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Rudolph W. Giuliani’s consulting firm was hired in 2002 to help a Florida company build its business under a contract that called for Mr. Giuliani’s firm to be paid in part for lining up work with the federal government and other clients, company records show. Federal law prohibits payment of a commission in return for a federal contract... The deal between the firm and the contractor, Seisint of Boca Raton, was signed with the expectation that Mr. Giuliani’s high profile and connections would help the start-up company obtain federal contracts as well as nongovernment work, said Michael Brauser, co-founder of...

Presidential Candidate Giuliani's Partner Linked to Bribery Case When Hank Asher reached into the bag and pulled out the two $15,000 gold Cartier watches, the holiday crowd at Carmine's restaurant on 44th Street in Manhattan noticed, patrons recalled. Later, so did the U.S. attorney in Orange County, Calif., and soon yet another of Rudy Giuliani's business partners was embroiled in a bribery case. Asher, identified by the initials H.A. in Overt Act 59 of a federal grand jury indictment against Orange County sheriff Michael Carona, had handed the diamond-encrusted Cartier baubles to the wives of the sheriff and his deputy,...

LATEST NEWS State contracts with Seisint, company founded by ex-smuggler August 2, 2003 Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has hired a former drug smuggler to help create a 13-state anti-terrorism network being launched with $4 million in Justice Department funding. Millionaire Hank Asher of Boca Raton... was never charged with drug smuggling. He served as an informant and witness after being implicated in a Bahamian drug ring in the 1980s. But the interim head of FDLE call Friday for a more thorough review of Asher's background, saying previous checks were inadequate. A $1.6 million...