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In a filing with the court on Thursday, prosecutors said the married Madoff was involved with one of the five but did not give a name.
All but one of the defendants were at one time involved in relationships with each other, and one had a relationship with Madoff, the prosecutors said.
"For example, one of the defendants was in a love triangle with Bernard Madoff himself," prosecutors said.
In the filing, the office of Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for Manhattan, said prosecutors had gathered "inflammatory" evidence of romantic and sexual relationships between employees and customers, including between defendants and witnesses in the upcoming trial.
If the judge finds evidence of past relationships are admissible, defendants and witnesses should be prepared for details to be elicited during the government's case, the motion said.
A former lawyer for Madoff declined to comment.
Eric Breslin, a lawyer for former investment advisory employee Joann Crupi, said he didn't know which defendant was in the purported "love triangle."
"It's just kind of strange," Breslin said of the filing.
Besides Crupi, the defendants include former operations manager Daniel Bonventre, former investment advisory employee Annette Bongiorno, and former computer programmers Jerome O'Hara and George Perez.
Lawyers for the other defendants either did not respond to requests for comment or declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Bharara did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
At a hearing on Friday, Judge Laura Taylor Swain denied a request by lawyers for the five former employees to delay the trial for two months because of a new indictment filed by prosecutors last week.
The case is USA v. O'Hara et al, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 10-0228.
I realize Beaufort is a military town, and there are many people who are not permanent residents.
I work in a small community, one of many in Beaufort County. There is a very high percentage of out-of-state license plates in the driveways of the homes. Most of these homes are owned by the residents and have been for quite some time. Yet they still have out-of-state plates.
Are they avoiding paying Beaufort County taxes? I'm sure they are paying taxes on their homes. If they own permanent residences in Beaufort, it stands to reason their cars should be registered here. Perhaps, if these people paid their vehicle taxes, mine could go down.
I have read that other counties are checking and have located quite a bit of "found money." This might be handy for our schools, my tax bill and who knows what else.
A West San Fernando Valley small boutique architectural firm is seeking a Designer/Draftsperson. The firm mainly handles commercial projects in various sizes and is a fast paced and dynamic environment.
We are looking for an individual with a minimum of 2 years working experience on commercial projects with a local architectural firm. Experience shall include: working drawing, 3D modeling, and rendering. The candidate must be a resident of the Greater Los Angeles area or within close vicinity.
This is for a part-time position with high hours and will become full-time for the appropriate candidate.
Please do not apply if you have over qualified.
Judaism does not believe in an anniversary as merely a celebration of the past.
Why is the Torah silent about the date of the most important event in its history?
The word sefirah, “counting,” also means “luminance.” On each of the 49 days of Sefirat HaOmer (the counting of the Omer), we refine, rarify and illuminate another of the forty-nine traits of our souls.
On Sunday, cannabis enthusiasts gathered in downtown Toronto for the first-ever Love Market, a Valentine’s Day themed craft-cannabis pop-up shop.
Valentine's Day might be just a few days away, but that doesn't mean that love is the only thing in the air.
On Sunday, cannabis enthusiasts gathered in downtown Toronto for the first-ever Love Market, a Valentine's Day themed craft-cannabis pop-up shop.
Complete with more than 25 cannabis brands, a pot juice bar, live music and photo booth, participants shopped for various pot products, including edible, topical and vapour items.
Hosted by "cannabis-friendly" entertainment and promotional group The High5, the event is likely a taste of things to come as the group says it will host monthly themed events throughout the downtown core.
And High5 co-founder Sarah Gillies says she expects events like these to become more popular once pot gets legalized.
"When I'm looking for a space, I get a lot of 'Nos, but call me when it's legalized,'" Gillies told CBC Toronto. "I think a lot of people are gearing up to take on events like this, but they won't because of the risk."
Gillies has helped organize events like these over the past two years and despite being illegal, she says she hasn't had much trouble with the police.
"The times that we've had police come in, they've kind of more checked out, and made sure nothing bad is going on, and so far so good," Gillies said.
Despite that, there's been trouble getting the word out for her events.
"[Marketing] is always tricky because you get ads taken down," she said. "It's a lot of word of mouth, and it's really great that so many people came out today."
Tania Cyalume of the Bloom High Tea Social Club sold an assortment of organic, gluten-free and vegan products Sunday and says there were a lot of customers waiting as soon as the doors opened.
She added that she's happy to open up booths at these types of events because it makes her patients feel safer.
"We're happy that we have these types of markets that we can connect with patients and have somewhere where they can come that they feel safe," Cyalume said. "It feels a little bit safer to come to these pop-ups than to be going to dispensaries."
For Tijen Yalchin, owner of Earth Kisses Sky, which offers a variety of herbal medicine products, she says she appreciates the community.
"I feel like a good connection and support from each and every one of the vendors here," Yalchin said. "You can really feel the community and the love that's shown."
She adds that the turnout has been "phenomenal" compared to the other expos she's been to like health and wellness expos, and her products do best at these types of expos.
"I'm not sure if it's the way that it's run, the community aspect of it, but it seems to be like everyone is glued together. The turnout has been awesome."
Janine Morra works for a cannabis magazine and says she came out to Sunday's event for some edibles. She says she's been to events monthly and says The Love Market is "perfect."
"Every event there's more and more people. The need is there.
"There's something for everyone whether you smoke or vape or edibles or topicals. There's something for everyone," she said. "It's not just a market. There's entertainment. It's a real community."
Kid Cudi has discussed his struggles with mental health, saying that “for a long time, I wasn’t happy when I woke up in the morning”.
The rapper, who recently teased a mysterious new project ‘Asterisk Collective‘, was speaking on the Facebook chat show Red Table Talk when he opened up about his personal issues.
Cudi – whose real name is Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi – said that fame and expectations from fans and music industry figures resulted in a decline in his mental health.
I am soooo happy that @kidcudi came to the table to share his testimony. It’s a powerful one. It continues to prove that we are ALL going through something. Our pain is not unique. Therefore, there is no reason we can’t help each other get through this thing called life ✨ Join us tomorrow at the Red Table ❤️ @RedTableTalk #RedTableTalk _______________________________________ Estou tão feliz que Kid Cudi veio até a Table para compartilhar seu testemunho. É muito poderoso. Continua a provar que todos nós estamos passando por algo. Nossa dor não é única. Portanto, não há razão para não nos ajudarmos a passar por essa coisa chamada vida. Junte-se a nós amanhã na Red Table.
“That’s where most of the bad stuff came in,” he said. “I have to live up to be this person, and I don’t feel like that. It’s like doing a comedy but you’re miserable.
Jada reveals her struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts. Grammy-winning rapper Kid Cudi joins the Table and talks about his mental health problems and battle with addiction.
Now clean from drugs for two years, Cudi said of getting sober: “I was really worried, and I kinda like had that moment where I was just like, ‘Do I really wanna get back on drugs and do cocaine again?
You can watch the full Red Table Talk broadcast above.
Meanwhile, after collaborating with Kanye West with the acclaimed Kids See Ghosts earlier this year, Kid Cudi recently told fans he had begun working on his next LP.
Port Charles celebrated the Fourth of July, huge secrets came to light and are on the verge of exploding and causing maximum damage, and a marketing gimmick made for a strange close to the week.
Nelle did her best to push every button she could when visiting Carly in Ferncliff, but Carly kept her cool and didn’t let Nelle derail her progress in getting out of the hospital. Where was this Carly in court and before that? Had she kept her temper like she was constantly told, maybe she wouldn’t be in this mess.
There’s new doctor at GH.
As I said in last week’s Deconstructing GH, the show should have brought in a legacy character as Liz’s blast from the past. Still, I appreciate GH hiring a trans actress to play a trans character, and I love that Terry is a Dr. who will be working at the hospital. Whether they’ll use her in an actual storyline remains to be seen, but the more emphasis placed on the hospital the better. Ever as slimy as Dr. Bensch is, the storyline is in part about GH and not mob life in Port Charles.
Strip that kid of his badges!
That scout Wyatt, (played by OLTL‘s Patrick J. Gibbons), needs to be stripped of his badges and kicked out of the troop. Sure walking in on a guy strapped to a bed in a remote cabin is strange. But aren’t scouts supposed to help people in need? Even Peter pointed that out to him. Wyatt’s excuse that he told no one about Peter because nobody would believe him was pretty lame. Aside from Wyatt being a terrible scout, viewers in our recaps and on social media are constantly wondering how Peter is going to the bathroom in his situation. Rule #1 on soaps when someone is held captive is that they never need to use the bathroom! Being a hostage impedes natural body functions in soapland.
Liz’s son Cam returned from upstairs, or wherever he always is, and has been aged to be part of Joss and Oscar’s cohort. I understand this is a way soaps try and lure in the younger viewers, but even as someone who started watching soaps religiously in my early teens, I never watched for other teens. I still don’t enjoy the teen romances, and especially not the teen love triangles, which is what they seem to be setting up. However, I loved Cam bringing up Joss’ corn obsession from a few years ago.
Brad and Lucas asking Sam to be their baby’s godmother was touching, but many viewers fear something will go wrong with this adoption, myself included. I’ve long believed Nelle is the anonymous birth mother. With Chloe Lanier leaving GH, I could see her actually giving the baby to them, while potentially skipping town and letting Michael believe she took the child with her, or that it died. But hey, at least she didn’t steal Maxie’s baby as many initially feared.
Dream is over, the nightmare continues.
Sam, Danny and Jason spending the 4th on the footbridge was a nice nod to the couple’s history. The next day Sam was informed by Drew that they were officially divorced. Their scenes were well acted and bittersweet. This love triangle, or whatever you want to call it, has been a mess since day one. It lacked any of the emotion throughout it that we’ve seen only recently. Drew needs to move on and continue working to get his memories back. The character needs something aside from being Oscar’s dad and nothing more, which is what he’s been reduced to lately.
The body in the walls.
Milo returned to spend time with Sonny and Mike, and shared the touching story of his own mother’s passing from Alzheimer’s. It’s always great to see Milo or Max back and interacting with Sonny, though it’s a shame we didn’t see Milo with Epiphany. Mike, in yet another moment of clarity, confirmed Sonny’s suspicions that he and Charley Delaney hid the body from the field in Croton in Charlie’s pub. I called that in my column last week, and now Julian is thinking of expanding the pub, which means potentially unearthing the corpse. Maybe the mobster’s ghost can start haunting the pub and Sonny. That would make this story more thrilling than it currently is.
George Hamilton appeared on GH as KFC founder and mascot Colonel Sanders in one of the most bizarre marketing gimmicks and product placements on a soap to date. Maxie invited bestie Lulu over for some KFC and to meet the Colonel, who was in town. He explained to the inquisitive reporter that he met Maxie and Spinelli years ago when the syndicate was trying to hack into his mainframe and steal his secret recipe. Maxie and Spinelli helped him out then, and he needed Maxie’s help once more, entrusting her with his secret recipe to hide for him in her quaint little Port Charles apartment. As absurd as the entire thing was, it was hilarious of the writers to tie in the Port Charles mob. Maybe a rival family is trying to give Corinthos Coffee a run for its money as the top chain in town? Of course, the poor Colonel seems unaware that his recipe isn’t exactly a secret and anyone can Google it. Still, the episode had viewers chuckling on social media, though not always in a good way. Sometimes all you can do is laugh at the show.
It’s been decades since I’ve watched any General Hospital, but I had to tune in to check out #ColonelHospital. Totally cheesy, but amusing.
As usual, these are just my opinions on the week. Agree or disagree, leave your own thoughts in the comments.
WASHINGTON -- In a scathing appraisal, a review ordered by President Barack Obama of the troubled Veterans Affairs health care system concludes that medical care for veterans is beset by "significant and chronic system failures," substantially verifying problems raised by whistleblowers and internal and congressional investigators.
A summary of the review by deputy White House chief of staff Rob Nabors says the Veterans Health Administration must be restructured and that a "corrosive culture" has hurt morale and affected the timeliness of health care. The review also found that a 14-day standard for scheduling veterans' medical appointments is unrealistic and that some employees manipulated the wait times so they would appear to be shorter.
The review is the latest blistering assessment of the VA in the wake of reports of patients dying while waiting for appointments and of treatment delays in VA facilities nationwide. The White House released a summary of the review following President Barack Obama's meeting Friday with Nabors and Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson.
The review offers a series of recommendations, including a need for more doctors, nurses and trained administrative staff. Those recommendations are likely to face skepticism among some congressional Republicans who have blamed the VA's problems on mismanagement, not lack of resources.
The White House released the summary after Obama returned from a two-day trip to Minneapolis and promptly ducked into an Oval Office to get an update on the administration's response to the VA troubles from Gibson and Nabors.
"We know that unacceptable, systemic problems and cultural issues within our health system prevent veterans from receiving timely care," Gibson said in a statement following the meeting. "We can and must solve these problems as we work to earn back the trust of veterans."
Rep. Jeff Miller, the Republican chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, said the report was a late but welcome response from the White House and vowed to work with the administration to fix the system.
"It appears the White House has finally come to terms with the serious and systemic VA health care problems we've been investigating and documenting for years," he said in a statement.
The review contains a searing critique of the Veterans Health Administration, the VA sub-agency responsible for medical care. Earlier this week the VA announced that Dr. Robert L. Jesse, who has been acting undersecretary for health and head of the VHA, was resigning. Jesse has been acting undersecretary for health since May 16, when Robert Petzel resigned under pressure months before he was set to retire.
Nabors' report found that the VHA, the country's biggest health care system, acts with little transparency or accountability and many recommendations to improve care are slowly implemented or ignored. The VHA serves nearly 8.8 million veterans a year in more than 1,700 health care sites. But the report says concerns raised by the public, monitors or even VA leadership, the report said, have been dismissed at the VHA as "exaggerated, unimportant, or 'will pass.'"
As of June 23, the independent Office of Special Counsel, a government investigative arm, had more than 50 pending cases that allege threats to patient health or safety.
One-fourth of all the whistleblower cases under review across the federal government come from the VA. The department "encourages discontent and backlash against employees."
The VA's lack of resources reflects troubles in the health care field as a whole and in the federal government. But the VA has been unable to connect its budget needs to specific outcomes.
The VA needs to better prepare for changes in the demographic profile of veterans, including more female veterans, a surge in mental health needs and a growing number of older veterans.
Obama asked Nabors to stay at the VA temporarily to continue to provide assistance.
The White House said that over the past month, the VA has contacted 135,000 veterans and scheduled about 182,000 additional appointments. It has also used more mobile medical units to attend to veterans awaiting care.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who heads the Senate's Veterans' Affairs Committee, said the VA must restructure decision-making between its headquarters and its regional officials and that regional and local offices can no longer hide problems when they surface.
"No organization the size of VA can operate effectively without a high level of transparency and accountability," he said. "Clearly that is not the case now at the VA. "
Since reports surfaced of treatment delays and of patients dying while on waiting lists, the VA has been the subject of internal, independent and congressional investigations. The VA has confirmed that dozens of veterans died while awaiting appointments at VA facilities in the Phoenix area, although officials say it's unclear whether the delays were the cause of the deaths.
One VA audit found that 10 percent of veterans seeking medical care at VA hospitals and clinics have to wait at least 30 days for an appointment. More than 56,000 veterans have had to wait at least three months for initial appointments, the report said, and an additional 46,000 veterans who asked for appointments over the past decade never got them.
This week, the independent Office of Special Counsel concluded there was "a troubling pattern of deficient patient care" at the Veterans Affairs that VA officials downplayed. Among the findings were canceled appointments with no follow up, contaminated drinking water and improper handling of surgical equipment.
Sixty-seven percent of Russians view NATO as a threat, a new survey from Gallup shows. It’s the highest number recorded since 2008.
In contrast, back in 2012, only 38 percent of Russians perceived the Western military bloc as a threat.
Fifty-four percent of Belarusians also view NATO, the security alliance of 28 countries from North America and Europe, as a threat, a 19-point jump from four years ago, the latest Gallup poll has found.
Along with the Russians and Belarusians, “more people in Ukraine (35 percent), Kazakhstan (31 percent), Kyrgyzstan (30 percent), Moldova (27 percent), Armenia (20 percent) and Tajikistan (34 percent) view NATO as a threat rather than a protection,” the international survey says.
The number of Ukrainians who view NATO as a threat has increased in recent years, according to Gallup. In 2014, when the military conflict broke out in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainians were “more likely” to see NATO as a protection (36 percent) than a threat (20 percent), researchers says.
Last year, however, the percentage viewing it as a threat shot back up to 35 percent, as the Ukrainian population has grown tired of the ongoing conflict. “Without a clear end in sight to the conflict, Ukrainians may be losing confidence in NATO's ability to help them in this crisis,” the latest survey says.
Eastern European countries that see NATO as a source of protection are mostly members of the alliance.
Poland (where 62 percent see NATO as their protector) in January saw the largest deployment of US troops in Europe since the Cold War, while Lithuania (57 percent) has been bolstered by German, French, Belgian and other troops. Estonia (with 52 percent backing NATO) is hosting 800 NATO personnel, while Romania (where 50 percent approve of NATO) is expected to receive several Royal Air Force Typhoon jets in 2017.
The poll results are based on telephone interviews conducted throughout 2016 in the countries featured in the analysis, with a random sample of some 1,000 adults aged 15 and older, living in each country. In Russia, the sample size was 2,000 adults, Gallup says.
In response, Russia stationed its most modern weaponry and armaments in its western regions, including the exclave of Kaliningrad, which shares a border with Poland and Lithuania, and is carrying out large-scale military drills on home soil.
It was no surprise to see blue back on the runway at Joseph Abboud. The brand and its Creative Director, Bernardo Rojo, were leaders of the invasion of the oceanic hues back into our wardrobes last spring. But the surprise, and the highlight for me, was his use of yellow. Seen in knits, shorts, and his always-present unstructured linen suits — Rojo's yellow was buttery, yet bright. Subtle yet popped. And while a head-to-toe yellow look might be hard to convince any man to wear, it's an easy upgrade to pull off if you try it piece-by-piece. Like switching out your white oxford shirt for a canary yellow one. Or knotting a royal yellow knit tie instead of a jewel-toned one. Other suggestions: mustard khakis, chunky golden cardigans, or sunny pullover knits — just like the one we saw at Richard Chai the next day. Trending, anyone? We'll keep an eye out.