Davis, Ansara Sentenced; Pay $1,345,000 in Restitution

The UCU has now learned that the two last unaccounted for defendants in the Teamsters money-laundering scandal were sentenced in Mar. 2002, at two hush hush court hearings, which that have gone unreported by major daily newspapers. When the UCU previously reported that scandal figure Jere Nash was sentenced on Apr. 9, it incorrectly reported that the two other defendants who pled guilty with Nash, had not yet been sentenced. Both were sentenced some 54 months after they pled guilty on Sept. 18, 1997. The three engaged in a series of schemes which led to the embezzlement of some $885,000 from the Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters and to $538,100 in illegal campaign contributions to the failed 1996 reelection campaign of expelled IBT president Ron Carey.

First, Washington, D.C., political consultant Martin Davis, who ran direct mail operations for Carey's campaign, was sentenced by U.S. Dist. Judge Thomas P. Griesa (S.D.N.Y., Nixon) Mar. 22 to a probation term and ordered to pay a $300 fine. He pled guilty to three counts: conspiracy, union embezzlement, and mail fraud. Davis already paid $700,000 in restitution as part of his plea. Second, Griesa sentenced Carlisle, Mass., telemarketer Michael Ansara to a probation term on Mar. 7. Ansara had pled guilty to one count of conspiracy. Although Ansara had already paid $395,000 in restitution as part of his plea, Griesa ordered Ansara at sentencing to pay an extra $250,000. Ansara filed objections to the additional amount, but the court records indicate that the judgment has been paid and the case closed.

The restitution orders were based in part on claims made by IBT president James P. Hoffa's administration that IBT was entitled to $2,635,000 to cover losses incurred as a result of the crimes. That figure included the $885,000 embezzlement amount plus $2.2 million in rerun election costs. Subtracted from the total was $450,000 that IBT received from fidelity-bond claims made over the Carey administration's anti-fiduciary conduct. Also, Nash paid $25,000 in restitution. Plus ex-IBT political director William Hamilton, who pled not guilty and was convicted on related charges, was order to pay $100,000 in restitution. He was the only scandal figure sentenced to prison (three years). Still, the IBT was not made fully whole. But IBT has a pending amended civil suit seeking the remaining sums. [BNA 4/30/02]

that woud be Michael Ansera ..... head of Harvard's Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) ...... remember Port Huron ?

former husband of Barbara Merrill (Merrill-Lynch) ..... and current telemarketer fot the DNC

Mary Jo White's Tenure in the Southern District of New York ~ Capital Research Center

. Drip..Drip ....Drip....

~ 10 Unions give DNC $5 Million

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National Legal and Policy Center -- Organized Labor Accountability Project UNION CORRUPTION UPDATE June 5, 2000 -- Vol. 3, Issue 12

ELECTIONS & POLITICS
10 Unions Give DNC $5 Million
At Terry McAuliffe's $26 million soft money fundraiser for the Democrat Nat'l Committee on May 24, ten unions each "contributed" $500,000 of union members dues. The event, a National Tribute to President Clinton, was largest political fundraiser ever. The ten unions McAuliffe hooked were:

1) Am. Fed'n of State, County & Mun. Employees,
2) Am. Fed'n of Teachers,
3) Communications Workers of Am.,
4) Int'l Ass'n of Machinists
5) Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers,
6) Int'l Union of Painters,
7) Nat'l Education Ass'n,
8) Service Employees Int'l Union,
9) Sheet Metal Workers Int'l Ass'n,
10) United Food & Commercial Workers Int'l Union. [Wash. Post 5/24]

Reportedly, it was as a favor to AFL-CIO boss John J. Sweeney that McAuliffe chaired the event. Sweeney had become so unhappy with DNC leaders that he threatened to stop affiliated unions from donating to the party unless McAuliffe took over. McAuliffe was unwilling to take the full-time job, but agreed to lead the "drive for dollars." [Time 6/5/00]

QUOTABLE QUOTE
"Let me explain [why Al Gore got the AFL-CIO endorsement]... It's real simple. The unions need the Justice Department intact, with Al Gore running it. Because it has become the Obstruction of Justice Department. There are a bunch of trials involving union officials and corruption that have been put off or dismissed...because the corrupt Justice Department...

[W]hat did Al Gore have to do to get this endorsement? Real simple: He had to promise John Sweeney that the Justice Department under his administration would no longer pursue any of these charges against corrupt union officials, like Arthur Coia, Terry McAuliffe -- the Clinton's home financier and other things... If somebody else gets hold of that Justice Department -- especially a Republican administration -- then all these cases are likely to be tried and a lot of people are going to be found guilty...

[I]t's all about making sure these union guys don't get convicted of anything...and Gore had to promise that the Justice Department would remain business-as-usual under his leadership... And that's why people are selling their souls, because [they have] about been caught, the Justice Department has prevented them from being nailed, and they think a Gore Justice Department will continue that business-as-usual."

- Radio Legend Rush Limbaugh, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Oct. 13, 1999, 12:09 EST.

More "Hubble" Hush $$$:

PROBER: DEMS PAID CON ‘HUSH MONEY'

August 17, 2000Inside Politics

Greg Pierce

News and political dispatches from around the nation.

No embarrassment

A sure sign that Al Gore feels no embarrassment over the 1996 fund-raising scandals: Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, was among the scheduled speakers at the party convention Tuesday.
"He played a key role in the Teamster money laundering scandal, and faces possible indictment," notes Peter Flaherty of the National Legal and Policy Center.

SDSer Jerry McEntee to Address DNC Convention ~ Union Soft $$$

AFL-CIO's RICH TRUMPKA Under Federal Investigation

Old Labor tries to establish a role in the New Economy

Big Labor and Its Global Socialist Agenda

The Washington ComPost:

Democrats Drop Fund-Raising Firm

The DNC fires a telemarketing firm with ties to a convicted felon ~ Harvard SDS head Michael Ansera

Background:

Labor Pains ~ Free Republic & Labor Pains ~ Boston Phoenix

Global Crossing: Labor's Questionable Windfall

Federal Officials Probe Stock Offer To Union Chiefs by Global Crossing ~ WSJ.

Ex-Governor to Look Into Union Stock Deal [AFL-CIO / Global Crossing]

A Link To Global Crossing, Terry McAuliffe and AFL-CIO

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