A former chief of the FDNY pleaded guilty to accepting $190,000 in bribes in exchange for fast-tracking building reviews and inspections.
A former chief of the FDNY pleaded guilty to accepting $190,000 in bribes in exchange for expediting building reviews and inspections while heading the city’s fire prevention bureau. Last year, a third individual, Henry Santiago Jr., a former firefighter who acted as an intermediary, also pleaded guilty to facilitating the bribes in exchange for the rushed reviews and inspections.
\“Anthony Saccavino betrayed the city agency he was chosen to lead by repeatedly selling access to the Bureau of Fire Prevention’s services in a pay-to-play bribery scheme,” said Danielle R. Sassoon, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, in a statement. “This office will continue to ensure that city officials who place their own interests above those of the public will be held accountable.” \Saccavino made $57,000 through the scheme, in which he would lie to his subordinates in order to justify the quick turnaround for certain reviews and inspections, according to federal officials. He also lied to the authorities about his involvement in the “pay-to-play” scheme, according to the indictment. Saccavino is scheduled to be sentenced in May and could face up to five years in prison for one count of conspiracy to solicit and receive a bribe. He also agreed to forfeit any money made from the alleged scheme.
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