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Tapes from FBI wiretaps used to obtain a fraud indictment against former Labor Secretary Raymond J. Donovan may be used in his trial, New York State Supreme Court Justice John Collins ruled. The decision follows a two-month hearing to determine whether the tapped conversations of officials of Schiavone Construction Co., where Donovan formerly was employed, could be used as evidence. Donovan is not heard on the tapes but is mentioned frequently. Donovan and other Schiavone officials are accused of fraud in a $7.4-million subway construction project.
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