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| Ex-Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano sentenced to 12 years in prison |
| 2022-04-15 |
| [NYPOST] Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano was sentenced to 12 years behind bars Thursday for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from a Queens restaurateur. His wife Linda — who was convicted of helping to cover up the corrupt arrangement — was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment. Judge Joan Azrack, who handed down the prison terms to the Bethpage couple in two separate hearings in Central Islip federal court, also ordered Mangano, 60, to pay a $20,000 fine. Mangano was convicted in 2019 of accepting bribes and kickbacks from the restaurateur, Harendra Singh, including five paid vacations, a pricey watch, hardwood flooring for his home, a $3,600 vibrating chair and a $100,000 per year no-show job for Linda, 59. In exchange, the once-powerful politician — who served in his position from 2010 to 2017 — pressured local officials to guarantee $20 million in loans for Singh. The scheme lasted for five years beginning in 2010 and continuing through 2015, prosecutors said at trial. |
| Posted by:Fred |