Saturday, January 17, 2015

Former judge pleads guilty, admits taking bribe to cut jury verdict from $5.2M to $1M

A former Arkansas judge waived indictment and pleaded guilty Friday to a federal criminal information charging him with accepting a bribe for reducing a nursing home negligence verdict from $5.2 million to $1 million.
Michael A. Maggio, 53, admitted being “improperly influenced” in the nursing home case by campaign contributions in 2013 for his planned run for an appellate court seat, according to Arkansas Business, the Log Cabin Democrat and the Times Record   Former judge pleads guilty, admits taking bribe to cut jury verdict from $5.2M to $1M:




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