In all, Carlyle paid over $13 million in "sham placement fees" as it gathered $730 million from the New York State pension fund, according to that office.
A casino-owner with a tiny moustache claimed he had paid sham "consulting fees" to Mr Edwards's son and buddy.
Mr. Hevesi pleaded guilty on Thursday to a felony corruption charge for accepting more than $1 million in travel expenses, sham consulting fees and campaign contributions.
The former sole trustee of the state's nearly $141 billion pension fund pleaded guilty to accepting more than $1 million in travel expenses, sham consulting fees and campaign contributions from people wanting to invest some of those billions.
They included hotel and travel accommodations for himself and his family during trips to Israel and Italy, $380,000 in sham consulting fees paid to a friendly lobbyist and more than $500,000 in campaign contributions.
The benefits included hotel and travel accommodations for himself and his family during trips to Israel and Italy, $380,000 in sham consulting fees paid to a friendly lobbyist and more than $500,000 in campaign contributions.
By the way, both companies supported the pay practices at Wells Fargo, whose executives are under fire for overseeing a pervasive program that prompted many employees to set up sham accounts to generate fees and make quotas.
Regulators and private lawyers have uncovered kickbacks and sham agreements that drove up fees paid by customers and discouraged free competition.
Given Trump's long record of bankrupting companies, stiffing suppliers, exaggerating his net worth, and running a sham university that charged high fees to low-income people, this was a remarkable (and depressing) finding.
Emails written by Roper to his sales team explicitly signaled that in exchange for receiving speaking fees for the sham educational programs, as well as for being wined and dined at expensive restaurants, doctors were expected to prescribe Subsys.
Wells Fargo then charged customers at least $1.5 million in fees for those unwanted sham accounts, which were created simply to goose the income of bank employees whose incentive programs rewarded them for opening as many new accounts as possible.
