Pension fund kickback accusation leveled in Albany
Thursday, April 16, 2009 : PermalinkDemocrat and Chronicle – The former chairman of the state Liberal Party was accused Wednesday of receiving at least $800,000 from the state pension fund as a kickback for helping elect former Comptroller Alan Hevesi and Hevesi’s son.
Raymond B. Harding, who for decades was the face of the now-defunct party, was charged with multiple felonies in violation of the Martin Act, the state securities-fraud statute, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced.
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