June 02, 2023
The Second Circuit let stand former United Brotherhood of Carpenters president Salvatore Tagliaferro's bribery conviction Friday, ruling that a district judge did not abuse his discretion by refusing a further trial delay when the labor boss's lead counsel was hospitalized.
September 08, 2021
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced former United Brotherhood of Carpenters boss Salvatore Tagliaferro to five years in prison Wednesday, after a jury convicted the Brooklyn union local head of taking bribes in exchange for memberships in the labor organization.
April 28, 2021
The former president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters' Brooklyn chapter has been found guilty of fraud and a pair of related charges stemming from his involvement in a bribery scheme, according to a federal New York jury's verdict Wednesday.
June 27, 2019
Two local chapter officers of a construction workers' union accepted tens of thousands of dollars in cash bribes in return for securing admission for hundreds of prospective union members, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday in New York federal court.