Mr Silver is accused of wrongfully accepting $3m from Weitz & Luxenberg and some $700,000 from a law firm which was identified as Goldberg & Iryami by one of the politician's lawyers. Weitz & Luxemberg no longer has any relationship with him. He is accused of helping ensure that state funds were paid to a doctor who then sent patients of his who were suffering from asbestos-related illnesses to Weitz, a specialist in asbestosis claims. 

Mail and wire fraud charges

He is also accused of sending people that he had met through his work in the New York Assembly to Goldberg & Iryami for property advice. He has now been charged with honest services mail fraud, honest services wire fraud and extortion by use of his state office. Source: ABA