Looks like a clean hit.
Queens Assemblyman William Scarborough will plead guilty to a felony charge in federal court next month and step down from office, the Albany Times Union reported Tuesday.
Scarborough denounced The Post for conducting a “hit job” in 2012 for reporting he was in New York City on at least one day, March 17, 2011, when he claimed a $165 “per diem” expense payment for being in Albany.
But in 10 days, Scarborough will plead guilty in US District Court in Binghamton to submitting $40,000 worth of fraudulent travel vouchers between January 2009 and December 2012, according to the newspaper.
The feds easily made the case against the 20-year legislator by scouring cellphone tower transmissions to determine Scarborough’s whereabouts — which his attorney had fought unsuccessfully as inadmissible in court.
Prosecutors said the more glaring example of Scarborough’s cheating came on May 11, 2011, when he used his credit card in Atlanta while attending his daughter’s college graduation and also filed a “per diem” expense for being in Albany that day.
Scarborough is expected to step down from his Jamaica Assembly seat, which he has held for two decades, as part of his plea.
Scarborough’s attorney, E. Stewart Jones, said Tuesday he would not comment on the case and has instructed his client to keep quiet.
“It’s dangerous to comment on pleas until they’re actually done,” he said. Calls made to Scarborough were not immediately returned.
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