Tales Of The New Crown: Will Valerie Caproni Heed Her Own Message On Public Corruption Sent To Sheldon Silver?

Judge Valerie Caproni sent a powerful message to New York office holders on public corruption, but, will she heed her own wisdom, considering the fact that she was mean to my Sweetie?

I doubt it.

#maytheheavensfall

Ex-New York assembly speaker Sheldon Silver sentenced to 6 1/2 years

Sheldon Silver 

"This was corruption pure and simple,” the judge said while sentencing the man who was once one of the three most powerful state officials.

NEW YORK — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced Monday to 6 1/2 years in prison in the corruption case that drove him from power as a judge said she hoped to “send a message to Albany.”

U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni sentenced Silver, 76, for the third time, acknowledging that a man who was once one of the three most powerful state officials came closer than ever before to properly expressing remorse.

But she said it remained unclear as to whether “he really gets it,” and she shaved only six months off the seven-year prison sentence she announced in 2018, ignoring claims by Silver’s defense lawyer that he could die if he contracts COVID-19 in prison. She also fined him $1 million.

“This was corruption pure and simple,” Caproni said.

"But, everyone was doing it."

She said she hoped the sentence was “long enough to send a message to Albany,” though she added that the 17 to 22 years in prison called for by federal sentencing guidelines was “draconian.” Caproni said Silver must report to prison Aug. 26.

She described how Silver had changed his statements to her at each sentencing, going from an insistence that he did no harm at his first to a “self-pitying” approach at the second and finally to acknowledging his wrongful conduct this year.

Before Caproni announced the sentence, Silver stood and repeated parts of a handwritten letter he had written to the judge, though not the part in which he told her to spare him a sentence that might cause him to die in prison.

He said he had done a lot of good things over the decades as his power grew in state government, where he spent 21 years as Assembly speaker.

“I destroyed that legacy that I built over 35 years,” he said, blaming his downfall on “improper, selfish and ethically indefensible” behavior that grew from a sense of entitlement.

Last week, Caproni denied Silver’s request to be sentenced remotely because of the coronavirus. Masked spectators were kept apart in a large courtroom which they entered only after undergoing a temperature check and answering COVID-related questions at the courthouse entrance.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Richenthal urged Caproni to impose the same seven-year sentence she levied for bribery and extortion crimes before a federal appeals court ordered a new sentencing after tossing out three counts.

Silver was ousted as speaker in 2015 and convicted later that year, but appeals have so far kept him out of jail. His original conviction was overturned on appeal but Silver was convicted again in 2018.

In court papers, Silver’s lawyers had asked for leniency, saying Silver was an obese man in his 70s with a history of cancer, chronic kidney disease and other health problems that make him among those most at risk of dying from COVID-19.

Caproni, though, said the death rate of the population outside prison was approaching the death rate inside and it seemed that prisons were improving at adjusting to the threat of the illness.

“I do not want Mr. Silver to die in prison either,” she said.

In the part of the case that survived the appeal process, Silver was convicted in a scheme that involved favors and business traded between two real estate developers and a law firm. Silver supported legislation that benefited the developers. The developers then referred certain tax business to a law firm that paid Silver fees

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Trump speaks at Young Black Leadership Summit 2019 - The Defrauding Begins

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Michigan Corruption Risk Report Card: "F"

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Ruth Pollack, Esq. Testimony New York Senate Judiciary Committee

This is so true.  Judges and public officials should disclose all affiliations with banks, insurance companies, pension investments and any other personal business relationship.

New York Federal Courts accused of complete destruction of records, evidence and extensive tampering of ECF Docket

Yes, this happens all too often.

I, too, have been privileged to a Federal Court Docket being wiped clean, fake court cases, prosecution without charges, false court records, not being allowed to confront my accusers, not being allowed to cross examine, not being allowed to speak in court, hell, 90% of the case files have been removed from the clerk's office.

Then, there are no attorneys who are willing to take on court corruption cases in fear of being disbarred and the average person could not afford the basic filing fees.

Package all this up with the fact that individuals have little to no chance in a court representing themselves and you have the makings of a broken justice system.

No one will do anything about it except for a few brave souls.  Welcome to my mission.

NY. Federal Courts accused of complete destruction of records, evidence and extensive tampering of ECF Docket

by governmentrico on June 24, 2011

THE AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM IS BROKEN

In a landmark case and petition to the Highest Court in America – a question is asked . . .

What happens to a country when the Courts and Judges become corrupt and ignore the law?

What happens when leading scholars refer to Circuit Court decisions as “Shenanigans”?

What happens to a country when its citizens can no longer trust or take recourse with the Courts?

What happens when Justice becomes an illusion and the Courts and Judges are destroying records and tampering with evidence?

Below are excerpts from a PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI to the SUPREME COURT showing how broken the system is.

Petitioners believe that the extreme nature of the documentary evidence provided in the Appendix herein provides a casebook study, if not a microcosm of the ongoing destruction of the fabric of this nation’s judicial system as the final arbiter of the rights of the citizenry and all those who come to the courts for preservation of its most sacred constitutional rights. We believe that the malfeasance in this case is by no means isolated. We surmise that it is the worst example of the total deprivation of due process seen in the history of American courts.

Petitioners and their counsel promptly reported the docket tampering and file destruction in writing, certified mail to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the Chief Clerks of the Eastern District of New York and Second Circuit, the magistrate and judge assigned to the case, all defendants and defense counsel, the Nassau County District Attorney, the New York State Comptroller and Attorney General, and the New York State and federal Grievance Committees, the New York State Judiciary Committee, the FBI, the United States Senate and House Judiciary Committees, PACER, Inc., the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and the United States Office of Court Records (OCR), for mandated action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1734 and 1735, to no avail.

In late 1776, New York attorney John Jay reminded the people of New York that “you and all men are created free, and . . . it is therefore . . . the duty of every man, to oppose and repel all those, by whatever name or title distinguished, who prostitute the powers of Government to destroy the happiness and freedom of the people over whom they may be appointed to rule.” Hershkowitz and Klein, ed., Courts and Law in Early New York, Selected Essays 100 (National University Publications, KenniKat Press 1978).

Justice Scalia recently reminded us that “the principal purpose of this Court’s jurisdiction is to clarify the law.” Caperton v. Massey Coal Co., Inc., 556 U.S. 1, 17, 129 S. Ct. 2252, 2274 (2009). This Court’s central mission has always been to preserve the integrity of the judicial system and society’s reliance on the system.

APPARENTLY THE SUPREME COURT NEEDS TO TAKE MORE CASES OR PROVIDE MORE OVERSIGHT AND/OR CONSEQUENCES AS THE INTEGRITY OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND SOCIETY’S TRUST IN THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN LOST

Ask any American who has been to Court lately.

You’re better off going to Vegas than taking a chance on actually getting Justice in the Courts

ALSO SEE www.exposecorruptcourts.com

If you agree the American Judicial system is broken, please write in. 

Ruth Pollack SCOTUS Petition for Certiorari on 2nd Circuit Court Fraud

ACFE Does Not Recognize Child Welfare Fraud As Fraud

Recently, I received this email from American Certified Fraud Examiners

Dear Ms. Tran:

Would you like to co-author a book on bribery and corruption with me?


As your founder and chairman, I’ve published 20 books and nearly two hundred articles on fraud. Many of them have won awards. The last four books have been compilations of actual cases worked by ACFE members. The first piece was called Fraud Casebook: Lessons from the Bad Side of Business; the second was Computer Fraud Casebook: The Bytes that Bite; the third was Internet Fraud Casebook: The World Wide Web of Deceit; and the most recent was Financial Statement Fraud: Baking the Ledgers and Cooking the Books. They have generated significant royalties for the ACFE Foundation, a non-profit that provides scholarships for our budding fraud examiners.


We are now conceiving a fifth book of case studies, this time on bribery and corruption. Whether it will be submitted to our publisher, John Wiley & Sons, will depend entirely on the submissions we receive from people like you. So if you are interested, please read on.


What is required is an actual, completed case of bribery, corruption or kickbacks where you personally assisted in the investigation. You will be required to write the case study in a minimum of 3,500 and a maximum of 5,000 words. Your manuscript must be written in a prescribed format that we will furnish to you later. To avoid liability issues, you may not use real names of people or companies in your narrative.


The purpose of this book is to educate our members and the public on how bribery and corruption schemes work, how they are investigated and how they are prevented. We estimate that the final book will consist of about fifty cases. All royalties will be donated to the ACFE Foundation, a non-profit that provides college scholarships to the next generation of fraud-fighters. So there is no money in it for you (or me, for that matter), but you will receive ten free copies and be listed as a co-author. This can be a tremendous boost to your budding career as a writer and can do wonders for your résumé.


In order for your case to be considered for publication, corruption must have been a significant part of the scheme. Examples include:

• Kickbacks to employees from vendors
• Government officials accepting bribes
• Bankers soliciting an under-the-table fee for granting a loan
• Other corruption schemes, such as conflicts of interest

If you would like to impart your experience and lessons learned with your fellow anti-fraud professionals and the public, please share your story with us.

To apply, please click here and fill out the questionnaire by April 29, 2011. After reviewing submissions, I alone will select the final cases. Each story should maintain an element of human interest and be comprehensible to a general audience. Publishing a book such as this is a long and detailed process, but our ACFE editors will help you along the way. We hope by the fourth quarter of this year that the manuscript can be completed and the book published in the first quarter of 2012, if not before. The project manager at the ACFE will be Ms. Laura Hymes, whose e-mail address is lhymes@ACFE.com. All questions should be directed to her.

Thank you for your attention.

Sincerely,

  

Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA
Founder and Chairman
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

After laughing my ass off because a private organization has constructed a scheme to substantially profit off the work of its members without offering any financial compensation, I though I would have another good jolly by responding:

Interesting. Are you prepared to address child welfare fraud?

They actually responded.

Dear Ms. Tran,

Thank you for your response. Unfortunately at this time we are only considering cases that directly involve corruption.

All the best,

----------------

Laura Hymes

Research Editor

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

World Headquarters - The Gregor Building

716 West Avenue - Austin, TX 78701

512-276-8120 (phone and fax)

www.acfe.com

I thought I would assist the responder preserve my name in her mind with this final retort:

The immediacy of your presumption demonstrates a woefully lack of sophistication in the subject matter of deontological ethics, more readily recognized as "corruption".


I have publicly shared your position on child welfare fraud.

That's right, the American Certified Fraud Examiners do not believe there is fraud and corruption in child welfare,

So, the moral of the story goes.... child abuse propaganda is not exclusive to contractual arms of the state!  Private organizations allow child welfare fraud to flourish, also.

Wake Up Harvard and Expand Your Dataverse

Institutional corruption should be examined much further than financial interests, alone. Institutional corruption desperately needs to be investigated from the perspective of its research publications and databases.

It seems Harvard is attempting to participate in the emerging field of child welfare with a neotenous authority in its approach to the MCH Data Connect Dataverse. Research methodologies in child welfare have demonstrated itself to be suspect in the lack of inclusion, or even the acknowledgment, of systemic fraud, waste and abuse, well documented by the States and U.S. DHHS OIG audits. Until efforts are taken to analyze child welfare policies through the lenses of economics and law, Harvard, including the inferior child welfare research activites of the National Academy of Sciences, will continue to perpetuate the institutional corruption of biased research publications, funded by the corrupt policies of lobbying institutions.

The audits may be laughable, but you have to understand, they are conducted through sampling methods, only providing a snapshot of what is going on as a way of triggering either full scale investigations or"suggesting" internal improvements. Also, the tools operationalized to conduct these audits were developed under the guidelines of GAAP and/or GAGAS, so, as to the ability to provide a clearer picture into what is actually going on in a public system, little is to be expected. Couple this with a lack of resources and abilities to properly conduct a full scale public investigation, you are only left with a public Kodak moment.

This is why we have the qui tam, the people's audit. Let's dust it off and use it for what it was designed to do.