Richard Vitale
On the record
Richard Vitale appears in our state campaign-finance data — MA private sector — Sal DiMasi's accountant + unregistered lobbyist (Cognos software contract case). Richard Vitale (DiMasi's personal accountant + ticket-broker partner) was convicted June 2011 federal honest-services-fraud + conspiracy for receiving ~$600K in kickbacks from Cognos Corp on a $17.5M MA state software co
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Background
Richard Vitale appears in our state campaign-finance data — MA private sector — Sal DiMasi's accountant + unregistered lobbyist (Cognos software contract case). Richard Vitale (DiMasi's personal accountant + ticket-broker partner) was convicted June 2011 federal honest-services-fraud + conspiracy for receiving ~$600K in kickbacks from Cognos Corp on a $17.5M MA state software co
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