Category: Joe Percoco

Supreme Court to Hear Fraud Appeal Related to Cuomo-Era Scandal

The Supreme Court has agreed to review the wire fraud conviction of Louis Ciminelli, who was involved in the scandal-plagued “Buffalo Billion” development plan in upstate New York when Andrew Cuomo was the governor. The case grew out of the ambitious Buffalo Billion Investment Development Plan (pdf), which envisioned the construction of a solar panel…


Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cuomo Aide’s Bribery Appeal in Pay-to-Play Scheme

The Supreme Court agreed to review the corruption convictions of Joe Percoco, formerly a longtime aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a case that may call into question the legality of honest-services fraud prosecutions. Over the opposition of the Biden administration, the high court decided June 30 to hear Percoco v. United…