The Cuomo camp charged that such close coordination was a subterfuge to allow Mr. McCall to benefit improperly from Mr. Mehiel's considerable personal fortune.

Mr. Khan also contested ICN's reiteration of Judge Sprizzo's findings that he improperly benefited from inside information about the timing of F.D.A. approval for ribavirin.

In the end, his standing will depend heavily on what happens to a pending ethics complaint, which contends that he benefited improperly from a book promotion deal.

If any of these companies are found to be improperly benefiting for-profit companies, they risk losing their nonprofit status.

The audit says that $222,590 in Federal money under the Superintendent's control ultimately paid for the consultants and that because that money improperly benefited Mr. Honig the state should repay it.

Mr. Misek does not believe that options were adjusted to improperly benefit employees.

Mr. Salema's bond company is at the center of a Federal investigation into whether it improperly benefited from state bond deals.

A special counsel in Washington is investigating whether Mr. Clinton or Mr. McDougal benefited improperly from the partnership, which was financed largely by Mr. McDougal.

The House ethics committee is already considering Mr. Alexander's complaint that Mr. Gingrich benefited improperly when political supporters contributed to help promote his book.

A few years later, he was accused of improperly benefiting from administering the estate of a prominent Sussex catholic - Sir John Shelley - whose heir was a minor.