Ex-New York Senate leader corruptly helped son get paid, jury told
A former
leader of the New York state Senate strong-armed three companies to pay
his son over $300,000, knowing that his position to influence policy
crucial to their businesses meant "they couldn't say no," a federal
prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Dean Skelos, a Republican, sought to corruptly direct commissions and jobs to his son, Adam, to "line the pockets of the Skelos family," prosecutor Tatiana Martins said at the start of their trial in Manhattan federal court.
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Dean Skelos, a Republican, sought to corruptly direct commissions and jobs to his son, Adam, to "line the pockets of the Skelos family," prosecutor Tatiana Martins said at the start of their trial in Manhattan federal court.
Read more at Reutershttp://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/17/us-new-york-corruption-trial-idUSKCN0T62TO20151117#ovpJKDs8FhjOvmTf.99
