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INTERACTIVE: Follow Sheldon Silver's Secret Money Trail

By Nigel Chiwaya | January 22, 2015 2:49pm
 Officials say Sheldon Silver accepted millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks from two law firms between 2002 and 2014.
Officials say Sheldon Silver accepted millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks from two law firms between 2002 and 2014.
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DNAinfo/Nigel Chiwaya

MANHATTAN — It was Sheldon Silver's sterling stash.

When federal investigators arrested the state Assembly Speaker Thursday morning on corruption and fraud charges, they revealed that Silver allegedly accepted millions of dollars in undisclosed bribes and kickbacks from two law firms within the last 14 years.

Silver reported only a small portion of his income from Weitz & Luxenberg, an asbestos cancer law firm, and he did not disclose any of his income from a real estate law firm that was unnamed in court documents, but sources identified as Goldberg & Iryami. 

This chart breaks down Silver's true earnings since 2002, according to officials: