NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A contractor for the New York City Water Board who accepted half a million dollars in bribes was sentenced to 18 months in prison, prosecutors said Monday.
The 54-year-old Armonk, New York man, George Djurasevic, was the manager of a company which was contracted by the NYC Water Board to provide sewer and water pipe repair services to local homeowners.
Djurasevic accepted $500,000 in bribe payments, among other things. He also allowed the sub-contractor to overbill for work performed or to not perform certain repairs to the homeowners’ sewer and water pipes.
Along with the bribes and fraud, Djurasevic also did not report his actual income to the IRS and failed to pay more than $114,000 in income taxes.
“This defendant used his company’s contract with New York City as an opportunity to accept hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and in exchange failed to properly oversee a sub-contractor — permitting that entity to overbill and to fail to meet its obligations to the City and its residents,” DOI Commissioner Jocelyn E. Strauber said. “Today’s sentencing demonstrates that DOI and its federal partners will pursue this misconduct, which carries serious consequences.”
Along with 18 months in prison for the bribery, Djurasevic was sentenced to 8 months in prison for tax evasion and 30 months of supervised release. He must also pay a $25,000 fine, $457,000 in forfeiture and $114,000 in restitution.
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