{"id":160374,"date":"2015-08-12T07:59:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T14:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=160374"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:22:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:22:11","slug":"ny-official-found-guilty-of-taking-bribes-to-support-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ny-official-found-guilty-of-taking-bribes-to-support-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Official Found Guilty Of Taking Bribes To Support MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/new-york.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153840\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/new-york.png\" alt=\"new-york\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/new-york.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/new-york-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/new-york-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/new-york-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The battle for New York MMA just took a big blow, again. Melinda Wormuth, Saratoga County Board of Supervisors member, plead guilty to receiving bribes in order to support the pro-MMA efforts in New York.<\/p>\n<p>via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2015\/8\/11\/9134003\/mma-new-york-legalization-battle-sting-bribery-politician-official-fbi-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BloodyElbow<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Halfmoon Town Supervisor and Saratoga County Board of Supervisors member Melinda Wormuth recently plead guilty to receiving $5,500 in bribes between April and October of 2013, from an FBI officer posing as a &#8220;Las Vegas-based backer&#8221; looking to influence New York&#8217;s pro-MMA lobbying efforts. Timesunion reports that, for her &#8220;consulting fees&#8221; Wormuth wrote several letters using official letterheads to various NY state politicians, including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. According to the FBI, she also &#8220;intended to set up a lunch meeting with the assistant to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for the purpose of discussing support for MMA.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do you think MMA will ever make it into New York?<br \/>\n<strong>UFC Fighters Give Us Their Favorite BJ Penn Moment! What&#8217;s Yours? &#8212; Must Watch!<\/strong><br \/>\n[ooyala code=&#8221;JpN2pzdjqWA8WOLaJwwNHph5i6sCiLAA&#8221; player_id=&#8221;bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2&#8243; width=&#8221;1280&#8243; height=&#8221;720&#8243; auto=&#8221;true&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The battle for New York MMA just took a big blow, again. Melinda Wormuth, Saratoga County Board of Supervisors member, plead guilty to receiving bribes in order to support the pro-MMA efforts in New York. via: BloodyElbow Halfmoon Town Supervisor and Saratoga County Board of Supervisors member Melinda Wormuth recently plead guilty to receiving $5,500 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":153840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NY Official Found Guilty Of Taking Bribes To Support MMA | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ny-official-found-guilty-of-taking-bribes-to-support-mma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NY Official Found Guilty Of Taking Bribes To Support MMA | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The battle for New York MMA just took a big blow, again. 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