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New York City school bus officials allegedly sought bribes
May 14, 2008 12:13 PM
Four New York City Department of Education employees have been charged with soliciting bribes in exchange for promising preferential treatment, including on safety inspections, to bus companies that serve special education students. Federal prosecutors allege that three supervisors and one inspector accepted cash payments ranging from several hundred dollars a year from some companies to tens of thousands of dollars a year from others. The indictment seeks the forfeiture of $1 million in total from the defendants.
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