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Former Long Island Housing Chairman Sentenced For $800K Kickback Scam Former Long Island Housing Chairman Sentenced For $800K Kickback Scam
Former Long Island Housing Chairman Sentenced For $800K Kickback Scam An ex-chairman for a Long Island housing authority will spend 10 years behind bars for fraud after he schemed to make construction contracts in exchange for kickback payments. Cornell Bozier, age 63 of North Baldwin, received his sentence of 10 years in prison on Monday, March 11, according to the US Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Eastern District of New York. From 2011 to 2013, Bozier served as the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners for the Village of Hempstead Housing Authority (VHHA), during which the department received nearly $1 million in federal funds. As the department was …

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