Prosecutors Seek 2.5 Years In Prison For Linda Mangano

NASSAU COUNTY, NY — In court documents filed yesterday, federal prosecutors petitioned a judge to sentence Linda Mangano to more than two years in prison for lying to investigators during an investigation. Mangano and her husband, former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, are scheduled to be sentenced on April 14.

In a memo filed this week, federal prosecutors asked that Mangano be sentenced to 30 months in prison, or 2.5 years. Last week, prosecutors asked that her husband be sentenced to 17.5 years.

"Despite the jury’s verdict, [Linda Mangano] refuses to accept any responsibility for her crimes and shows an utter lack of remorse," prosecutors wrote. "While she acknowledges the verdict, the defendant lays blame, entirely, at her co-conspirator Harendra Singh’s feet, like she did during both trials. The past three years since the jury’s verdict has, apparently, not caused the defendant to undertake any self-reflection or recognition of the role she, herself, played in obstructing the administration of justice and in insulating corruption that undermines the proper functioning of our government."

Mangano, 58, was found guilty at trial in 2019 of lying to investigators about a no-show job that Singh, a local restaurateur, had given her. Mangano was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for no work.

It was part of a larger investigation into bribery and public corruption charges against Edward Mangano. Edward Mangano pressured the Town of Oyster Bay into backing $20 million in loans for restaurateur Harendra Singh, who was bribing the Manganos.

Mangano made $450,000 from Singh over the years her husband was in office as Nassau County Executive.

"The court has an opportunity to send an important deterrent message to individuals considering helping public officials evade law enforcement that if they do, they will go to jail for a significant period of time," wrote prosecutors. "If the defendant receives a reduced sentence, or worse yet a non-incarceratory sentence, that message will be muted, and the culture of corruption that is so pervasive on Long Island will continue. The public needs to know that individuals who engage in a coordinated cover-up, particularly to cover-up public corruption, will be punished severely."