Appeals Court Reverses 2 Counts Against Edward Mangano

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — A federal appeals court, on Thursday, reversed a decision on two counts against former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano. He began serving a 12-year sentence for the corruption case in September 2022.

However, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's office said the appeals court "reaffirmed what a federal jury concluded nearly five years ago: Edward and Linda Mangano created, fostered, and benefited from a culture of corruption in the government of Nassau County."

Regarding the reversal, the spokesperson said, "On a narrow legal ground, the court overruled Edward Mangano’s convictions for federal program bribery, finding not that the government failed to prove his role in the corruption, but only that he was not an 'agent' of the Town of Oyster Bay, as the law requires."

The spokesperson said the Linda Mangano's sentence remains unchanged. The government will request that the court "reimpose the 12-year sentence Mangano is currently serving on his convictions for honest services fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice."

Edward Mangano was convicted in 2019 on charges in part connected to $20 million in loans for restaurateur and town concessionaire Harendra Singh, which was deemed illegal by an outside lawyer, Newsday said.

Singh bribed Edward Mangano with a $454,000 “no-show” job for his wife. The Manganos claimed that the bribes were just gifts from a friend.