On April 4, 2013, federal prosecutors announced that Assemblyman Stevenson has been charged with bribery, conspiracy and other related charges.

Since his conviction for bribery conspiracy last year, he is no longer allowed to practice law.

The trial of the two men on bribery, conspiracy and other charges has been under way since Aug. 31 in Federal District Court in Brooklyn.

Federal authorities said that Mr. Cunningham was cooperating with the continuing investigation and that further charges involving the bribery conspiracy were likely.

A former Federal district judge, he was impeached by Congress in 1989 after questions were raised about his involvement in a bribery conspiracy.

In an editorial on November 29, the Washington Post called the Cunningham affair "the most brazen bribery conspiracy in modern congressional history."

A former sales executive with the American Honda Motor Company pleaded guilty today to participating in a nationwide bribery conspiracy.

A decade-old alleged bribery conspiracy among public school maintenance employees was further unraveled last week with the indictment of nine supervisors and inspectors.

They are charged in an 18-count indictment with defrauding the Irvington School District through a scheme of double billing, bill padding and bribery conspiracy.

Mr. Borders, tried first, was convicted of bribery conspiracy and sentenced to five years in prison.