At the heart of the charges are payments Percoco and his wife received while the governor's aide was on sabbatical from the state to manage Cuomo's 2014 re-election campaign, though the complaint purports that the alleged
kickback schemes date back as far as 2010 — the year then - Attorney General Cuomo successfully sought the state's top office.
Norman Seabrook, president of the Correction Officers» Benevolent Association, personally got tens of thousands of dollars in
kickbacks for steering about $ 20 million in union money to the Platinum Partners hedge fund in a
scheme dating back to December 2013, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.