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Queens Democrat Hit With Fraud Rap
NY Post | 12/11/08 | Bruce Golding

Posted on 12/11/2008 10:55:59 AM PST by freespirited

Veteran Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio was indicted for fraud yesterday after plea negotiations in his corruption case apparently broke down.

The Manhattan federal court indictment boosted to $1 million the amount of cash the Queens Democrat is charged with collecting through an eight-year, influence-peddling scheme.

In early September, federal authorities charged that Seminerio pocketed money in exchange for access to Albany lawmakers.

Payments allegedly went to a bogus consulting outfit linked to the Assemblyman.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; democrat; fraud; nyassembly; nyc; queens; ratcorruption; seminerio
What a shocker!

/sarc

1 posted on 12/11/2008 10:56:00 AM PST by freespirited
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To: freespirited

Pelousy was right....she’s cleaning up the corruption.


2 posted on 12/11/2008 10:59:03 AM PST by devistate one four (H I V Homophobia Is Vindicated)
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To: freespirited

Will he resign or will he just be allowed to “phone it in”.


3 posted on 12/11/2008 10:59:24 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Been here before)
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To: freespirited

Rep. Anthony Seminerio (D-Ozone Park)

That’s John Gotti’s old neighborhood. There’s a “connection”.


4 posted on 12/11/2008 11:06:11 AM PST by Canedawg ("The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it")
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To: Canedawg

wow, another democrat...who would have thunk that?


5 posted on 12/11/2008 11:08:03 AM PST by OL Hickory (Where is the America I knew as a boy?)
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To: freespirited
The amazing part part is that the use Democrat in the title! I thought party distinction in case of corruption was only to be used for Republicans!

So is Fraud Rap like Gangsta' Rap?

6 posted on 12/11/2008 11:17:28 AM PST by Left2Right ("Starve the Beast!")
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