A Federal appeals court denied longtime Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association President Norman Seabrook’s attempt to have his conviction on bribery charges overturned, setting the stage for the man who wielded immense power in the city jail system for 21 years to begin a 58-month term in Federal prison by early fall.
Mr. Seabrook, who was convicted in August 2018 of accepting a $60,000 payoff in return for investing $20 million in union monies in a hedge fund that later filed for bankruptcy, argued in his appeal that his right to a fair trial had been compromised when jurors were informed that COBA lost $19 million of that investment.
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