Kosta Diamantis

Kosta Diamantis, Connecticut’s former deputy budget director, was sentenced to seven years in prison on corruption charges.

Connecticut’s former deputy budget director Kosta Diamantis failed to appear in federal court Thursday morning for his sentencing on corruption charges.

Kosta Diamantis, a former deputy budget director and head of school construction, was found guilty on all 21 counts by a jury in the U.S. District Court in Bridgeport.

The federal trial of Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis begins Monday, October 6. He oversaw Connecticut’s school construction grants from 2015 to 2021, served as deputy budget director during the last two years, and is accused of soliciting bribes and gifts from construction companies he hired.

The case against Konstantinos Diamantis paints a portrait of a CT state official, desperate for money, who wasn't afraid to use his power.

The indictment alleged that, while working for the Office of School Construction Grants, Kosta Diamantis took and received bribes from three individuals in connection with multi-million dollar school construction projects that he was in charge of.

The charges, expected to be unsealed today, follow a years-long investigation into the former Connecticut lawmaker and deputy budget director.

Former Rep. Chris Ziogas' fiancée overbilled Medicaid by $600,000. DSS stopped an audit after Ziogas and Kosta Diamantis delivered a check.

The emails outline a campaign to give contracts for CT school hazmat projects to two companies without going through the normal bid process.

The Connecticut Employees' Review Board dismissed a complaint filed by Konstantinos Diamantis, ruling that it had no jurisdiction to hear the case.