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Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Released From Federal Prison Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Released From Federal Prison
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Released From Federal Prison A former top aide to ousted New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been released from federal prison following a conviction on corruption charges, years before his sentence was set to expire. Original story - Ex-Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Sentenced For Taking $300K In Bribes Northern Westchester resident Joseph Percoco, of South Salem, who was serving time in a Hudson Valley prison, was transferred to a halfway house, according to the federal Residential Reentry Management office in Brooklyn. Earlier story - Former Cuomo Aide From Northern Westchester Ordered To Report To Prison Percoco…

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Westchester Doctor Found Guilty Of Accepting Kickbacks From Opioid Maker Westchester Doctor Found Guilty Of Accepting Kickbacks From Opioid Maker
Westchester Doctor Found Guilty Of Accepting Kickbacks From Opioid Maker A Manhattan anesthesiologist from Northern Westchester who distributed highly addictive painkillers was convicted of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks in a separate case. Mount Kisco resident Gordon Freedman, 59, was convicted by a federal jury in Manhattan federal court of conspiracy to violate anti-kickback laws, violating anti-kickback laws and honest services wire fraud after accepting more than $300,000 in bribes masked as speaker fees in exchange for writing certain prescriptions for Insys Therapeutics Inc. It was alleged that in 2014, Freedman wrote the fourth-h…

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Northern Westchester Doctor Admits To Illegally Distributing Fentanyl Resulting In Fatal OD Northern Westchester Doctor Admits To Illegally Distributing Fentanyl Resulting In Fatal OD
Northern Westchester Doctor Admits To Illegally Distributing Fentanyl Resulting In Fatal OD A doctor who resides in Northern Westchester has admitted to illegally distribution fentanyl, resulting in a fatal overdose in 2017, federal authorities announced. The guilty plea comes less than two weeks after Dr. Gordon Freedman, 59, of Mount Kisco was convicted of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from a pharmaceutical company to push medically unneeded fentanyl in a separate case. "It seems clear Gordon Freedman was more concerned with his own wealth than his patients’ health," United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman said. The char…

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Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Has Prison Surrender Date Postponed Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Has Prison Surrender Date Postponed
Ex-Cuomo Aide From Westchester Has Prison Surrender Date Postponed A former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not be reporting to jail on March 1 as he continues to fight his conviction on corruption charges. Joseph Percoco, a South Salem resident, was convicted of accepting $300,000 in bribes from an energy company last year and was sentenced to six years in prison. He was scheduled to report to prison on March 1, but a court has ruled that he can stay a free man as he continues to appeal the conviction. Percoco was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and one count of solicitation of bribes or gratuities…

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by Zak Failla