Sroka v. Ambach

Petitioner has for over 30 years practiced as an ophthalmic and hearing aid dispenser in Nassau County. In 1982, he was indicted for various counts of bribery in the second degree, allegedly for making payments to a public officer, namely, an *874audiologist employed by the Nassau County Medical Center, in return for referrals of patients of the hospital for the purchase of hearing aids. Petitioner subsequently pleaded to a single count of commercial bribery in the first degree (Penal Law § 180.03), a class A misdemeanor, in full satisfaction of the indictment and was sentenced to a fine of…