Legal Opinion
United States v. Abbadessa
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 26, 1994No. CR 92-925, CR 92-1231 and CR 93-1310PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENTENCING MEMORANDUM
“WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge:
Defendants are thirty New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (“Commission”) inspectors who have pled guilty to extortion. They accepted bribes in exchange for overlooking defects and for certifying inspections for taxicabs that were never inspected. Some of the defendants were line inspectors who conducted the fraudulent inspections, others were senior inspectors who condoned the corruption, and yet others were supervisors who furthered the scheme by manipulating work schedules to ensure that the corrupt line inspectors were on the…
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