Sentence examples for hiring fraud from inspiring English sources

shut down in 2008 amid a federal corruption investigation of hiring fraud at City Hall.

Allegations of hiring fraud can take convoluted turns because divining an employer's motivation is often impossible.

Though he ran for office as a reformer, he has been embroiled for years in a federal investigation into hiring fraud that included multiple departments under his purview.

But even before the trial, Mr. Blagojevich (pronounced bluh-GOY-uh-vich) was embroiled in a federal investigation into hiring fraud that spanned multiple departments under his purview.

Political allies from the old neighborhood threw parties to raise money for the legal defense funds of Robert Sorich and Al Sanchez, two high-ranking aides to Mayor Richard M. Daley, after they were convicted of hiring fraud.

Though Mr. Blagojevich, a Democrat, has not been accused of any wrongdoing in the investigation, his administration has been dogged by accusations of hiring fraud and a kickback scheme in a state pension program.

Freeman's firm, Lewis B. Freeman & Partners Inc., is frequently hired in fraud cases and often serves as a court-appointed receiver or trustee.

The economy was booming, and a jury was four years away from convicting his patronage chief, Robert Sorich, for his role in a city hiring-fraud scandal.

The re-election bids of aldermen who questioned the administration were often challenged by candidates who were supported by mayoral patronage armies until a federal investigation into hiring-fraud began five years ago.

In federal hiring-fraud trials in recent years, witnesses testified that campaign workers were drawn to help Mr. Emanuel by promises of preferential treatment in a rigged city hiring and promotions process.

The demise of traditional patronage armies in the wake of a city hiring-fraud scandal meant that labor unions became the largest source of campaign workers in the most recent local elections.