GLENN GRIFFIN, 53, of Cortlandt Manor, New York, Charged with Bribery and Bid Rigging

GLENN GRIFFIN, the owner, president, and principal of Griffin’s Landscaping Corporation, was arrested today for allegedly engaging in a bribery scheme with a former Town of Cortlandt employee. GRIFFIN is also accused of participating in a bid-rigging scheme that defrauded the village of Croton-on-Hudson and the hamlet of Verplanck.

According to the unsealed seven-count Indictment, GRIFFIN and ROBERT DYCKMAN, a former Assistant General Foreman with the Town of Cortlandt, engaged in an unauthorized dumping scheme from 2018 until February 2020. DYCKMAN allowed GRIFFIN to dump hundreds of large truckloads of unauthorized materials, including concrete, cement with rebar, and soil, at a Cortlandt facility. This scheme is estimated to have cost the Town of Cortlandt between $600,000 to $1.5 million to remove.

Additionally, GRIFFIN is accused of participating in a bid-rigging scheme from 2015 to 2018. He allegedly made sham, non-competitive, and inflated bids on behalf of entities that GRIFFIN did not work for or have authorization to submit bids on behalf of. This scheme resulted in GRIFFIN being awarded contracts with a combined value exceeding $133,000.

GLENN GRIFFIN, 53, of Cortlandt Manor, New York, faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for bribery and 3 years for bid rigging. The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendants will be determined by the judge.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams praised the outstanding investigative work of the FBI in uncovering this complex scheme.

GleNN GRIFFIN and ROBERT DYCKMAN will be presented before United States Magistrate Judge Andrew E. Krause in White Plains federal court later today.

The case is assigned to United States District Judge Cathy Seibel.

GRIFFIN is charged with:

Conspiracy to commit bribery (Count 1)

Bribery (Counts 2-4)

Conspiracy to commit bid rigging (Count 5)

Bid rigging (Counts 6-7)

The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendants will be determined by the judge.

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