The scandal led to the convictions of such public figures as Mario Biaggi, a former Bronx Congressman, and Stanley Simon, the former Bronx Borough President.

Witnesses recounted how the Bronx Congressman demanded that Wedtech officials pay him bribes amounting to 5 percent of every Federal contract he delivered.

A state appeals court has suspended Mario Biaggi, the former Bronx Congressman, from practicing law in New York State and begun a process that could lead to disbarment.

Mr. Biaggi, 69, has been a Bronx Congressman since in 1969.

She is also the sister of a Bronx Congressman, Robert Garcia, who has been described by law-enforcement officials as a target of the Wedtech investigations.

Assistants in his office won conviction of Mario Biaggi, the former Bronx Congressman.

It also seemed to suggest that the former Bronx Congressman would sometimes serve to level a harsher attack on Mr. Dinkins than Mr. Giuliani would.

Not until he decided to run for mayor in 1973 did investigations surface that had been conducted years earlier, but which had been overlooked when he was merely a Bronx Congressman.

A second Bronx Congressman, Robert Garcia, who has been described by law-enforcement officials and defense lawyers as a target of the investigation, was not indicted yesterday.

Both Mr. Biaggi, a Bronx Congressman, and Mr. Esposito have denied that they are guilty of any crime.