Percoco v. United States
2023 United States wire fraud and corruption court case From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2023 United States wire fraud and corruption court case From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Percoco v. United States [Peroco v. United States Et Al.] is a 2023 fraud and corruption court case in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
| Percoco v. United States | |
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| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| Full case name | Peroco v. United States Et Al. |
| Argued | November 28, 2022 – May 11, 2023 |
| Docket nos. | 21-1158 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Raymond Lohier Susan L. Carney Richard J. Sullivan Joseph F. Bianco Michael H. Park William J. Nardini Steven Menashi Eunice C. Lee Beth Robinson Myrna Pérez Alison Nathan |
| Chief judge | Debra Ann Livingston |
Joseph Percoco was appointed by Andrew Cuomo to be Executive Deputy Secretary of New York from 2011 to 2016. During an 8-month period in 2014, Percoco resigned from his position to manage Cuomo's reelection campaign. It was during this time that he accepted $35,000 to aid the COR Development Company with its dealing with the Empire State Development Corporation, allowing COR to ignore a labor peace agreement.[1]
The United States Department of Justice charged him with '10 counts of conspiracy to commit honest-services wire fraud in relation to the labor-peace requirement'. Percoco argued that he could not commit honest-services wire fraud as he resigned from office and was a citizen. He was found guilty in March 2018,[2] but Percoco appealed to the Appeals for the Second Circuit.[1]
The case in the Second Circuit was argued from November 28, 2022, to May 11, 2023. Percoco again argued he could not commit honest-services wire fraud as he resigned from office and was a citizen. Both Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas wrote to the judges, advising them to find him guilty, but they unanimously found Percoco not guilty.[3][4]
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