WARREN — More than 50 people have been summoned as witnesses in the Niles political corruption case, including prominent business owners, city employees and elected officials.

The witness list for the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court case against former Niles Mayor Ralph Infante is longer than the 50-count case against him, his wife and the city’s former auditor, according to court records.

Cafaro Co. co-President Anthony Cafaro Jr. is one of 54 people or businesses subpoenaed this month, along with his retired father, Anthony Cafaro Sr., who remains a consultant for the company.

Joe Bell, the company’s spokesperson, said the company had no comment Thursday night.

Visiting Judge Patricia Cosgrove has ordered parties involved in the case not to talk about it.

Infante, 61, was indicted by a Trumbull County grand jury in November on 56 charges stemming from his time as mayor from 1992 to 2015. Several of the charges were dropped and some added when prosecutors amended the case against him in August. He is now facing 41 charges and a jury trial is scheduled for Dec. 11.

Infante is accused of running a political profiteering racket and operating an illegal gambling business — with sports betting and slot machines — for decades out of his business, ITAM 39 in McKinley Heights.

He is accused of taking bribes for jobs, the illegal waiving of tens of thousands of dollars in building fees, theft in office, tax fraud and ethics violations. The activity wasn’t only illegal, the indictment states, but Infante also roped others into the criminal activity, using intimidation, fear and political retribution.

Bruce Zoldan, owner of Youngstown-based Phantom Fireworks, was subpoenaed, as was the scrap metal recycling company Metalico, 1420 Burton St. SE, Warren, according to court records. John Moliterno, executive director of the Western Reserve Port Authority, is on the list and so is John Altobelli.

Neil Buccino, Niles’ former service director, and Maurice Guarino, the city’s former safety director, are on the list of witnesses, as is former Councilman Reggie Giancola and Tom Telego, who has served in various position for the city. Carmen Vivolo, the retired parks director, and Lisa Smathers, income tax director, are on the list, as well as Scott MacMillan, the former director of the city’s wellness center; Mark Hess, former grant and development coordinator; and Terry Dull, the retired law director.

Many current elected officials and city employees are on the list, including Giovanne Merlo, city auditor; Stephanie Ford, the billing manager, at-Large Councilman Stephen Papalas and Council President Robert Marino. Scott Shaffer, a water department employee who was originally charged in the case until prosecutors dropped charges of theft in office against him in August, is on the list. So is Brian Paridon in the water department, zoning official Anthony Vigorito and Joseph Infante, the former mayor’s brother and light department foreman.

Court documents related to the case state Infante was responsible for allowing the operator of Eastwood Field to water the baseball field with unmetered water for 14 years. The document indicates Infante did nothing to recover nearly $60,000 in money owed to the city for that water usage.

Eastwood Field, located adjacent to Eastwood Mall on Cafaro Co. property, is owned by the city, but the Niles-based company holds a long-term lease on the field.

As a member of the Board of Control, Infante is accused of waiving $40,000 in permit fees to a local company without the authority to do so.

The documents claim Infante let city employees keep money from selling city-owned scrap metal, ordering a city employee to use city resources to landscape a former city councilman’s property and using a city-owned backhoe and other equipment to dig up 50 stumps on a property belonging to a relative of an employee and then dumping the stumps on city-owned property.

Prosecutors are also pursuing a case against Judith Infante, the former mayor’s wife, who is charged with seven counts of tampering with records.

One of the auditors who served at the same time as Infante, Charles Nader, 64, of Niles, who ended his tenure as Niles auditor in 2015 after nearly 10 years in office, is facing nine charges — theft in office, two counts of tampering with records, having an unlawful interest in a public contract, three counts of representation by a public official or employee and two counts of falsification.

The Infantes and Nader have pleaded not guilty to the charges.

To view a complete list of those subpoenaed in connection to the TRumbull County Common Pleas Court case, click here.