Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano
Convicted of: Conspiracy to commit federal program bribery; federal program bribery; conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud; honest services wire fraud; conspiracy to obstruct justice
Edward Mangano, Nassau’s county executive, was indicted in October 2016 and accused by federal prosecutors of receiving “bribes and kickbacks” from businessman Harendra Singh, who has pleaded guilty to providing them. Mangano’s wife, Linda, was charged with obstruction of justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements involving “work she claimed to have performed” in an alleged no-show job from Singh, according to the indictment and prosecutors. Both Manganos pleaded not guilty. A judge declared a mistrial in May 2018 in both their cases. Their retrials began in January. Federal prosecutors filed a new indictment against the Manganos in August 2018, adding details of statements to investigators by Linda that prosecutors allege are lies. The Manganos pleaded not guilty to the indictment at an arraignment. On March 8, Edward Mangano was convicted of several charges, including federal program bribery and honest services wire fraud. Both he and Linda Mangano were also convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice. He was acquitted of another honest services wire fraud charge and an extortion charge. Linda was found guilty of obstruction of justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice and two counts of making false statements. She was acquitted of another count of making false statements.