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[email protected] The government alleges that from 2003 to 2007, Mun- Cordaro SCRANTON – Fifteen months after they were first chak and Cordaro, who was voted out of office in 2007, candidates face tough job. charged, Lackawanna County Commissioner A.J. Mun- abused their positions of majority commissioners by ac- funding chak and former Commissioner Robert Cordaro will ap- cepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gifts pear in federal court today to answer allegations they ac- from eight companies and other individuals, who have not By BILL O’BOYLE cepted bribes and extorted companies that did business yet been identified by prosecutors.