October 06, 2025
Former Connecticut school construction grant director Konstantinos Diamantis claimed he was drowning in bills and increasingly demanded money when a masonry contractor didn't immediately pay kickbacks on the timeline he wanted, the construction company's onetime vice-president testified Monday.
October 03, 2025
Former Connecticut budget official Konstantinos Diamantis on Friday told a panel of potential jurors that he plans to call Gov. Ned Lamont to testify in his federal corruption trial, setting up a possible courtroom showdown between Diamantis and the elected official who removed him from his post before he was indicted.
October 02, 2025
Former Connecticut state budget official Konstantinos Diamantis faces jury selection Friday for charges of soliciting and accepting bribes connected to school construction projects, plus likely testimony from three construction company leaders who swiftly signaled their cooperation with the government in a manner some local experts found unique.
September 08, 2025
A federal jury scheduled to hear a former Connecticut budget official's corruption trial in less than a month should not be told that three construction executives pled guilty to conspiring to bribe him, a judge said Monday, agreeing that the evidence would cause unfair prejudice.
September 02, 2025
A Connecticut federal jury in a former state budget director's upcoming corruption trial should be told that three construction industry officials have pled guilty to related conspiracy charges, federal prosecutors have argued, saying a defense bid to exclude the guilty pleas was "legally and factually unfounded."
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.