A federal appeals court has reversed two counts of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano’s conviction in connection to a loan scheme that involved the Town of Oyster Bay while Mangano was in office. He was sentenced in April 2022 to 12 years in federal prison for conspiring to accept and accepting illegal bribes while serving as the county executive and obstructing a federal grand jury.
Mangano persuaded Town of Oyster Bay officials to give contracts to Harendra Singh, who owned multiple concessions throughout the town. Singh received roughly $20 million from the town while providing officials with bribes to varying degrees.
