DiMasi, Richard Vitale and associate Richard McDonough are charged with scheming to funnel kickbacks to DiMasi in exchange for using the speaker’s clout to help steer two state contracts worth a combined $17.5 million to the software company Cognos.
This is an updated version of a story posted at 9:53 this morning.
Former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi leaves federal court in Boston where he pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges in 2009. BOSTON – A former business partner of software salesman Joseph Lally said he was “chastised” by Lally for using former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi’s name in an email.
Bruce Major testified in DiMasi’s federal corruption trial Tuesday that he suspected DiMasi was receiving some of the money Major and Lally were paying to DiMasi associate Richard Vitale.
Major said when he tried to talk to Lally about his suspicions, Lally yelled at him.
DiMasi, Vitale and associate Richard McDonough are charged with scheming to funnel kickbacks to DiMasi in exchange for using the speaker’s clout to help steer two state contracts worth a combined $17.5 million to the software company Cognos.
Lally was also charged, but pleaded guilty before the trial started.
Major also testified that he considered Lally to be dishonest.
The trial was scheduled to continue Monday afternoon in Boston.
More details coming on MassLive and in The Republican.