In Construction Kickback Case Caruso Pled Guilty Now His Pro Se Condition Change Bid Denied

In Construction Kickback Case Caruso Pled Guilty Now His Pro Se Condition Change Bid Denied by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 5 – In a construction kick-back case, DOJ on December 13, 2023 announced "the unsealing of charges against TROY CARUSO, the owner and chief executive officer of a commercial construction and contracting company headquartered in NY and JOHN NOLAN, a senior executive at the Contracting Company, for their participation in a scheme to bribe a senior project manager at a Fortune 500 real estate services firm in order to obtain contracting work.  CARUSO was arrested this morning in Melville, New York, and NOLAN was arrested this morning in Brooklyn, New York."    Jump cut to August 28, 2024, when both defendants (out on bond) appeared for a status conference before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Lewis J. Liman. Inner City Press was there: it's a motion hearing- but the 2 high powered defense teams, they filed no motions. Caruso wants to loosen conditions of bail. AUSA says plea may be near.   Defense: The loss amount is complicated.  AUSA: We'll file a letter in 4 weeks, about plea or trial filings for January 2025 trial.  Judge: December 18 at 2 pm, final pre-trial conference.    Then he allowed Caruso to move to the Southern District of Florida. On November 1, both pled guilty. Jump cut to May 5, 2026 when Caruso's pro se motion to modify his conditions of supervision - citing himself as second largest employer in Ludlow, Vermont - was denied by Judge Liman as "premature and based on a faulty predicate." The case is US v. Caruso, 23-cr-654 (Liman) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com