A former top official in Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget office who played a key role in school construction grants and offshore wind projects was arrested Thursday morning and later pleaded not guilty to extortion, bribery, conspiracy and false statement charges in an alleged scheme involving contractors. Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a former state representative and […]
DAS Commissioner Michelle Gilman and Deputy Commissioner Noel Petra announced last month that the agency is hiring an outside firm to “audit the auditors” who were on Diamantis’ school grants team.
The town of Tolland is the latest to receive a federal subpoena as part of a wider ranging FBI investigation into Kosta Diamantis at the helm of Connecticut’s school construction grant program. He denies wrongdoing.