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Physicist Takes No-Jail Deal To End 'Buffalo Billion' Saga

By Pete Brush · December 22, 2025, 12:45 PM EST

A New York physicist who over a decade ago allegedly defrauded the Empire State's "Buffalo Billion" development initiative while serving as president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute copped to a conspiracy count...

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Case Information

Case Title

USA v. Percoco et al

Case Number

1:16-cr-00776

Court

New York Southern

Nature of Suit

Date Filed

November 22, 2016

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