April 20, 2026
A change of plea hearing scheduled Monday afternoon in the second federal corruption trial of former Connecticut budget official Konstantinos M. Diamantis never materialized, with the parties emerging from chambers and leaving a Bridgeport courthouse without a judge entering the courtroom or going on the record.
April 17, 2026
A change of plea hearing has been scheduled for Monday afternoon for Konstantinos M. Diamantis, a former Connecticut budget official, elected politician and attorney facing an impending federal corruption trial for allegedly pocketing bribes while helping end a state Medicaid audit of an optometry practice operated by his friend's fiancée.
December 10, 2025
A Connecticut federal judge on Wednesday tapped a magistrate judge to dig into an apparent billing dispute between former state budget official Konstantinos Diamantis and his criminal defense attorney, but he refused to delay a looming bribery trial until he decides whether to allow the lawyer to withdraw.
April 24, 2025
A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday denied a former state official's request to take a trip to Greece amid two indictments, an order that came the day after the government opposed the plan.
April 23, 2025
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday opposed a twice-indicted ex-Connecticut budget official's request to spend six weeks in Greece visiting family as he awaits twin corruption trials, citing a skipped deadline to relinquish guns and the risk that he might use Greek citizenship to evade justice.
April 07, 2025
Twice-indicted former Connecticut budget official Konstantinos Diamantis plans to testify in two upcoming federal corruption trials, his attorney revealed Monday during a scheduling call that snapped into focus the timeline for both cases.
March 17, 2025
A Connecticut federal judge said Monday that former Constitution State budget official Konstantinos Diamantis and ex-lawmaker Christopher Ziogas will go to trial on May 7 for claims they respectively took and paid bribes to stop a state audit of Ziogas' fiancée, who has admitted to healthcare fraud.
February 28, 2025
A federal grand jury has indicted former Connecticut budget official Konstantinos Diamantis and Christopher Ziogas, a suspended attorney and former lawmaker, for allegedly accepting bribes to end a state audit targeting Ziogas' fiancée, an optometrist who separately admitted to healthcare fraud, prosecutors said Friday.