Brooklyn store owners charged in bribery scheme to receive advance notice of health inspections
Three men who own food businesses in Mill Basin have been charged with bribery for allegedly offering winnings from a valuable Super Bowl box to a New York City Department of Health official in exchange for a warning about impending inspections.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez identified the defendants as John DiSanto, 50, of Bergen Beach; his brother, Jack DiSanto, 47, of Bergen Beach; and Robert Cuba, 55, of Staten Island.
They were arraigned Monday before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Sharen Hudson on an indictment in which they are each charged with one count of second- and third-degree bribery. Their businesses, Gourmet Grill, Inc., Frozen Planet Yogurt, LLC, and Mill Basin Bagel Café, Inc., were also arraigned on the same charges. The defendants were released without bail and ordered to return to court on Jan. 19, 2022.