Less than two months before former House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi is scheduled to stand trial on federal corruption charges, one of his codefendants has agreed to cooperate with the prosecution in exchange for a shorter jail sentence.
Joseph P. Lally Jr., the salesman who sold the state the two multimillion-dollar software contracts at the center of the case, is expected to plead guilty today to conspiracy, extortion, and mail and wire fraud under a plea agreement made public yesterday. The deal would need the approval of US District Court Chief Judge Mark L. Wolf.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Salesman at crux of federal corruption case agrees to testify against former Mass. speaker
The Boston Globe reports:
