Two Brooklyn men have been charged with attempting to bribe someone they believed to be a government official in order to receive a lease on a New York City Housing Authority property, according to the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office. Ali Hassan Zindani and his son, Bashir Zindani, allegedly offered to pay an undercover Department of Investigation official $10,000 in order to receive the lease on the NYCHA commercial space Feb. 1, 2010, believing hthe investigator to be a NYCHA official. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said that the Zindanis could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000, if convicted. “When the Zindanis allegedly tried to cut the line to rent a [NYCHA] commercial property, they crossed the line into criminal activity,” Bharara said. “Bribing government employees is illegal for good reason, as a fair process requires wheels that turn without grease.” TRD