Source: US News & World Report
“A federal appeals court restored the 58-month prison sentence for Norman Seabrook, the former head of New York City’s correction officers union who was convicted of bribery, saying a trial judge should not have reduced the sentence because it was much longer than that of the hedge fund founder who bribed him. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said ‘nothing extraordinary and compelling’ justified U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s decision in February 2023 to grant Seabrook, who led the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association, compassionate release after he served 21 months in prison. … Prosecutors accused Seabrook, 65, of steering $20 million of union members’ money to Platinum [Partners] in exchange for a $60,000 cash bribe from [Murray] Huberfeld, which was delivered in a Salvatore Ferragamo bag. The union lost about $19 million of its investment.” (12/04/25)