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accused of using the power of his office for more than a decade to secure millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks
undThey include using his position to obtain corrupt payments misrepresented as referral fees from a law firm, funneling state research funds and other benefits to a doctor who in return referred asbestos claims to the law firm where the speaker worked, and secretly helping real estate developers win tax breaks.
Und das Detail, das mich zum Verlinken der Story gebracht hat:Albany’s systemic corruption — and a series of cases brought by the same federal prosecutors who charged Mr. Silver on Thursday — prompted Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a fellow Democrat, to create a special anticorruption panel, known as the Moreland Commission, to investigate wrongdoing and work to clean up state government.But in March, Mr. Cuomo abruptly shut down the commission — “to the great relief of Sheldon Silver,” Mr. Bharara said.
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