The vice-governor of New York was indicted on Tuesday for corruption and other offenses by the federal justice of the United States. Brian Benjamin then resigned after only a few months in office.
The 45-year-old deputy state governor turned himself in to the FBI, authorities said. In the evening, the Governor of New York announced that she had “accepted [sa] resignation with immediate effect. “He could not continue to serve as vice governor,” Kathy Hochul said. “New Yorkers must have absolute confidence in their government. »
False documents provided during an election campaign
Brian Benjamin is accused of having, from 2019, “used his authority” as an elected official in order to “divert a state-run grant to an organization controlled by a real estate investor in exchange for contributions” to his campaign for be elected in 2021 to the position of New York City Comptroller of Finance. The grant amounted to $50,000.
The American is also accused of having provided false documents during his candidacy for the post of vice-governor in the 2022 elections. He is also said to have “engaged in a series of lies and deceptions in order to conceal the mechanism of corruption” . He faces up to 10 years in prison for corruption and up to 20 years for other counts, including falsification of documents.
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