Former New York City Employee Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court For Participating In Bribery Scheme
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CAROLYN EASON, a former New York City employee, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to two years of probation for her role in a bribery scheme involving a ring of day care centers. EASON pled guilty in March 2011 to receiving bribes in exchange for taking official action to benefit day care centers in Brooklyn, New York, and cooperated with the Government’s investigation. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain imposed today’s sentence.