Dont ComplyThe Connecticut Post reports that Antonietta Roy, a construction management company executive, was sentenced in federal court to two years of probation, including six months of home confinement, and 50 hours of community service. She had pleaded guilty in 2024 to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and testified at the trial of Kostantinos "Kosta" Diamantis, the former director of the state Office of School Construction Grants and Review. Prosecutors wrote that Diamantis solicited, demanded and received bribes from Roy's company, Construction Advocacy Professionals, in exchange for using his influence to help it win state-funded school construction work. The report says Roy also hired his daughter for a low-show job. Diamantis was convicted on 21 felony counts, fled to Greece in September before sentencing, and was later sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison. Roy's lawyer urged the judge to avoid prison time.
Why it matters
The case involves a conviction of a state official for taking bribes tied to publicly funded school construction contracts. It also shows the cooperating briber receiving probation while the convicted official fled the country before sentencing.
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