From the NY Times:A district leader and former City Council candidate in Queens, Albert J. Baldeo, surrendered to federal authorities Wednesday morning to face corruption charges, according to a person briefed on the matter.
Mr. Baldeo is accused of using phantom donors to funnel illegal campaign contributions to his unsuccessful 2010 campaign for City Council in order to fraudulently increase the amount of matching funds provided by the city, federal prosecutors said. He is being charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, attempted mail fraud, conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice and obstruction of justice, officials said.
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his lawyer said :"this was a government crusade against Baldeo" and that "he was singled out in unfair treatment by the feds. "
if proven , he stole taxpayers $$$$$$. $6.00 from us for $1.00 of his.
who does he think he is , JOHN LIU ?
what a crock....is not democrat dictatorship grand ?
What a creep.
Yup, he's creep. The feds should take a good close look at all the Richmond Hill political wannabes. Baldeo's not the only crook in the bunch.
Get rid of matching funds. Problem solved.
Get rid of the club house
Crapped up the rest of your life for what? a city council seat?
He should be jailed for having inadequate criminal ambitions
fumigate the Queens D.I.N.O. party hacks.
Get rid of matching funds, yes.
Also it's not just amusing that one poster mentions John Liu.
this case puts the lie to the nonsense that John Liu is targeted because he is Asian.
Liu is targeted because he's breaking the law if he's lying about his campaign donations.
THANK YOU MR. BALDEO FOR STANDING UP TO THESE RACISTS IN POWER. ITS TIME FOR ALL THESE UNGREATFUL DEMOCRATS LIKE MIKE REICH AND KING CROWLEY TO GO. AT GREAT PERSONAL SACRIFICE YOU'VE STOOD UP FOR US NOT JUST CARIBBEAN PEOPLE BUT ALL THE PEOPLE OF QUEENS. WE NEED YOU TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR US. WE'RE WITH YOU SIR!
Yet another crooked politician from Queens.
When will it end?
he is certainly NOT STANDING UP for me.
into the stockade for this dumb thief....
Now you learn the evils of public finance?
Why are there limits on donations to begin with?
Al Baldeo is a hero to the people of Glendale, Woodhaven, Ozone Park, and richmond hill. without him we'd have no representation at all. only county's appointed croynies and lap dogs. They need to go to austin street to find the real big time crooks. Mr. Baldeo is at worst accused of something everyone does. Why is he the only one facing criminal charges? is joe crowley facing criminal charges for robbing women and orhans? NO! because there white. Al's only sin is being born black.
Oh please, as if Baldeo isn't part of this democrat Tammany Hall bullshit. How do you think he became district leader? Not without democrat party support (that includes the Crowley machine). He's not standing up for the Richmond Hill-Ozone Park community, and you're delusional if you think he's more than bs talk and silly emails.
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