Thursday, March 27, 2025
A portion of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's corruption conviction — the sentence was a dozen years in prison — was reversed by a federal appeals court.
The conviction was reversed on two counts — conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery and federal programs bribery — according to the Feb. 13 decision.
Mangano, who began serving prison time in September 2022, was convicted three years earlier. A jury found that Mangano and Town of Oyster Bay officials indirectly backing what amounted to $20 million in loans for restaurateur Harendra Singh, a town concessionaire, after an outside lawyer for the municipality called such a transaction “a complete sham.”
Prosecutors presented evidence that Singh bribed Mangano with a $454,000 “no-show” job for his wife, Linda, free meals and vacations, two luxury chairs, hardwood flooring for the master bedroom in the couple’s Bethpage home and a $7,300 wristwatch for one of their sons.
Mangano was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud, honest services wire fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Jurors also convicted Linda Mangano of conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice and of two counts of lying to the FBI about her employment with Singh. All those charges were affirmed, according to the ruling.
