Ex-FDNY fire prevention chief pleads guilty to taking bribes to fast-track inspections in NYC
Anthony Saccavino, 59, the former head of the Bureau of Fire Prevention from 2021 to 2023, admitted taking money to give preferential treatment to those who paid to get to the front of a two to four-month backlog.
Former FDNY chief pleads guilty to conspiring to receive bribes to speed up building inspections
Saccavino, 59, is accused of expediting fire inspections for building owners who could pay up in a scheme that saw him and his co-conspirators rake in nearly $200,000 in illegal kickbacks.
Former FDNY chief pleads guilty to conspiring with Staten Island ex-chief in bribery scheme
Anthony Saccavino and Brian Cordasco were charged with soliciting nearly $190,000 from city building owners and developers.
Ex-fire chief in New York City pleads guilty in corruption scandal
A former New York City Fire Department chief has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge, admitting that he and others agreed to accept $190,000 in bribes to speed safety inspections for customers of a
Ex-FDNY chief guilty of creating ‘VIP lane’ to fast-track inspections in $200K pay-to-play bribery scheme
A second ex-FDNY chief copped a plea Wednesday in a nearly $200,000 pay-to-play bribery scheme that fast-tracked fire inspections across the Big Apple. Anthony Saccavino, 59, copped to a bribery conspiracy charge in Manhattan federal court as part of a plea agreement that will see him cough up $57,
Another ex-FDNY chief pleads guilty to federal charges in 'pay-to-play' scheme
Anthony Saccavino, 59, reportedly made $57,000 from the scheme, which involved fast-tracking inspections in exchange for bribes.
Ex-FDNY chief pleads guilty to pay-to-play bribery scheme, speeding up building inspections
A former FDNY chief pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to solicit and accept bribes in exchange for expediting inspections for businesses, prosecutors announced.
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2 FDNY chiefs on modified duty as FBI investigates potential corruption
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Widow of firefighter who died on NYC’s ‘Black Sunday’ still grieving as FDNY honors 20th anniversary of disaster
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More than 250 residents displaced from homes as massive fire tears through Bronx apartment building
More than 250 residents of a Bronx apartment building — including 57 children — were burned out of their homes and seven ... burned through the roof,” FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito ...
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FBI searches homes of two New York fire chiefs in corruption investigation
The FBI raided two high-ranking New York fire chiefs’ homes as part of a corruption investigation ... according to the New York Times. The two FDNY chiefs have reportedly not been accused ...