On March 28, after a seven - year investigation, the RCMP's commercial crime section filed criminal charges against three of the firm's principals: former CEO Daniel Potter, who built the software developer into a TSE - listed firm with a market value of $ 100 million at the height of the dot - com bubble; Halifax securities lawyer Blois Colpitts, 48, a former director and the firm's legal adviser; and Bruce Elliott Clarke, a 65 - year - old former broker with National Bank Financial.

Paul Weiss is the same corporate law firm that conducted last year's internal investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Roger Ailes, which resulted in the former Fox News chairman's resignation.

The charges against Duhaime are not related to bribery overseas (they concern a project in Montreal), but it is worth noting that SNC - Lavalin first caught the attention of the RCMP just over a year ago due to an investigation into — guess what?

After a five - year investigation, the European Commission filed formal antitrust charges against Google, alleging it uses its near - monopoly on search to favour its own comparison - shopping service.

The officer, Shawn Wilson, claims in the lawsuit filed last week in San Patricio County, that Hitt»... seemed to be trying to cover - up...» an investigation into alleged assault against a 15 - year - old boy at the hands of a Taft official, last year.

The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday that police and prosecutors were considering whether to bring a criminal investigation against the 82 - year - old, following the publication of a report last June which heavily criticised him.

An investigation by the Department of Justice has found that the Ferguson police department engaged in a years - long pattern of racial discrimination against members of the black community, who of...

Last Tuesday's suit comes a year after the government launched an investigation against the national headquarters in St. Petersburg.

A separate probe of alleged bullying tactics by the supermarket chains against suppliers is expected to be wound up by early next year or at least at a stage where the ACCC can make a public comment on the sensational investigation.

Former MSP Tommy Sheridan has been charged with perjury after a year - long investigation into his successful libel trial against the News of the World.

According to companies that are being pulled in for a chat surrounding the government plans, roughly a year after the Foreign Secretary William Hague's Cyber Crime summit in London, the coalition could introduce a system of insurance that would require the owners of PC's to take out cover against data loss and the costs of investigation to identify the culprits.

Espaillat, a potential Congressional candidate against Rep. Charlie Rangel later this year, is reviving his call to have key Senate committees — transportation, government operations and investigations — probe the incident.

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.

Many Party members will take the same line as LabourList and want to convince themselves that elections in our Party are fair and above board.Sadly this is not the case.Last year after the CAC Election a number of delegates, from several different Regions, came forward and said full time officials encouraged them to vote against Katy and myself.This is totally against the Code of Conduct and, to me, is little different to ballot rigging.An investigation is underway.We have a good idea who was behind it.LeftFutures will keep you updated.

Former President Obama and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump Jr. met with Gulf adviser who offered help to win election: report Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication MORE both denounced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein on Tuesday as allegations of rape and sexual harassment increased against the prominent Democratic donor.

The party also demanded an independent investigation into the processes of release and utilization of all special funds for war against insurgency in the last three years.

The US Justice Department expects to file corruption charges against Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, culminating an investigation that has dogged the senator for two years.

The NYC Council is launching an investigation into misconduct allegations against Bronx Democratic Councilman Andy King, who was the subject of a sexual harassment complaint two years ago.

After year - long investigations into a potential pay - to - play scheme involving his definition political nonprofit Campaign for One New York and his failed 2014 fundraising effort for State Senate Democrats by now - former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara — eventually taken over by acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim — and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, the pair decided not to bring federal charges against de Blasio or his aides.

BREAKING... FEDS CLOSE TO GRIMM CHARGES: Federal prosecutors are preparing criminal charges against two - term New York GOP Rep. Michael Grimm, capping a two - year FBI investigation that ranges from his business dealings to his first campaign for Congress in 2010, U.S. officials briefed on the matter said.

Criminal charges against a sitting district attorney are rare, but Spota and his office have been under scrutiny for years, and the indictment was the latest turn in a federal investigation that has transfixed Long Island and led to the downfall of the county police chief, James Burke.

The NYT details at great length the NYPD investigation into Weinstein's 2015 groping in a Manhattan hotel of Ambra Battilana, a 22 - year - old model from Italy, which eventually ended with no charges brought against the then - mogul by DA Cy Vance Jr..

(CNN)- Federal prosecutors are preparing criminal charges against Rep. Michael Grimm, capping a two - year FBI investigation that ranges from his business dealings to his first campaign for Congress in 2010, U.S. officials briefed on the matter said.

New York (CNN)- New York state legislator Adam Clayton Powell on Monday announced his candidacy in this year's Democratic primary against 20 - term U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, who has spent the past year battling an ethics investigation.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio invoked the multiple investigations that have dogged Hillary Clinton over the years when defending himself Thursday against federal and state investigations into his fundraising activities.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara — who was responsible for arresting former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver earlier this year — also headed up the investigation against Skelos.

One MP, who said he did not know whether the police investigation against him was still live, said it had been a «terrible year with this hanging over us and no support at all from CCHQ».

Sources earlier had told TimesLedger Newspapers that former Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison last month on embezzlement charges, was a cooperating witness in the investigation that led to charges against Seminerio.

The case against Senator Skelos and his son grew out of a broad federal investigation focused on the younger man's business dealings, some of which were reported last month by The New York Times, including payments that AbTech made to Adam Skelos over the course of several years.

That tenure includes an investigation this year critical of Silver for crafting a secret $ 103,000 settlement to end a group of sexual harassment accusations against Assemblyman Vito Lopez, a Brooklyn Democrat.

But today a jury found him guilty today of accusations leveled last year that he had knowingly made false statements to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and had threatened to «take out» witnesses who had threatened to testify against him.

But Deer's investigation - nominated in February 2011 for two British Press Awards - discovered that, while Wakefield held himself out to be a dispassionate scientist, two years before the Lancet paper was published - and before any of the 12 children were even referred to the hospital - he had been hired to attack MMR by a lawyer, Richard Barr: a jobbing solicitor in the small eastern English town of King's Lynn, who hoped to raise a speculative class action lawsuit against drug companies which manufactured the triple shot.

Carder used an elaborate exhaust - trapping device he attached to three vehicles while driving them in real - world situations, more than a year before the EPA issued its notice of investigation against VW.

We reported earlier in this year in March that the EU conducted raids on various book publishers and this investigation marks headway on internal paperwork seized to gather a strong case against book publishers.

Earlier this year, the Justice Department in the USA launched an investigation against Apple and the big six publishers.

While on the positive side, GoodEReader reported today from BookExpo on a school that went entirely to digital textbooks and cloud - based instructional materials, all in the space of one school year; on the negative side, attendees were urgently cautioned that there was to be no discussion of the Department of Justice investigation against several publishers or anti-trust lawsuits.

In April, Cooper Union's board told the AG that it was willing to not renew Bharucha's contract after this year if the AG would help end an investigation and litigation against the school, the Wall Street Journal report ed.

BOGOTÁ — A four year - old complaint against global mining company Eco Oro Minerals Corp. has resulted in an investigation and divestment from major investors in a regional project in Colombia.

But the case against Diab was circumstantial and the investigation gathered dust for almost 15 years.

Earlier this month, the TRC released its findings after its years - long investigation into the many abuses against Aboriginal children at Church - run Indian Residential Schools in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The Privy Council is hearing an appeal by a Slovakian businessman, Mario Hoffman, against certain provisional findings made in a report by Sir Robin Auld (formerly a Court of Appeal judge in England) following his investigation into whether there was information that corruption may have taken place in recent years involving members of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) House of Assembly.

Earlier this year, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its findings after its years - long investigation into the many abuses against Aboriginal children at Church - run Indian Residential Schools in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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This year, however, more and more problems and lawsuits seem to be mounting against the system, with the FDA even launching their own investigation as a result of several deaths.

Representation of a public telecommunications company in an SEC investigation alleging FCPA and revenue recognition violations, at the conclusion of which (after an investigation spanning three years and four continents), the SEC declined to pursue an enforcement action against our client

Barclays has faced intense public scrutiny in recent years: from the Serious Fraud Office's investigation into the bank's # 12bn fundraising at the height of the financial crisis, which resulted in criminal charges against the bank and former executives relating to a # 2.3 bn loan Barclays provided to Qatar, a multibillion - dollar legal battle with the US Department of Justice over allegedly - fraudulent mortgages and a New York currency trading probe that ended in a $ 150m settlement.

Represented a regional construction firm and its owner in a five - year federal grand jury investigation of minority business enterprise fraud, persuading federal prosecutors not to pursue criminal charges or seek civil remedies against the firm or any of its employees.