Hearing concludes on Amorello conflict charges

By Sean Murphy, Globe Staff

The state Ethics Commission hearing into conflict of interest charges against former Massachusetts Turnpike Authority chairman Matthew J. Amorello is closed, according to Thomas Kiley, Amorello's lawyer.

On Tuesday, Amorello testified that he had nothing to do with a change in the turnpike's policy on buyback of unused sick leave in 2006, a change that had the potential of boosting Amorello's severance package by about $73,000. The commission left open until today whether additional testimony would come in the case. But now there is no more testimony scheduled.

Kiley and Stephen P. Fauteux, who presented the case against Amorello on behalf of the ethics commission, are expected to give closing statements in the case at a later date.

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