United States v. Nicola Deriggi

The facts of this case are set out in detail in prior opinions of this court, United States v. DeRiggi, 45 F.3d 713, 715-16 (2d Cir.1995) (“DeRiggi I ”), and the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Weinstein, J.). United States v. Abbadessa, 848 F.Supp. 369, 376-78 (E.D.N.Y.1994). In summary, defendant Nicola DeRiggi was the supervising in spector of the Taxi and Limousine Commission’s inspection station in Woodside, Queens, New York. Corruption was rampant at the facility. Bribes were paid to line inspectors and their supervisors to rig inspection outcomes and to ignore…