- Three Contractors Sentenced to 20 Years in CityTime Corruption Case, New York Times (April 28, 2014)
- Decades in Prison Sought in CityTime Scheme, New York Times (April 21, 2014)
- 3 Found Guilty in CityTime Corruption Trial, New York Times (Nov. 22, 2013)
- CityTime scammers Reddy and Padma Allen left financial trail of sleaze from New York to India and back, NY Daily News (Mar. 16, 2012)
- Early 2013 Trial Planned for Defendants in CityTime Case, New York Times (Mar. 15, 2012)
- Contractor Strikes $500 Million Deal in City Payroll Scandal, New York Times (Mar. 14, 2012)
- CityTime Payroll Scandal a Cautionary Tale, WNYC.org (June 29, 2011) [“What prosecutors have yet to publicly discuss is the role played by former city officials from both the Giuliani and Bloomberg administrations that acted as lobbyists on behalf of SAIC and subcontractors such as New Jersey-based Technodyne. . . The city’s lobbying database shows a small army of former prominent city officials who did work for SAIC and Technodyne. Defense contractor SAIC has retained former City Comptroller Liz Holtzman, Peter Powers, who served as Mayor Giuliani’s top deputy Mayor for operations, and Seth Kaye, who worked in both the Giuliani and Bloomberg administrations. Technodyne’s lobbyists include former Bloomberg Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications Commissioner Gino Menchini and Agostino Cangemi, who also held key posts in both administrations.”]
- City Payroll Project Was Riddled With Fraud, U.S. Says, New York Times (June 11, 2011) [announcing indictment of Reddy and Padma Allen, top executives at TechnoDyne L.L.C.]
- With Arrest, Criticism for Payroll Project Grows, New York Times (May 27, 2011) [Gerard Denault, former executive with Science Applications International Corporation, company overseeing CityTime, charged with receiving over $5 million in kickbacks for work as project’s senior manager]
- Behind Troubled City Payroll Project, Lax Oversight and One Powerful Insider, New York Times (Mar. 27, 2011) [“much of the fervent drive to install the system could be traced to the determination of one powerful administration insider: the budget director, Mark Page.”]
- Guilty Plea Is Entered in Case Involving City Payroll Project, New York Times (Feb. 11, 2011) [subcontractor Victor Natanzon pleaded guilty to bribery, bribery conspiracy and one count each of money laundering conspiracy and interstate transportation in aid of racketeering]
- New York City Payroll Chief Resigns, New York Times (Dec. 23, 2010) [Executive Director of the Office of Payroll Administration, Joel Bondy, responsible for overseeing CityTime, announces resignation; links Bondy with Mazer when they worked together at NYC Administration for Children’s Services]
- Director of City Agency at Center of Fraud Case Is Suspended, New York Times (Dec. 16, 2010) [Joel Bondy]
- Fraud Charges in New York’s Payroll Overhaul, New York Times (December 15, 2010) [“Prosecutors said the scheme originated with Mark Mazer, a consultant who was hired by the city to oversee quality assurance on the project. Instead, he awarded contracts to people he had ties to and took nearly $25 million in kickbacks, prosecutors charged. Mr. Mazer, his colleague Scott Berger, and the men whose companies he steered business toward, Dmitry Aronshtein and Victor Natanzon, also submitted false time sheets for consulting work, the authorities said. Mr. Mazer’s wife, Svetlana, and his mother, Larisa Medzon, were also arrested and charged with money laundering for funneling the kickbacks through a series of shell companies, prosecutors said. . . . Before taking over the payroll administration office in 2004, Mr. Bondy worked as a subcontractor on the CityTime project for Spherion, the quality assurance consultant that hired Mr. Mazer and Mr. Berger. ]