A former Long Island legislator pleaded guilty day to lying to the IRS about nearly a quarter of a million dollars in unreported income. Roger Corbin, 63 admitted to filing false tax returns and to tax evasion. A developer who was awarded more than $15 million in contracts in Corbin’s district wrote $229,000 in checks [...]
Nassau County Legislature Roger Corbin filed a $10-million civil suit Monday against both his first lawyer in his federal criminal case and a private detective he hired for his defense. The suit filed in State Supreme Court in Minolea names as defendants Corbin’s initial lawyer, David Bythewood of Mineola, and private detective Jay Salpeter, best [...]
A federal judge set Oct. 19 as the start date of Nassau Legis. Roger Corbin’s trial on charges of evading income taxes on $225,000 he received from a developer, despite pleas from his defense attorney for more preparation time. The starting date could put the trial – which both defense and prosecutors say could last [...]
Nassau County Legis. Roger Corbin pleaded not guilty at a brief arraignment Tuesday in federal court in Central Islip to an indictment charging him with three counts of fraud for filing false income tax returns and one count of lying to a federal agent. Magistrate William Wall released Corbin on his own recognizance, pending future [...]
A potentially ugly battle within the Nassau Democratic Party was avoided late Monday when party members decided not to make an endorsement in the 2nd Legislative District, where incumbent Roger Corbin is running for re-election while under indictment on federal tax charges. Corbin’s son Josh, a member the county Democratic Committee, raised his left hand [...]
