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Thomas J. Spargo is a former Supreme Court Justice from Albany New York who was removed from the bench in 2006 after allegedly soliciting funds from lawyers during cases leading to a permanent ban from judicial office in the United States.He was indicted on December 10 2008. On August 27 2009 he was convicted by a federal jury of attempted extortion and attempted soliciting of a bribe for pressuring a lawyer to give $10000 to his defense fund.