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Scarborough Guilty, Quits Assembly And Gets a Year in Jail

By MARK TOOR
Posted 5/11/15

A State Assemblyman from Queens who claimed he took expense reimbursements he was not entitled to because his $79,500 salary was too low pleaded guilty May 7 in Federal Court to bilking the state of more than $50,000.

Later the same day, William Scarborough, 69, pleaded guilty in Albany Supreme Court to state charges that he diverted more than $40,000 from his campaign funds for his personal use.

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