March 21 2013
From: The Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer
Organizations
Contact: Susan Kniep, President
Website: http://ctact.org/
Email: fctopresident@aol.com
Telephone: 860-841-8032
Donovan Scandal Updates
Man to plead guilty to fed charges
The AdvocateMichael
P. Mayko Published 8:20 pm, Wednesday, March 20,
2013 NEW HAVEN -- Daniel Monteiro was told if his name appeared on
a check, it would "help him if he needed anything down the
line." At least, that's what the
FBI recorded during its investigation of "roll-your-own" smoke store
owners using money in an attempt to kill legislation last year that would have
taxed and licensed their businesses. On
Wednesday, Monteiro, a 33-year-old University of Connecticut graduate and co-owner
of Villwell Builders in Wolcott, admitted to U.S.
District Judge Janet Bond Arterton that he put his name on a
$2,500 check to help bankroll the congressional campaign of former state
Speaker of the House Chris Donovan.
Continue reading at
.. http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/Man-to-plead-guilty-to-fed-charges-4371550.php
Prosecutors seek new target in Donovan probe Danbury News Times
- 1 hour ago Michael P. Mayko Published 9:26 pm, Tuesday, March
19, 2013 NEW HAVEN --
.. Assistant
U.S. Attorney Christopher Mattei wants David Moffa of Middlebury, a 57-year-old retired
corrections officer and a former state union president, to serve two years in
prison for his role in a conspiracy "designed to subvert democratic
institutions in the state." Moffa, who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge by
allowing his wife's name to be placed on a $2,500 check funded by others, will
be the first person U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton sentences in this case.
Continue reading at
.. http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Prosecutors-seek-new-target-in-Donovan-probe-4368355.php
Jon Lender: Former Donovan Aide, Mentioned In Feds' Probe,
Lands $106,478 Job With Nappier
Jon Lender Government Watch 8:01 p.m.
EDT, March 16, 2013 Last year, Laura Jordan, the $150,000-a-year legal counsel
to then-Speaker Christopher Donovan
in the House Democrats' office at the Capitol, found herself in the middle of a
federal grand jury investigation. Continue reading at
.. http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-lender-column-govwatch-0317-20130316,0,4580578.column
Subpoenas Show Federal Probe At State Capitol Is Expanding March 16, 2013|By EDMUND H. MAHONY and JON LENDER, Mahony@courant.com, The Hartford Courant A
federal bribery and conspiracy investigation that grew out of efforts to kill a
tobacco tax at the state legislature has widened in recent months to include
how the state appropriated tens of millions of dollars through bonding.The direction of the investigation is apparent in
the language of subpoenas served by federal prosecutors in October and November
of 2012 on employees of the state General Assembly. The subpoenas were obtained
by The Courant Friday through a freedom of information request
.. The
investigation became public last year when a half-dozen or so owners and
employees of the tobacco businesses were charged with trying to kill the tax
legislation by arranging to direct fraudulent campaign contributions to the
congressional campaign for then-state House Speaker Christopher Donovan.Continue reading at
.. http://articles.courant.com/2013-03-16/news/hc-speaker-investigate-0316-20130315_1_subpoenas-tobacco-tax-chris-donovan
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