NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York criminal court judge on Friday said Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's fraud charges against a central figure in a major pension kickback case partly rested on a "novel" use of the state securities law. New York's securities law, called the Martin Act, gives the attorney general broad powers over financial fraud. Judge Lewis ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former head of New York's Liberal Party and a founding partner of Aldus Equity have pleaded guilty to taking part in a kickback scheme that corrupted how the state pension fund chose investment managers, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday. The two-year probe, joined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Riverstone Holdings LLC agreed to pay $30 million to resolve its role in a corruption probe of New York state's pension fund, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday. Like The Carlyle Group <CYL.UL>, which in May paid $20 million to settle its role, its partner Riverstone also agreed to ...

The Carlyle Group, one of the nation's largest private equity funds, has agreed to pay $20 million and make other reforms to resolve its role in an influence-peddling scandal at New York's public pension fund. The settlement will bring an end to ...