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Former state legislator Christopher Ziogas pleaded guilty to extortion and bank fraud charges Wednesday, admitting his involvement in a scheme to derail a government audit of his fiancé’s optometry practice by delivering nearly $100,000 to former state budget officer Konstantinos Diamantis

The unscheduled guilty plea by Ziogas Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New Haven sets him up as a prospective witness when Diamantis is scheduled to be tried in February for his role in orchestrating what prosecutors said was a scheme to kill a state Medicaid audit of Family Eye Care, the Bristol business run by Ziogas fiancé Helen Zervas.

If Diamantis’ trial goes forward in February, it will be his second on corruption charges in a matter of mont

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