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New York Senate leader Skelos, son charged with corruption
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Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
Last Edited | IndyGeorgia May 04, 2015 03:03pm |
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Category | Investigation |
Author | Nate Raymond |
Media | News Service - Reuters |
News Date | Monday, May 4, 2015 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | (Reuters) - Federal authorities charged New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son on Monday with engaging in a corruption scheme, in the latest of a string of criminal cases against politicians in the state's capital of Albany.
Skelos, a 67-year-old Republican, and his 32-year-old son, Adam, were named in a six-count criminal complaint filed in Manhattan federal court that included charges of conspiracy and extortion.
Prosecutors said Skelos pressured a real estate developer and an environmental technology company to pay his son more than $200,000 in exchange for his support on infrastructure and legislation.
The men surrendered to the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday morning. They were expected to later appear in court.
Skelos said in a statement he was "innocent of the charges leveled against me." His son's lawyer did not respond to requests for comment.
In the last decade, 22 legislators have been charged in Albany for corruption, according to New York University Law School's Brennan Center for Justice. |
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