2009: Ex-Speaker DiMasi, 3 others indicted on corruption charges (MA-D)
Former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi and three Beacon Hill power brokers have been indicted on corruption charges in connection with a State House scandal involving lucrative software contracts, the U.S. attorney announced today.[Snip]
DiMasi left office Jan. 27 under a cloud of suspicion in connection with a $13 million contract to Cognos, a software company represented by Lally, 48, and McDonough, 64. McDonough and Vitale, 64, each were paid hundreds of thousands by Lally after the state awarded the Cognos deal.
2011: DiMasi convicted of corruption in Cognos case(Former Mass. Speaker of House)
A jury in federal court in Boston today found former House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi guilty of conspiring to exploit one of the most powerful offices in Massachusetts by helping a software company win multimillion-dollar state contracts in exchange for kickbacks.DiMasi was convicted of seven of nine counts against him, including extortion and conspiracy to defraud citizens of his honest services. He faces a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
-PJ
So folks know what happened to DiMasi.
(Now this is what should happen to Silver along with confiscating all of his $6 million in kickbacks)
On June 15, 2011, DiMasi was convicted on seven of the nine charges. His co-defendant, lobbyist Richard McDonough, was also convicted of taking part in the conspiracy.
On September 9, 2011, DiMasi was sentenced to eight years in federal prison and ordered to pay a fine of $65,000. He was also sentenced to two years of supervised release after completing his sentence. McDonough received a seven-year sentence.
DiMasi is serving his sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Butner, a federal prison in North Carolina, and is scheduled for release in 2018.]
On August 30, 2012, the Massachusetts Retirement Board voted 5 to 0 to revoke DiMasi’s $60,142-a-year pension.