ORLANDO RESIDENT Damien Budnick was arrested Monday on charges of conspiracy to
commit mail fraud in connection with a widespread bribery scheme that led to the arrests of 13 former employees of American Honda Motor Co..
QUEENS — Former State Sen. Shirley Huntley pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday to charges of conspiracy to
commit mail fraud, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
She faces up to two years in prison under the federal sentencing guidelines for the charge, conspiracy to
commit mail fraud.
Kruger pleaded guilty in December 2011 to four of the five counts in the indictment against him, including two counts of conspiracy to
commit mail fraud and two counts of bribery conspiracy.
Former Senior Vice President Stanley «Jim» Cardiges is charged with racketeering, while Damien Budnick, 45, of Orlando, is charged with conspiracy to
commit mail fraud.
Raymond Hovsepian, a Haverford, Pa., lawyer who pleaded guilty to conspiring to
commit mail fraud, was fined $ 5,000.
According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, Emmanuel Ekhator, age 42, of Mississauga, Canada, and Benin, Nigeria, was sentenced Wednesday by District Court Judge Yvette Kane following his plea of guilty to criminal conspiracy to
commit mail fraud and wire fraud.