Albert Baldeo, a former City Council candidate and Queens district leader, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for tampering with witnesses during investigations into his failed 2010 campaign for Council.
Baldeo allegedly provided a number of straw donors with funds to donate to his 2010 campaign. When he discovered the F.B.I. was investigating, he pushed the donors not to cooperate with the investigation and to provide false information.
He went so far as to make complaints to the city’s buildings department about properties owned by the family of one of the donors, according to Bharara's office.
5 comments:
Never trust a lawyer.
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time..............
Throw him in a cell with Bubba so his 18 months will be "hard time".
He can share the cell with Ruben Wills.
US Attorney Bharara said: "The obstruction of justice by a political official.."
Baldeo was only an unsalaried District Leader, with little power, if any; how does this count as a political official?
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