Feds ask judge to revoke ex-Bronx pol’s bail
Friday hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court
A former state senator has continued to raid the bank account of a taxpayer-supported heath care network, even after a jury found him guilty of using the same clinics as a personal piggy bank, federal prosecutors said yesterday.
The prosecutors in Brooklyn leveled the allegations against Pedro Espada Jr. in court papers asking a federal judge to revoke his bail and put him behind bars. The judge had previously ordered the Bronx Democrat to keep out of the finances of the Soundview Healthcare Network while he awaits sentencing in the Brooklyn case and a separate trial on tax charges in Manhattan.