When Antonietta DiBenedetto Roy was looking for advice on starting her construction business, she turned to a powerful source: Konstantinos Diamantis, the head of Connecticut’s school construction program.

And when Roy began looking for an administrative assistant to hire for that business, she said, there was only one real choice: Diamantis’ daughter Anastasia.

Kevin Rennie: The last excruciating mile of the road to justice in Connecticut. Money at the center.

Roy, who is the owner of a company called Construction Advocacy Professionals, was the second witness to testify in the ongoing criminal trial of Kosta Diamantis, a former state deputy budget director.

And just like the first witness in the case, she told jurors on Tuesday that she provided favors and money to Diamantis in ord

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