J. Bruce Maffeo was quoted in the Government Product News article “Trial of Former County Commissioner Prompts Corruption Questions” regarding the criminal trial investigation of former Cuyahoga County, Ohio commissioner Jimmy Dimora. The trial has experts questioning whether or not the FBI’s use of high-tech surveillance tools in Dimora’s case will help ward off further corruption among government officials. Maffeo weighed in saying, “I think as a general observation, both as a former federal prosecutor and criminal defense lawyer, that greed is a basic part of human nature and not likely to go significantly down.” Maffeo told Government Product News he believes that high-tech surveillance will not stop elected government officials from taking bribes, stating “most people who engage in criminal activity are operating on the assumption that they aren’t going to get caught. The arsenal of weapons that are available to the government, such as consensual recordings and wiretaps, have been around for decades, and it doesn’t seem to have diminished the level of criminal behavior.”

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