Re: Bribers of Janiszewski - COOPERATING WITH GOVERNMENT

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Re: Bribers of Janiszewski - COOPERATING WITH GOVERNMENT

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Posted by Menendez and Harvey on June 03, 2003 at 12:08:45:

In Reply to: Bribers of Janiszewski - COOPERATING WITH GOVERNMENT posted by Bye Bye Joe Barry on June 01, 2003 at 08:24:59:

I would not be suprised if i see the Congressman and city council join Janiszewski.

: Janiszewski lists payers of bribes at trial of Colon

: Saturday, May 31, 2003

: By PETER J. SAMPSON
: STAFF WRITER

:
: NEWARK - Former Hudson County Executive Robert C. Janiszewski on Friday said waterfront developer Joseph Barry and political consultant Paul Byrne were among seven people who paid him tens of thousands of dollars in bribes for favors.

: The revelation came during questioning by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey D. Clark on the second day of testimony in the corruption trial of longtime Hudson County Freeholder Nidia Davila Colon.

: Colon is facing charges of mail fraud and aiding and abetting extortion for allegedly delivering two $5,000 cash payments to Janiszewski from her former boyfriend, psychiatrist Oscar Sandoval, in 1999.

: In return for the payments, Janiszewski said, Sandoval's contracts to provide psychiatric services to the county jail and hospital were renewed and expanded.

: Janiszewski, the once-powerful Democrat who served six years in the Assembly and 16 as Hudson's top elected official, pleaded guilty in October to receiving $20,000 in bribes from Sandoval.

: As part of a deal, he said, he agreed to work with the FBI and secretly recorded conversations with associates in the hope that his cooperation will win him a more lenient sentence.

: Detailing a litany of "other illegal acts," Janiszewski disclosed that he accepted cash payments "directly" from Barry, president of the Applied Companies, a major developer of housing in Hoboken, Jersey City, and North Bergen.

: Janiszewski also said that on two occasions before his cooperation, Byrne - his boyhood friend and confidant - acted as an intermediary for payments of $30,000 and $20,000 from Barry in connection with his developments.

: Janiszewski described the payments as "essentially a kickback" for approval of low-interest loans and grants and said the agreement called for an "ultimate amount of $305,000" to be split between him and Byrne. He also referred to the payments as "bribes."

: Barry, whose Hoboken offices were raided by the FBI last year, has denied any wrongdoing. Neither he nor his attorney could be reached for comment Friday.

: Byrne had only one comment on the testimony: "This is the political equivalent of John Gotti ratting out his bookies."

: Janiszewski said he also accepted periodic cash payments of $2,000 to $3,000 from Byrne, bond underwriter John "Jay" Booth, and three accountants who had county contracts.

: Janiszewski said Byrne "fashioned himself as a government consultant" who helped clients obtain county contracts and grants and access to Janiszewski.

: Janiszewski testified that Booth paid him a total of $9,000 over the years in connection with bond underwriting deals, including the financing of construction of the county jail.

: He said Booth acted once as an intermediary for an engineering firm. Booth could not be reached for comment Friday.

: Prosecutors, who sought to keep the vendors' names secret but were overruled by the judge on Thursday, declined to answer any questions about their status. On Thursday, they said SOME WERE COOPERATING and others might never be charged.

: Janiszewski detailed the payoffs he received from Sandoval, who began cooperating with the FBI in June 1999 and helped snare Janiszewski.

: Accustomed to receiving campaign checks from Sandoval, Janiszewski said he was surprised when he met Colon at her political club in 1996 and she handed him an envelope with $10,000 cash. She told him the money was from Sandoval and that he could do whatever he wanted with it, he testified.

: Although it wasn't his first bribe, Janiszewski said, the transaction was "burned into my memory" because it was the first time he had accepted cash from another elected official. It also meant Colon knew he was on the take, he said.

: Sandoval once tried to give him an envelope in his county office, but fearful of being "exposed," Janiszewski said, he encouraged the doctor to take it back by writing a note on a pad saying something like "wrong time, wrong place, not now."

: Janiszewski said he avoided Sandoval for more than a year after that until Colon told him that the doctor wanted to get back in his good graces.

: "She asked me if she could be the liaison between Dr. Sandoval and I," he said, and believing that "Sandoval would not intentionally hurt Ms. Colon," he agreed.

: Shortly after that, he said, Colon passed him envelopes with $5,000 from Sandoval in September and October of 1999, first in the hallway outside his office in the old county courthouse and then at a political event.

: The trial was recessed until Tuesday, when Janiszewski is to resume his testimony.

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: I would not be suprised if i see the Congressman and city council join Janiszewski.

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: : Janiszewski lists payers of bribes at trial of Colon

: : Saturday, May 31, 2003

: : By PETER J. SAMPSON
: : STAFF WRITER

: :
: : NEWARK - Former Hudson County Executive Robert C. Janiszewski on Friday said waterfront developer Joseph Barry and political consultant Paul Byrne were among seven people who paid him tens of thousands of dollars in bribes for favors.

: : The revelation came during questioning by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey D. Clark on the second day of testimony in the corruption trial of longtime Hudson County Freeholder Nidia Davila Colon.

: : Colon is facing charges of mail fraud and aiding and abetting extortion for allegedly delivering two $5,000 cash payments to Janiszewski from her former boyfriend, psychiatrist Oscar Sandoval, in 1999.

: : In return for the payments, Janiszewski said, Sandoval's contracts to provide psychiatric services to the county jail and hospital were renewed and expanded.

: : Janiszewski, the once-powerful Democrat who served six years in the Assembly and 16 as Hudson's top elected official, pleaded guilty in October to receiving $20,000 in bribes from Sandoval.

: : As part of a deal, he said, he agreed to work with the FBI and secretly recorded conversations with associates in the hope that his cooperation will win him a more lenient sentence.

: : Detailing a litany of "other illegal acts," Janiszewski disclosed that he accepted cash payments "directly" from Barry, president of the Applied Companies, a major developer of housing in Hoboken, Jersey City, and North Bergen.

: : Janiszewski also said that on two occasions before his cooperation, Byrne - his boyhood friend and confidant - acted as an intermediary for payments of $30,000 and $20,000 from Barry in connection with his developments.

: : Janiszewski described the payments as "essentially a kickback" for approval of low-interest loans and grants and said the agreement called for an "ultimate amount of $305,000" to be split between him and Byrne. He also referred to the payments as "bribes."

: : Barry, whose Hoboken offices were raided by the FBI last year, has denied any wrongdoing. Neither he nor his attorney could be reached for comment Friday.

: : Byrne had only one comment on the testimony: "This is the political equivalent of John Gotti ratting out his bookies."

: : Janiszewski said he also accepted periodic cash payments of $2,000 to $3,000 from Byrne, bond underwriter John "Jay" Booth, and three accountants who had county contracts.

: : Janiszewski said Byrne "fashioned himself as a government consultant" who helped clients obtain county contracts and grants and access to Janiszewski.

: : Janiszewski testified that Booth paid him a total of $9,000 over the years in connection with bond underwriting deals, including the financing of construction of the county jail.

: : He said Booth acted once as an intermediary for an engineering firm. Booth could not be reached for comment Friday.

: : Prosecutors, who sought to keep the vendors' names secret but were overruled by the judge on Thursday, declined to answer any questions about their status. On Thursday, they said SOME WERE COOPERATING and others might never be charged.

: : Janiszewski detailed the payoffs he received from Sandoval, who began cooperating with the FBI in June 1999 and helped snare Janiszewski.

: : Accustomed to receiving campaign checks from Sandoval, Janiszewski said he was surprised when he met Colon at her political club in 1996 and she handed him an envelope with $10,000 cash. She told him the money was from Sandoval and that he could do whatever he wanted with it, he testified.

: : Although it wasn't his first bribe, Janiszewski said, the transaction was "burned into my memory" because it was the first time he had accepted cash from another elected official. It also meant Colon knew he was on the take, he said.

: : Sandoval once tried to give him an envelope in his county office, but fearful of being "exposed," Janiszewski said, he encouraged the doctor to take it back by writing a note on a pad saying something like "wrong time, wrong place, not now."

: : Janiszewski said he avoided Sandoval for more than a year after that until Colon told him that the doctor wanted to get back in his good graces.

: : "She asked me if she could be the liaison between Dr. Sandoval and I," he said, and believing that "Sandoval would not intentionally hurt Ms. Colon," he agreed.

: : Shortly after that, he said, Colon passed him envelopes with $5,000 from Sandoval in September and October of 1999, first in the hallway outside his office in the old county courthouse and then at a political event.

: : The trial was recessed until Tuesday, when Janiszewski is to resume his testimony.

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