City Businessman Pleads Guilty To Ripping Off MTA With Low-Quality Fuel
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City businessman has pleaded guilty to stealing from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority by providing poor-quality oil for city buses and passing it off as the good stuff.
Joseph Ioia pleaded guilty to grand larceny Thursday in Manhattan state Supreme Court.
The 61-year-old Ioia admitted he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the MTA by supplying cheap oil in 2010 and 2011.
Ioia submitted false bills pretending he was providing a superior product.
It's expected that Ioia will be ordered to pay $863,000 in fines and restitution when he is sentenced.
Ioia also will be sentenced to five years' probation and 90 days in jail, to be served on weekends.
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