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So........looks like there is a new sheriff in town, at just the worst possible moment for cuomo....
Ex-Cuomo aide, others indicted in New York bribery case
A former top aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is among eight men who have been indicted in a bribery and fraud case tied to efforts to spur the upstate economy, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Joseph Percoco, a former executive deputy secretary to Cuomo, was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts each of bribery solicitation, extortion and conspiracy, mirroring charges announced on Sept. 22.
The 14-count indictment also includes new wire fraud charges against several defendants including Alain Kaloyeros, formerly president of the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute.
Kaloyeros still faces a separate conspiracy charge. Cuomo has not been accused of wrongdoing.
Prosecutors said the public corruption case arose from two separate, overlapping schemes in the awarding of hundreds of millions of dollars of contracts.
This included alleged efforts by Percoco and another former Cuomo aide, Todd Howe, to enrich themselves through bribery intended to benefit favored companies. Howe has pleaded guilty.
In one scheme, Percoco was accused of taking $315,000 in bribes in exchange for helping an energy company and real estate developer that were clients of Howe.
Ex-Cuomo aide, others indicted in New York bribery case
A former top aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is among eight men who have been indicted in a bribery and fraud case tied to efforts to spur the upstate economy, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Joseph Percoco, a former executive deputy secretary to Cuomo, was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts each of bribery solicitation, extortion and conspiracy, mirroring charges announced on Sept. 22.
The 14-count indictment also includes new wire fraud charges against several defendants including Alain Kaloyeros, formerly president of the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute.
Kaloyeros still faces a separate conspiracy charge. Cuomo has not been accused of wrongdoing.
Prosecutors said the public corruption case arose from two separate, overlapping schemes in the awarding of hundreds of millions of dollars of contracts.
This included alleged efforts by Percoco and another former Cuomo aide, Todd Howe, to enrich themselves through bribery intended to benefit favored companies. Howe has pleaded guilty.
In one scheme, Percoco was accused of taking $315,000 in bribes in exchange for helping an energy company and real estate developer that were clients of Howe.
