LOL! I TOLD YOU BEFORE HE WAS THE DIRTIEST POLITICIAN I KNOW! PEDRO ESPADA STOLE $14 MILLION DOLLARS FROM A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION INCLUDING $20,000 SPENT ON SUSHI!

State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. was accused of looting $14 million over the past five years from the non-profit health clinic where the embattled politician serves as president and CEO.
The corruption charges were contained in a wide-ranging civil suit filed Tuesday by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

Espada, who has faced allegations that he never even lived in his Bronx district, used the taxpayer money to line his pockets and fund his political campaign, the lawsuit charged.

"Taxpayer money was given to this not-for-profit to provide health care services to underprivileged patients," Cuomo said. "But our investigation has found the funds flowed into the pockets of Sen. Espada and his supporters."

Nineteen current and former officers at the Soundview Health Clinic were also named in the suit, which charged Espada with stacking the board with family, friends and colleagues to aid in the rip-off.

The lawsuit included a dizzying array of corruption, including allegations that:

- Espada received a severance package worth an estimated $9 million - a deal that would force the non-profit into bankruptcy if the senator collected.

- Soundview paid $80,000 in restaurant bills for Espada and his supporters, including $20,000 from a pair of sushi restaurants near Espada's Westchester County home.

- Soundview paid for Espada and family members to take trips to Las Vegas, Miami and Puerto Rico.

- Soundview provided Espada with an American Express card that he used to ring up $450,000 in personal charges between 2006-09.

- Espada rigged bids to insure that his son collected a $400,000 janitorial services job at Soundview.

- Espada covered the cost of $100,000 in campaign literature by funneling money through Soundview.