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Two former staffers under City Council member Kendall Stewart were "arrested and charged on mail fraud and money laundering charges" from the U.S. Attorney's office, according to WNBC.
Asquith Reid, Stewart's former chief of staff, and Joycinth Anderson are accused of misappropriating "hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer funds for their personal gain." According to the indictment, $356,000 was put into the "Donna Reid Memorial Education Fund"--home address at Reid's house--in 2005. And money was taken out of the fund's bank account ways like writing checks out to cash and $31,000 in cash via Western Union to Jamaica.
Stewart, who represents Brooklyn's Flatbush, East Flatbush, Flatlands neighborhoods, had been subpoenaed in the probe back in January. It was during this investigation that the slush fund practices of the City Council Speaker's office were further investigated (Speaker Christine Quinn says she brought it to the attention of the U.S. Attorney's office). Last week, Quinn announced more reforms to make the budget process more transparent.
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Disgusting. I am so sick of the my money being wasted, public libraries experiencing limited hours, and feeling like the politicians who take advantage of us. Ugh.
We have a full year to prepare. Cut off their funding - do not file taxes next year. That's the only message government will understand.
yup. and now we get to pay for their trial, and once they are convicted we can pay for their incarceration.
Donna Reed would never be involved in anything so corrupt and tawdry! Oh, "Donna Reid." Never mind.
"Arrested by" who? "Investigated by" who? The US Attorney's Office? The NYPD? Dad? Or does it no longer matter who is doing the investigating as long as someone is accused of something?
I meant to say "feeling like the politicians who take advantage of us are slapped on the wrist"
I guess I was so disgusted I couldn't type straight. Gah!
Reads like a classic case of money laundering to me! Hopefully someone gets to spend a lot of time in federal prison!
I wonder if the Mob has finally infiltrated City Council... or is that the other way around?!
man, these black politicians get in and they do the same shit the whiteys do.
@hitler:
color doesn't make a crook.