The indictment charges Patricia Savage, president of Parent Workshop and former Senator Huntley's aide, and Lynn Smith, the treasurer of Parent Workshop and Huntley's niece, of engaging in a fraudulent scheme to
steal member item funds.
Not exact matches
That's almost exactly two years after McLaughlin pleaded guilty to
stealing $ 2.2 million in cash, carks and perks — both as a state lawmaker (he even bilked a little league team out of taxpayer -
funded member item money) and as president of the New York City Central Labor Council.
The
funds Gardner is accused of
stealing came at least partially from state legislative earmarks, so - called
member item funds, administered by the Empire State Development Corporation and the state Office of Children and Family Services.