NY ex-comptroller gets at least 1 year in prison

[PoliticAverse]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A judge on Friday sentenced former New York state comptroller Alan Hevesi to a minimum of one year and a maximum of four years in prison for a state pension kickback scheme in which Governor Andrew Cuomo said Hevesi "presided over a culture of corruption."

Hevesi, a Democrat, pleaded guilty to a felony corruption charge last October in a case Cuomo had originally brought in his previous job as state attorney general. Seven others have pleaded guilty. Hevesi became the second to receive jail time.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/us-newyork-comptroller-idUSTRE73E4L320110415

[DCKit]

1. I was really hoping this was another of Goldman Sachs babies.

From the article:

"In return for the gifts, Hevesi improperly favored a $250 million investment in Markstone Capital Partners -- where Broidy was a principal -- by the pension fund."