Probation for contractor caught up in kickback investigation.
The owner of a demolition company, who pleaded guilty to offering union officials gifts and payments, was sentenced Thursday to two years’ probation.
Gerald Diodati, 60, is banned from working for any labor organizations throughout the two years and must perform 200 hours of community service each year for the duration of his sentence. He was also undergo mental health treatment.
U.S. District Judge William E. Smith waived any fines, saying that Diodati had already endured financial hardships due to the dive his reputation took at being involved in the conspiracy. Diodati, an estimator for Hemphill Construction and owner of Rhode Island Demolition, was the last of three men sentenced Thursday for their roles in a kickback scheme.
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