Thursday, February 18, 2010

A $177 bagel sandwich

TPM:


A city councilman from the Bronx who was slapped with a 13-count corruption indictment this month is alleged to have sought $177 reimbursement for a soda and bagel sandwich he bought for $7 outside city hall in New York.

The bagel sandwich enters the picture in the allegations against Councilman Larry Seabrook as part of his alleged scheme to launder bribe money associated with a 2006 boiler contract at the new Yankee Stadium.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I have seen abuse on expenses all the time, but this one is bad. This goes on all the time, not to this extreme, but pretty close