The fourth and final New York construction executive implicated in the $15-million contracting bribery and tax evasion scheme involving Turner Construction Co. and its work for financial giant Bloomberg LLP was sentenced July 1 in Manhattan federal court to 51 months in prison.
Former Turner construction manager Vito Nigro received more than $1.8 million in bribes from subcontractors on projects the firm built for Bloomberg, said the U.S. Dept. of Justice and the Southern District of New York. He "used his position" to receive $1.35 million in cash "bribes from construction subcontractors, who paid kickbacks in exchange for being awarded construction contracts and subcontracts," they said.