Assemblyman Boyland charged with mail fraud
Monday, Loretta E. Lynch, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and George Venizelos, assistant director in charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), New York Field Office, announced charges of mail fraud against New York State Assemblyman William F. Boyland Jr. (D-Brooklyn).
The superseding indictment against Boyland was filed yesterday in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, which added new charges of mail fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud New York State by submitting fraudulent vouchers for travel expense and per diem payments.
The indictment also includes the charges from the underlying indictment against Boyland, charging him with bribery and attempted Hobbs Act extortion for soliciting more than $250,000 in bribes and accepting thousands of dollars of bribe money in exchange for performing official acts for the bribe payers.