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politics2 years ago

Supreme Court Overturns Corruption Convictions in New York Scandals.

The US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of former aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Joseph Percoco, and Buffalo developer, Louis Ciminelli, in separate cases related to corruption convictions. The court sided with Percoco, who argued that a federal anti-bribery statute should not have been used to convict him, and with Ciminelli, who was convicted for taking part in rigging the bid process and property fraud. The decisions continue a trend of narrowing the government's ability to prosecute defendants under certain public corruption statutes.

via CNN|
#andrew-cuomo#corruption#joseph-percoco
politics2 years ago

Supreme Court Overturns Convictions in New York Corruption Probe.

The US Supreme Court has overturned the 2018 conviction of Joseph Percoco, a former aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who was found guilty of accepting $35,000 in payments from a construction company. The court expressed skepticism of the ways federal prosecutors combat public corruption and influence peddling. In a separate case, the court also overturned the fraud conviction of business executive Louis Ciminelli and others who relied on inside information to win a $750 million development contract as part of Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion revitalization project. The court has become increasingly wary of federal prosecutors pursuing public officials for behavior that some justices have considered the normal activity of politics, and not specified in federal statutes.

via The Washington Post|
#andrew-cuomo#corruption#fraud
politics2 years ago

Supreme Court Overturns Multiple Corruption Convictions in New York

The US Supreme Court has thrown out the corruption convictions of Joseph Percoco, an ex-aide to former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Louis Ciminelli, a Buffalo real estate developer. The court ruled that Percoco's conduct was not covered by the federal law that requires that "honest services" be provided to the public. In a separate ruling, the court threw out Ciminelli's wire fraud conviction. The rulings make it harder for federal prosecutors to bring corruption cases.

via NBC News|
#andrew-cuomo#corruption#joseph-percoco
politics2 years ago

Supreme Court Overturns Conviction in New York Corruption Probe.

The US Supreme Court has overturned the bribery conviction of Joseph Percoco, a former aide to Democratic former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, in a ruling that further limits the ability of federal prosecutors to pursue corruption cases. The court ruled 9-0 in favor of Percoco, who was charged in 2016 as part of a corruption crackdown by federal prosecutors in Manhattan. The ruling represented the latest in recent years in which the court has limited prosecutors in political corruption cases.

via Reuters|
#andrew-cuomo#bribery-conviction#corruption-crackdown