Nearly two years after the largest single-day federal bribery takedown in the Justice Department’s history, federal prosecutors secured a perfect record on convictions.
All 70 New York City Housing Authority employees swept up in a corruption sweep were convicted, Gothamist reported. Charges ranged from bribery to fraud and extortion.
A vast majority of those charged pleaded guilty to felonies, though 11 pleaded guilty to misdemeanors. Only three took it to trial, all resulting in convictions…