The alleged bribes to Konstantinos Diamantis, the former head of Connecticut’s school construction office, were delivered to him in a variety of locations, according to prosecutors.

The cash payments were allegedly dropped off at Diamantis’ house in Farmington, exchanged in a bathroom at the Capitol Grille in Hartford and were passed along to him in a Dunkin’ Donuts across from the government office building where he worked, prosecutors said.

During opening arguments of his criminal trial in U.S. District Court in Bridgepor t on Monday, federal prosecutors painted Diamantis, a former state deputy budget director, as someone who was eager to profit from his public position and “begged, pleaded and threatened” school contractors to pay him bribes.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Franc

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