Former contractor Louis Ciminelli pleads to one count of wire fraud, was ordered to forfeit $1.6 million and paid a $250,000 fine, with two N.Y. developers and a former state academic chief also agreeing to deal.
Louis P. Ciminelli and other defendants convicted in pay-to-play scheme to steer them NY state contracts want US Supreme Court to overturn prosecutors' 'right to control' legal strategy, but that also could impact future bid-rigging cases, observers say.
