Bill Nojay's misdeeds play out in court as FBI investigation continues

Five months after state Assemblyman Bill Nojay shot himself to death in a city cemetery, the accusations against him of fraud and thievery continue to echo through Western New York and beyond.

Nojay took his life the morning of Sept. 9, the day he was to turn himself in on a federal fraud charge that he had embezzled nearly $1 million from a long-time friend. With a Rochester policeman nearby but too late to intervene, Nojay died near his brother’s burial plot.

Why Nojay made the painful decision he did on Sept. 9, anguishing his family and friends, will never be known. But an investigation into Nojay’s affairs by the Democrat and Chronicle found just how profoundly the world was closing in on him that day.

Nojay, who preached fiscal constraint and moral rectitude from his political soapbox, was about to be revealed as a thief: Just days before he died, he had scammed a huge sum of money from a second friend to repay the first, robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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