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NY Assembly Speaker Charged with Fraud
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/22/us-usa-newyork-speaker-arrest-idUSKBN0KV1JG20150122(Reuters) - New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the state's most powerful politicians for more than two decades, was charged on Thursday with pocketing $4 million from bribery and kickback schemes.
Silver, a Democrat who has served as the highest-ranking state assemblyman since 1994, was accused in a federal criminal complaint in New York, as authorities moved to seize $3.8 million in proceeds tied to the alleged corruption.
