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| Tweet Topic Started: May 5 2013, 07:09 AM (56 Views) | |
| Guest | May 5 2013, 07:09 AM Post #1 |
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Embattled Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. hasn’t made required financial disclosures for any of his three active political campaign committees in a year-and-a-half. The State Board of Elections has sued Assemblyman Boyland multiple times for his failure to reveal campaign contributions and expenditures resulting in 41 judgments against his three committees and at least $22,586.50 in damages, none of which have been paid. Assemblyman Boyland, who’s currently facing his second set of federal bribery charges in less than a year, has three active campaign committees. He filed financial disclosures for one of his committees in July 2010. No disclosures have been filed on the other two since January 2009. Failure to file required financial disclosures results in lawsuits from the state Board of Elections. Yesterday, The Politicker talked with BOE spokesman John Conklin who confirmed the board has filed multiple lawsuits against Assemblyman Boyland, but he was unable to tell us precisely how many–until now. “We have 41 unpaid judgments against 3 committees totaling $22,586.50 (plus interest which is assessed at the time the judgment is paid). He has not paid any of these judgments,” Mr. Conklin wrote in an email to The Politicker. Tuesday was the most recent deadline for financial disclosures and, as of this writing, Assemblyman Boyland still has not filed, which means he may be subject to another lawsuit. Assemblyman Boyland has not responded to a request for comment on this story. |
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| Guest | May 5 2013, 07:13 AM Post #2 |
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William Boyland. (Photo: Facebook) William Boyland. (Photo: Facebook) Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. just can’t catch a break. Mr. Boyland, who was previously charged with soliciting bribes to pay his legal bills in an unrelated corruption trial, was indicted again last March for wire fraud charges stemming from alleged abuse of per diem requests. And he was just charged yet again today. “Boyland engaged in a scheme to defraud New York State by steering public funds to a Brooklyn based non-profit organization (‘Non-Profit A’) and then directing that a portion of those public funds be used to pay for community events promoting Boyland and on goods such as t-shirts imprinted with the slogan ‘Team Boyland’ which were distributed at those events,” a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office this evening declared. “To conceal this scheme, Boyland allegedly directed members of his staff to instruct vendors involved in the community events to falsely list Non-Profit A, and not Boyland, as the purchaser on invoices for goods purchased for the events,” it continued. “A representative of Non-Profit A then submitted the fraudulent invoices to the New York State Office for the Aging (‘NYSOFA’), which administered the public funds, without disclosing that these invoices were for events and goods promoting Boyland.” If convicted on the new mail fraud conspiracy count, Mr. Boyland, a Democrat, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and restitution. Gannett New York reporter Jon Campbell provided an illustrative graphic. (Photo: Twitter) Gannett New York reporter Jon Campbell provided an illustrative graphic. (Photo: Twitter) These latest charges are the latest in a long string of corruption charges against New York officials. Recently, State Sen. Malcolm Smith, Councilman Dan Halloran and Assemblyman Eric Stevenson were charged in various bribery schemes, for example. And in the past couple years, a wide range of legislators have been convicted of corruption, including Councilman Larry Seabrook, State Sen. Shirley Huntley and State Sen. Carl Kruger. Earlier today, it was further revealed that Ms. Huntley was cooperating with authorities before she pleaded guilty, an act that may have implicated yet more officials in additional schemes, according to prosecutors. Adding to the pile of wrongdoing, two associates of mayoral candidate John Liu–including his one-time campaign treasurer–were found guilty yesterday of helping to orchestrate a straw donor scheme on his behalf. Mr. Liu, the city’s comptroller, has vowed to soldier on and is holding a fund-raiser tonight in Brooklyn. |
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| Tybee | May 5 2013, 09:31 AM Post #3 |
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Never heard of this guy, so I had to look him up. From what I have seen it looks as if he comes from the Kwame Kilpatrick school of politics. Just do whatever the hell you want and pay no attention to anyone, including the authorities. Then when he's indicted and convicted start begging for forgiveness for "errors in judgement". |
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