June 24, 2009 @ 11:09 am
The City Council Slush Fund Lives On
Quinn: What, me worry? Are the taxpayers paying for her high-priced criminal defense lawyer?
Two former staffers to Councilman Kendall Stewart are reportedly set to enter guilty pleas in connection with their slush fund scandal indictments. Stewart is one of the 29 Council Members who voted to extend term limits without a voter referendum.
The British Caribbean News reports:
The Jamaican-born former chief of staff to New York City politician, Dr. Kendall Stewart, is set to enter a guilty plea this week, CaribWorldNews has learnt.
Court documents accessed by CWNN show that Asquith Reid, Stewart`s former chief of staff, along with alleged co-conspirator and staffer, Joycinth `Sue` Anderson, are set to enter their pleas on Thursday.
Federal prosecutors say the two have advised the government that they wish to plead guilty before Judge Victor Marrero at 2 p.m. on June 25th.
Prosecutors alleged last April that both Reid and Anderson, former employees of Stewart, embezzled more than $145,000 in public funds.
The funds were apparently taxpayers money Stewart had allocated over three years to the Donna Reid Memorial Education Fund, a non-profit honoring the memory of Reid`s late daughter.
Reid and Anderson allegedly embezzled the funds in a number of ways, including sending $31,000 in Donna Reid Fund monies to individuals, including family members and friends, in Jamaica via Western Union wire transfers; and spending approximately $18,000 on a hall used for events for a political club controlled by Councilmember Stewart, and spending more than $3,000 on campaign literature for the Councilmember.
See the rest of the story here: “Caribbean-Born Pol`s Former Chief Of Staff To Enter Guilty Plea“
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