Dean Skelos, Son Convicted In Corruption Retrial

Dean Skelos, the former New York Senate Majority Leader, and his son Adam were convicted of the corruption charges against them on Tuesday, the New York Post reported.

According to The Post, Skelos, 70, and Adam, 36, both of Rockville Centre, were found guilty of the eight charges against them.

The two were on trial for corruption for the second time, after their previous conviction from 2015 was overturned on appeal last year. The appeal was successful due to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that changed and narrowed the definition of what constitutes public corruption.

The overturning of the previous verdict sparked the retrial, which began last month.

Skelos arranged a job for his son at Physicians' Reciprocal Insurers in Roslyn, but Adam rarely showed up. Later, Skelos influenced Glenwood Management to give Adam a $20,000 payment without Adam having done any work for the company.

Adam also did work for the Arizona-based company AbTech, which won a $12 million grant from Nassau County for floodwater mitigation in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. According to the prosecutors, Skelos pressured the county to let AbTech get to work more quickly so the company -- and by extension, his son -- could start getting paid.

All together, prosecutors say that Skelos used his influence to get nearly $300,000 for his son.

In December of 2015, the pair was convicted of three counts of extortion under color of official right, two counts of soliciting bribes in connection with a federal program and one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud. The elder Skelos was sentenced to five years in jail and a $500,000 fine. His son received a harsher sentence of six-and-a-half years behind bars. However, they stayed out of jail while their appeal was pending and have not yet spent a day behind bars.

The sentencing date for the new conviction has not yet been announced.

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