Sentence examples for racketeering for from inspiring English sources

Hines was subsequently convicted of racketeering for protecting Harlem numbers racket s run by Dutch Schultz.

Mr. Connolly was later convicted of racketeering for protecting Mr. Bulger and Mr. Flemmi.

Appearing in Federal District Court here, Mr. Powell pleaded guilty to racketeering for his part in the ring.

Mr. Massino, 70, was convicted in 2004 of racketeering for his involvement in multiple murders, arson, extortion, illegal gambling and money laundering, according to the court filing.

In 1980, he was convicted on 124 counts of extortion and racketeering for demanding and receiving payoffs from newspapers and distributors.

Mr. Connolly was convicted of racketeering for effectively becoming a member of Mr. Bulger's gang and helping gang members who were his informants.

Defendants could receive up to 20 years in prison for racketeering and for the drug smuggling conspiracy.

The US Government chased him all over the world for "the largest tax evasion ever" (in the words of then-prosecutor Rudy Giuliani), for racketeering and for trading with the enemy Iran during the hostage crisis.

Bulger, 81, was on the lam for 15 years; in 1995, Bulger was indicted for federal racketeering and for 19 murders.

One of his predecessors, Buddy Cianci, was twice convicted of felonies while in office: once for racketeering, and once for assaulting a man — using a lit cigarette and a fireplace log — who was dating his ex-wife.

Before running for Congress, while working as a sheriff, he was indicted on racketeering charges for taking bribes from the Mob.