Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating ... A funeral home obituary at the time provided no cause of death. The Harlem real estate developer had pleaded guilty in 2022, admitting that ...

Prosecutors said they could no longer prove the case, after the real estate developer accused of bribing Benjamin died.

Brian Benjamin had been accused of funneling state money to a real estate developer in exchange for campaign contributions. A key witness in the case has died.

Federal prosecutors are ending the bribery case against former New York Lieutenant Gov. Brian Benjamin, in light of the death of a key witness, reported The New York Times on Friday. This decision "lifts a cloud that has followed Mr.

Federal prosecutors announced on Friday, Jan. 17, that bribery and related charges brought against former Democratic New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin in April 2022, as reported, have been dropped following a review of the case and in light of the death of a Bronx-born cooperating witness,

Federal prosecutors are dropping a corruption case against former New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin. The Democratic politician faced bribery and wire

Federal prosecutors in New York dropped bribery and fraud charges on Friday against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating witness against the Democrat who the governor had once chosen to be her second-in-command.

The corruption probe against Brian Benjamin collapsed when developer Gerald Migdol, a key witness in the case, died last year.

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NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating witness against the Democrat who the governor had once chosen to be her second-in-command.

Federal prosecutors have dropped bribery and conspiracy charges against New York's former Democratic lieutenant governor, citing the death of a key witness in the case. In a filing to U.S. District Judge J.