Boston Area News

E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Sal DiMasi Pleads Not Guilty To Corruption Charges

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

Recipient E-mail:*
- Your Name:*
- Your E-mail:*
Add a Message:
Send me a copy of this e-mail.

Type the characters in this picture:*

Click here to refresh with new letters

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

Print Share + Comments

Nov 12, 2009 2:45 pm US/Eastern

Sal DiMasi Pleads Not Guilty To Corruption Charges

By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Writer
BOSTON (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Former Massachusetts House Speaker Sal DiMasi (file image)
WBZ

Close

numSlides of totalImages

Former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi has again pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges.

DiMasi and three co-defendants entered the pleas Thursday during their arraignment on an expanded indictment adding extortion to earlier public corruption charges.

The original indictment alleged DiMasi and three associates rigged two lucrative state contracts for the software company Cognos in exchange for payments, with the former speaker pocketing $57,000.

A superseding indictment handed up last month added the extortion charge.

It says DiMasi accepted payments from Cognos and a second member of the scheme, Joseph Lally, knowing the money was in exchange for helping the Burlington, Mass.-based firm win the contracts.