February 10, 2023
The former CEO of Melrose Credit Union lost his Second Circuit appeal Friday challenging his conviction and nearly four-year prison sentence for accepting unlawful gratuities from a taxi mogul.
October 28, 2021
Former Melrose Credit Union CEO Alan Kaufman can remain free on bail while he appeals his conviction and nearly four-year prison sentence on two counts of accepting unlawful gratuities, a New York federal judge has ordered, but the judge said he doubts the Second Circuit challenge will succeed.
October 15, 2021
Former Melrose Credit Union CEO Alan Kaufman, set to begin a nearly four-year prison term next month, has told a New York federal judge that he should remain free on bail while he appeals his conviction for accepting unlawful gratuities from CBS Radio and a former taxi mogul.
September 29, 2021
A Manhattan federal judge hit former Melrose Credit Union CEO Alan Kaufman with nearly four years in prison Wednesday for taking unlawful gratuities from one of the lender's biggest clients, telling the defendant he has shown no remorse for his "reprehensible" conduct.
March 31, 2021
A Manhattan jury on Wednesday convicted former Melrose Credit Union CEO Alan Kaufman of accepting unlawful gratuities from CBS Radio and from former taxi mogul Tony Georgiton but cleared him of taking bribes.
January 11, 2021
A Manhattan federal judge on Monday allowed former taxi mogul Tony Georgiton to avoid prison for bribery after he admitted making payments to a CEO whose bank had extended him $60 million in yellow-cab medallion business loans.
September 09, 2020
A New York City taxi industry heavyweight on Wednesday admitted to bribing former Melrose Credit Union CEO Alan Kaufman, telling a Manhattan federal judge that he let Kaufman live rent-free in a Long Island home in exchange for favorable terms on millions of dollars of business debt from the now-shuttered institution.
March 26, 2020
An ex-banker and a businessman from Long Island failed to show how a corruption case against former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver should invalidate prosecutors' claims that their business dealings violated federal bribery laws, a federal judge said Wednesday.
February 07, 2020
The former CEO of Melrose Credit Union urged a Manhattan federal judge to dismiss the bribery case against him, saying on Friday that the Second Circuit's recent ruling partially overturning former state lawmaker Sheldon Silver's conviction has consequences for his case.
July 11, 2019
The former CEO of Melrose Credit Union and a Long Island, New York, business owner pled not guilty in New York federal court Thursday to charges that they conducted a bribery scheme to exchange free housing for favorable loan terms.