HARRISBURG — A veteran Democratic state senator from northeastern Pennsylvania was indicted Tuesday — a week before his retirement — and accused of taking cash payments and other gifts in return for help in his position as a government official.

Sen. Ray Musto, of Pittston, was charged with bribery, wire fraud, mail fraud and making false statements to FBI agents for what prosecutors said included $25,000 in cash and a “stream of benefits” from a contractor that were designed to get him to push for state funding that would help the company.

The 81-year-old also was accused of taking $3,000 from another person connected to municipal authorities in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Prosecutors said payment was an after-the-fact reward for his help getting loans and grants for the municipal authorities from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Neither the contractor nor the person with ties to the authorities was named.

Musto said he was eager to fight the allegations.

His lawyer, Jack Riley, issued a statement saying Musto “has never wavered from his dedication to the people he has served while in office.”

The indictment said that Musto had a company perform renovations at a property he owned in 2006 and was billed about $48,000. He paid for the work, but the company later returned $25,000 in cash, the indictment said.

It also charges that Musto received $10,000 more in repairs from the company, along with holiday gifts he did not report on state financial disclosure forms.

Musto had previously, in his position as state senator, advocated for the company to get grants from state agencies, the indictment said.