Mayor David Delle
Donna, the mayor of Guttenberg and his wife, First
Lady Anna Delle Donna were convicted on three
corruption counts in federal court on April 29th,
2008. They were found guilty of one count each
of conspiracy to commit extortion and two counts
each of filing false tax returns.
The Delle Donnas face up to 20 years in prison and
$250,000 in fines on the extortion charge and up to
three years in prison and $100,000 in fines on the
tax charges.
Delle
Donna and wife Anna were accused of taking thousands
of dollars in cash and gifts from a local bar owner
in exchange for helping her get building permits and
avoid a suspension of her liquor license.
Robert Janiszweski,
"Bobby J” - former HC County
Executive who pleaded guilty to
extortion and tax evasion in October 2002. He resigned as the 4 term
HC
agents
caught him accepting a bribe from 
April 29, 2005.... Bobby J begins his
41 month sentence. PRISONER NO. 25038-050. His appeal for
a term reduction was denied... Begins his term the day after Paul
Byrne dies..
Nidia Davila-Colon
- former 4 term HC Freeholder
convicted for carrying bribes from
Dr Oscar Sandoval to former County Exec Robert Janiszweski - Now
serving a 37 month sentence in Danbury Federal
Corrections
Institute in CT- Prisoner No. 25094-050
Freeholder Bill Braker,
in June 2004 pleaded guilty to one
count of extortion. He accepted $ 3,880 in cash bribes and Viagra from
Dr Oscar Sandoval
in exchange for his vote and influence on contracts with both the
county
and the Jersey City Police Department. - Trial was to begin in May
2004.
On
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Hoboken developer
Joseph Barry, Applied Companies,
pleaded guilty in July 2004 for
making $140,000 in bribes between 2000 and 2001 to Bobby J for securing $
8.8 MILLION in state grants & loans. He was sentenced
October
22, 2004 to 25 months in prison, $1 Million in restitution and a
$20,000 fine..... " As the crowd swarmed around Barry, his
83-year old father smiled. Asked for a reaction, Walter Barry said,
'He got a break, didn't he?'"
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accepting bribes for "professional contracts". He is also charged with
tax evasion for failing to report
some $900,000 in income between 1999 and 2001, some of it from bribes.
He changed his strategy
once
Joseph Barry pleaded guilty the week before. The "Bagman" faces
sentencing on Oct 25th.
He
is likely to serve 30 to 37 months in prison.
April 28th, 2005.... Paul Byrne suffered a
fatal stroke and congestive heart failure....
Gerard
Lisa, of Lisa and Associates, a
Russo's pension
benefits slashed & health insurance killed
4/20/2006
January 2005-
Assemblyman Anthony Impreveduto of Secaucus is sentenced to five
years probation, fined $10,000 and ordered to repay $50,000 stemming from
charges that he misspent thousands of dollars of campaign funds on
personal expenses such as income taxes, a daughter's wedding and expensive
sports memorabilia.
Impreveduto was a member and past chairman of the legislature's Joint
Committee on Ethical Standards. He was forced to resign his Assembly
seat in 2004 and forfeit two other public jobs!
April 2005- "Impreveduto's
pension is slashed by the Teachers Pension & Annuity Fund cut from $55,524
to $40,350 per year...... In 3 years, Impreveduto will become eligible for
a second pension of $25,000, for his legislative service. He could
face a challenge on that pension", and he should! Good work guys!
2004 - Gerard
Lisa, Hoboken Auditors for the City pleaded
guilty to making bribes to
Robert Janiszweski, "Bobby J”
- former HC
Rene Abru,
North Hudson Political Fundraiser indicted and later
convicted in August 2004 on 20 of 28 counts
of conspiracy, mail fraud, check kiting and illegal structuring of cash
transactions. Sentenced to
jail. He's closely
aligned with West New York Mayor & Assembly Speaker Albio Sires.
Under federal sentencing guidelines, he faced up to 9 years in jail
plus be held responsible for $2,725,000 restitution to the lending
institutions.
June 2005---
Abreu is sentenced to 87 months in prison, ordered to forfeit
$300,000, fined $200,000 and ordered to pay $499,000 in restitution... Also
sentenced were his 2 codefendants and former employees....
He is to report to prison by Sept 27th. (
Jersey Journal August 26,2005, page 3 )
update.... 12/2/2005:
Jail bound but not there yet.... On December 3rd he is
holding a "Conference on Finances in the Earthly Kingdon"
(Jersey Journal 12/2/2005 )
Since 2002, he's been a born again Christian, the same year
the FBI raided his office......
1/5/2006: Prisoner number
24705-050... 87 months
Former Essex County Executive James W Treffinger
was convicted of corruption and fraud. He was
sentenced
in October 2003 to 13 months in prison,
$5,000 fine and ordered to repay Essex County $29,471.
Joseph Hernandez, North Bergen's former MUA purchasing agent,
convicted of taking bribes
sentenced to 30 months in prison
Domenic Grano, North Bergen MUA contractor,
convicted for bribing Joseph Hernandez.
Sentenced to 21 months in prison
Joseph Auriemma, North Bergen's former Business Administrator,
convicted
of taking bribes. Sentenced to 36 months
in prison
Peter Perez, North Bergen Township Commissioner,
convicted of taking bribes.
Farinola,
Vincent Zappulla, an aide to
Former West New York Police Chief Alexander D Oriente
was found guilty of tax evasion and extorting money, racketeering,
from gambling and prostitution operations in
Leo R. Vartan, former Mayor of Kearney,
admitted to using $70,000 in campaign funds for personal use. He was
indicted on mail and tax fraud charges in 2002.
Jersey Journal 5/26/2006 ---Vartan
was sentenced to 2 years probation and fined $10,000 by a federal judge.
He will also have to pay back taxes in the range of $80,000 to $90,000.
Peter LaVilla,
the former mayor of Guttenberg from 1996 to 2000, pleaded guilty to
filing a false tax return, admitting that he misappropriated $16,420 in
campaign contributions and used them to trade stocks in a personal brokerage
account. The judge sentenced him to
4 years of probation and ordered him to pay the back taxes to the IRS.
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