Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned Tuesday following his arrest on federal corruption charges related to his role in an alleged scheme to steer $50,000 in state funds to a nonprofit in exchange for ...

Former Lieutenant Gov. Brian Benjamin is officially a free man – and he’s feeling good. The Southern District of New York formally dropped its corruption case against Benjamin last week following the ...

Federal prosecutors dropped corruption charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin after a key witness, real estate developer Gerald Migdol, died before the bribery and wire fraud case ...

Three years after his political career fell apart, New York’s former lieutenant governor is off the hook on corruption charges tied to a now-deceased real estate developer. Federal prosecutors last ...

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating witness against the Democrat who the ...

(CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Monday to review federal bribery charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, a Democrat who resigned two years ago after prosecutors said he sought ...

Former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin is back on track to face trial on corruption charges after the U.S. Supreme Court Monday rejected his request to overturn an appeals court ruling that reinstated the ...

Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, citing the death of a cooperating witness against the Democrat who the governor had ...

The feds' decision to drop the case—based on a fresh review of the evidence and the death of a cooperating witness—ends nearly three years of litigation. U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken immediately ...