Former County Executive Edward Diana and two other officials with the Orange County Industrial Development Agency plead guilty to numerous felony charges in Goshen yesterday. The agency's former managing director Vincent Cozzolino plead guilty to the most serious charge of corrupting government and must pay $1 Million in restitution with 5 years of probation. The I.D.A.'s former CEO Laurie Villasuso plead guilty to the same charge and must pay $175,000.00 in restitution. Diana served on the I.D.A.'s oversight board for the past six years. He plead guilty to two counts of offering a false instrument for filing and must pay $90,000.00 in restitution. Prosecutors allege Villasuso and Diana were both paid employees of Cozzolino's consulting firm. Who paid no attention to Cozzolino's plan to use the I.D.A. to line his pockets. Cozzolino's consulting firm is called Galileo Technology Group. Diana served 3 terms as Orange County Executive.
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