Federal prosecutors in New York have accused 70 current and former employees of the nation’s largest public housing authority of bribery and extortion for allegedly pocketing more than $2 million in cash payments for no-bid repair contracts. In what Damian Williams, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, called “the largest single-day bribery takedown in the history of the Justice Department,” the scheme involved nearly a third of New York City’s 335 public housing developments – home to one in 17 New Yorkers. The defendants, arrested in...

Dozens of public housing employees in New York City were charged with bribery and extortion on Tuesday in a record for the largest number of bribery charges filed in a single day by the Justice Department. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged 70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) with accepting cash bribes from contractors in exchange for Housing Authority contracts, The New York Times reported. The suspects are accused of accepting more than $2 million in bribes from contractors who wanted to work on...

Law enforcement arrested a large group of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) workers and contractors on Tuesday regarding a corruption case. Prosecutors say city and federal officials made the arrests in the case that is one of the biggest such roundups in the history of the Justice Department, NBC New York reported. “As we allege, the 70 defendants charged today allegedly demanded over two million dollars in bribe money from contractors in exchange for giving out over 13 million dollars of work on NYCHA buildings,” Southern District of New...

US prosecutors announced Tuesday a "historic" anti-corruption crackdown in New York's public housing agency, as 70 current and former employees were arrested on charges of bribery and extortion. The operation constitutes the "largest single-day bribery takedown in the history of the Justice Department," Manhattan federal attorney Damian Williams said in a statement.

Federal and local authorities arrested dozens of employees of New York City's public housing agency in a series of morning raids Tuesday linked to a massive bribery and extortion plot, according to prosecutors. The raids, coordinated by Homeland Security Investigations and the city's Department of Investigation, netted the most single-day bribery arrests in the history of the Justice Department, according to Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. In all, 70 people were arrested in six states. "As we allege, the 70 defendants charged today...

Federal prosecutors charged 70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority with bribery and extortion in a corruption investigation. "Instead of acting in the interests of NYCHA residents, the City of New York, or taxpayers, the 70 defendants charged today allegedly used their jobs at NYCHA to line their own pockets. This action is the largest single-day bribery takedown in the history of the Justice Department," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said. In a press release, the DOJ announced the unsealing of the complaints. Additionally, prosecutors said...

Dozens of NYCHA employees have been charged with bribery and extortion following a vast corruption investigation. Prosecutors said Tuesday that 70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) face bribery and extortion charges in what officials say is the biggest number of such charges issued in a single day in the history of the U.S. Justice Department. The defendants are accused of demanding over $2 million in corrupt payments from contractors in exchange for awarding over $13 million worth of no-bid contracts, according to the...

A federal raid has nabbed as many as 70 current and former New York Housing Authority workers and contractors who were caught up in a $2 million pay-to-play corruption scheme. Those involved were hauled off in handcuffs by federal agents in the raid Tuesday morning. It is believed to be the biggest bust of its kind in history. “The workers are expected to be charged in connection with a variety of alleged corruption and kickback schemes, according to the Department of Justice, which has called the case the largest public...