"Record Corruption Case: 70 NYCHA Employees Charged in Bribery Scandal"
TL;DR Summary
70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) have been charged with bribery and extortion offenses, with 66 of them arrested in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and North Carolina. The defendants are accused of demanding kickbacks and bribes for access to no-bid contracts, resulting in over $2 million in corrupt payments from contractors in exchange for awarding over $13 million worth of no-bid contracts. The charges are part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces operation and are being handled by the Office’s Public Corruption Unit.
- 70 Current And Former NYCHA Employees Charged With Bribery And Extortion Offenses Department of Justice
- Major corruption scandal at NYCHA involves a third of buildings with at least 70 arrests NBC New York
- 70 NYCHA employees arrested in federal corruption investigation in NYC WABC-TV
- Dozens of New York City employees arrested in bribery case that cost US taxpayers millions: prosecutors Fox Business
- Scores of N.Y. Public Housing Workers Charged in Record Corruption Case The New York Times
Reading Insights
Total Reads
0
Unique Readers
2
Time Saved
14 min
vs 15 min read
Condensed
97%
2,990 → 93 words
Want the full story? Read the original article
Read on Department of Justice