Former Town Supervisor Pleads Guilty

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced yesterday that former Town of Halfmoon Supervisor Melinda Wormuth has pled guilty to two felony counts charging her with extortion and making a false statement. (Read my prior post on her 2013 arrest.)

She admitted accepting $7,500 in cash, which was characterized as “consulting fees,” in exchange for using her official position as Town Supervisor and as a member of the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors to lobby for the legalization of professional Mixed Martial Arts. She also admitted that she lied to FBI agents investigating the matter.

The charges resulted from an investigation by the Federal-State Anti-Corruption Task Force that includes the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the state Attorney General’s Office, the Internal Revenue Service, the state Comptroller’s Office, and others.

Read news coverage from the Saratogian and the Times Union.