Posted on 06/27/2012 12:49:20 PM PDT by abb
While in office, Mayor Ray Nagin accepted a $50,000 payoff and shipments of free granite from city vendor Frank Fradella, and after leaving City Hall, he became a highly paid consultant to Fradella, according to court documents filed this morning. Fradella was in federal court to plead guilty to one count of securities fraud and one count of conspiring to bribe Nagin, described in court documents as "Public Official A."
The government's description of that public official, as well as other clues, make clear that it is Nagin.
Nagin has not been charged. He has not responded to an email seeking comment. Robert Jenkins, who WDSU-TV has reported is his lawyer, has not returned calls from The Times-Picayune.
Paul Murphy of WWL-TV reported this morning that Jenkins had no comment on Fradella's allegations.
Fradella was charged in bill of information Monday that only vaguely sketched out the alleged kickback scheme. But the summary of the government's case against Fradella filed today added vivid new details -- and made it crystal-clear that Nagin is the target federal prosecutors are seeking.
It says that Fradella, who ran a disaster-recovery firm, transferred $50,000 to Nagin on June 23, 2008, during Nagin's second term in office. By then, Nagin's relationship with Fradella had come under some public scrutiny.
Nagin's public calendar shows two meetings with Fradella on June 24, 2008, including one with Entergy executive Rod West to discuss the possible redevelopment of the Market Street Power Plant. Nagin met with Fradella again a week later, his calendar shows.
Fradella had hoped to land a deal to redevelop the site but never did.
The hulking building has spent much of the past few years caught in a tug-of-war between various would-be developers.
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http://www.wwl.com/Nagin-associate-pleads-guilty-to-bribery/13568038
Posted: Wednesday, 27 June 2012 9:29AM
Nagin associate pleads guilty to bribery
Did he leave the chocolate city?
I think he still lives there, but not sure.
Reconstruction II just keeps rolling along.
Skoooooobus Ray Nagin where are you?
Looks like everything this guy touches turns to chocolate.
He’s gonna lose it all now for a mere $50,000 payoff?
This guy is only marginally smarter than Marion Barry.
NO_LIMIT_NAGIN.
$50,000 ?????? That’s chump change for New Orleans. If he had understudied his congressman, William Jefferson, he would have made some real money.
Looks like everything this guy touches turns to chocolate.
Hes gonna lose it all now for a mere $50,000 payoff?
This guy is only marginally smarter than Marion Barry.
Which means that he will be re-elected next few elections cycles.
I sincerely doubt that he only took one payoff. It was probably very much a way of life for him.
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