NYC Assemblyman Accused of Taking $1M in Illegal Payments

A federal grand jury in Manhattan has indicted Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio on a charge of taking $1 million in illegal payments.

Seminerio is charged with one count of honest services mail fraud. If convicted, the 73-year-old faces up to 20 years in prison.

Seminerio already was accused by federal authorities of creating a bogus consulting firm to hide payments to him.

Federal authorities said that between 2000 and September of this year, Seminerio used that firm to solicit and receive payments from people who wanted access to lawmakers and favorable treatment in Albany.

After-hours messages left at the lawmaker's offices and the office of his lawyer weren't immediately returned.

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