h businessmen to rig the bidding process for State-funded projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars. After two trials, as well as guilty pleas, Percoco, Kaloyeros, five businessmen, and the lobbyist were convicted. • Four New York City Police Department Officers Convicted of Bribery in Connection w

. See, e.g., United States v. Skelos, 15 Cr. 317 (KMW); United States EFTA00087736 Page 2 v. Kaloyeros, et at, 16 Cr. 776 (VEC); United States v. Percoco, et at, 16 Cr. 776 (VEC); cf. Oct. 12, 2021 Tr. at 7:14-8:1, United States v. Parnas, 19 Cr. 725 (JPO) (denying defense's request for a second day

part of a corruption crackdown by federal prosecutors in Manhattan centered on the halls of the state capital of Albany. The article added that in Percoco's case, the jury was required "to determine whether he had a 'special relationship' with the government and had 'dominated and controlled' governmen