Corruption

U.S. Attorney Lays Out the Case Against Kruger, Boyland and Lipsky; Thousands Found in Lipsky's Pocket

US Attorney Preet Bharara’s case against State Senator Carl Kruger, Assemblyman William Boyland, lobbyist Richard Lipsky and five other defendants today is a run-of-the-mill bribery scheme. Two of them, actually.

In the first, Bharara alleges a friend of Kruger’s set up “a shell company in the name of Olympian [which] wasn’t engaged in anything other Read More

Corruption

The Complaint Against Kruger, Boyland and Lipsky

Unsealed this morning.

I’m reading it now, but one quick detail stood out:

On or about February 11, 2011, RICHARD LIPSKY, the defendant, met with CARL KRUGER, the defendant, inside LIPSKY’s car in the vicinity of 18th Street and Fith Avenue in Manhattan.

Not like there’s any shortage of meeting rooms or coffee shops around Read More