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| Ex-Lawyer to New Jersey Democrats Pleads Guilty |
| 2009-09-30 |
| (Bloomberg) -- A former counsel to the Bergen County Democratic Organization in New Jersey pleaded guilty two days before he and the party's ex-chairman were scheduled to go on trial on corruption charges. Dennis J. Oury, 59, admitted conspiring with Joseph A. Ferriero, the former chairman, to defraud the borough of Bergenfield, New Jersey, of his honest services. Oury, the former municipal attorney in Bergenfield, implicated Ferriero, saying they hid their interest in a grants-writing firm and tried to influence government officials to secure business. "Did you have an understanding with Joseph Ferriero that neither of you would publicly disclose your involvement" in the firm, Governmental Grants Consulting, or GCC, U.S. District Judge Stanley Chesler asked Oury in federal court in Newark, New Jersey. Oury agreed. Before their indictment in September 2008, Ferriero was one of the most powerful political figures in New Jersey. Ferriero and Oury were indicted by former U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie, the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey for seven years. Christie is running as the Republican candidate to unseat Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine in the November election. Oury, who faces up to 20 years in prison, also admitted failing to file a federal income tax return in 2006. Chesler set sentencing for Jan. 7. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Oury, who faces up to 20 years in prison, also admitted failing to file a federal income tax return in 2006. Taxes are for the |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-09-30 08:16 |