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Checking in from Islamorada. As bad as the corruption is nowadays, city of islamorada, and the rest, it is still better than the bad old days when I first moved her in the early 70's. Every one knows Pritam Singhhh is a corrupt developer who will pay off anyone anytime, and any lawyer who would represent him should expect significant jail time. Hope he gets it, but our crooks down here seldom do any time. They just liquidate their assets and move somewhere else. We just had one in Islamorada move out.

Things down here never really change they just get more sophisticated.

Made my day too. Seems like nothing changes on the Keys. Graft and corruption are a way of life, especially among democrats.

When I lived there, the sheriff ran the drug trade. One of my Dad's friends was labeled "one of the 10 crookedest politicians in the US". He was also tried, but bought off a juror, so they moved the trial to Orlando where he bought off another juror. Never was convicted. He bought up the land on one of the Keys, had the county put in a road, power and water from US 1 to the end of the road, about two miles, where there was just his house. Made a killing.

From this link, more on Pritam Signh:

Ann Johnston gave SSCS almost $2.7 million in stock in 1997. Her husband, Pritam Singh, is a real estate developer and a member of SSCS’ financial and management advisory board. According to the Key News Journal, he’s under investigation by the FBI for his questionable business dealings. One Key West attorney has also filed a civil lawsuit against Singh, alleging almost 20 years of criminal activity -- including racketeering and fraud. Singh was fined $1.2 million by the federal Office of Thrift Supervision in 1995. And he quietly settled a lawsuit filed by members of his sales staff who said he illegally withheld their commissions.

Johnston’s 1997 stock donation included shares of a company named Northern Development Associates, a for-profit business which is now 100-percent owned by Sea Shepherd.

Corporate records show that the company’s officers include Watson’s ex-wife Lisa DiStefano and longtime associate Michael Kundu. Northern Development’s mailing address is the same as Pritam Singh’s Key West Golf Club. Watson and DiStefano also serve, with Singh, on the board of something called the Sea Trek 2000 Foundation. The mailing address for that group is the same as one of Singh’s Miami lawyers.

Well, this made my day, as a long time Keys resident, I am glad to see this crook finally get nailed.

As a frequent visitor to Key West and the other Keys since the early 1990's, I share your joy. This guy is scum, and so is Singh. I don't even know what political party they belong to, not that it makes a difference. What's Hendrick's involvement in the current dispute between the Old Town Trolly and Duck Tours? And what is going to happen to Singh when the real estate bubble goes "pop?"