| Carpenters Union Bribee
Tagliaferro To Start 60 Months On Jan 10 &
$290,000 Hit US Insists
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 6 – Charged with
demanding bribes to join the
United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of
America, Salvatore Tagliaferro
has begun trial before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Paul A. Crotty.
On April
21 Inner City Press up in the
courtroom published:
"day ended as witness
described planning with
Tagliaferro, in Brooklyn, to
charge $600 fees "into our
pockets... Our motive? To make
some money." 2 big guys
laugh."
On
April 28: "TAGLIAFERRO, the
president of Local 926 chapter
of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of
America (the “Union”), was
found guilty today in
Manhattan federal court of
honest services wire fraud,
conversion of union assets,
and conspiracy, in connection
with his involvement in a
scheme to solicit cash bribes
from hundreds of prospective
members in exchange for union
membership. The jury
convicted TAGLIAFERRO today
following a one-week trial
before U.S. District Judge
Paul A. Crotty.
TAGLIAFERRO is scheduled to
appear for sentencing before
Judge Crotty."
It was
pushed to September 8 and
Inner City Press went and live
tweeted it here:
Now at sentencing
of Tagliaferro for his
Carpenters Union
corruption @SDNYLIVE .
Inner City Press covered the
trial. Now his lawyer says
charging him for Union's legal
fees would be unfair.
Defense: He
unionized more people than
anyone. He had plans to run
for Union President. Probation
would be enough. AUSA: Let's
talk about the victims -as Mr.
Rosenberg didn't. The Union
was a victim. We seek $290,000
[approx], from Mr DeFalco too.
Tagliaferro
(sobbing) I wish I'd never
trusted John DeFalco. I did
not know that animal was
taking money. Only the
District Council has a problem
with me. I stood up to
corruption. I am innocent.
(Slamming defense table).
Judge Crotty: I
think the jury was correct. I
was a member of the Teamsters.
I sentence you to 60 months,
two years of supervised
release. Forfeit $296,400.
Restitution of $145,065.33.
On December 6 the
US Attorney's Office submitted
opposition to any extension or
stay pending appeal. They
snark, "portions of
Tagliaferro's motion appear to
be taken verbatim from his
prior submission to this
Court." The filing is signed
by AUSA Thomas McKay, who has
been prominently attending the
US v. Ghislaine Maxwell trial.
Watch this site.
Back on April 26,
after the government's
closing, Tagliaferro's lawyer
Susan Kellman noted that the
jury consists of "11 women and
a black man," and that women's
weren't allowed on juries
until 1957. Then she tore into
cooperating witness John
DeFalco, quoting him about his
home as big as a school - with
a dock, no less.
She
portrayed Tagliaferro as
increasingly powerless, 200 of
his members taken, and DeFalco
as the one selling union
books. He was in Puerto Rico,
she said, "not dropping paper
towels from helicopters" but
volunteering. Tagliaferro
nodded to five family members
/ supporters in the front row.
This case is US
v. Tagliaferro, et al.,
19-cr-472 (Crotty)
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