Thread: Former campaign workers for Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo charged with fraud

Former campaign workers for Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo charged with fraud

Betty Julien, Elbin Lopez and Luis Vargas quietly arrested Tuesday night for forging Derek Jeter (Jr.) and Kate Moss' name on reelection petitions

BY DENIS SLATTERY
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, March 26, 2014,

SIEGEL. JEFFERSON

Council Member Maria Del Carmen Arroyo said her only crime was trusting too much.

Three former campaign workers for Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo were officially charged with fraud Wednesday.
Betty Julien, Elbin Lopez and Luis Vargas were quietly arrested Tuesday night — eight months after being accused by the elected official of forging signatures for her reelection petitions.
The trio of hired staffers were fingered by the Councilwoman after volunteers for her primary challenger, Julio Pabon, noticed names such as Derek Jeter Jr. and Kate Moss on the rolls.
“I thought this was all behind me,” said Lopez, 49, looking dazed as he left the courtroom.

Arroyo, who went on to win both the primary and general elections, was nearly booted from the ballot for lack of legitimate signatures.

A staggering 81% of the 3,339 signatures filed by the campaign were deemed invalid.

After accusations of fraud were filed against Arroyo by a lawyer for Pabon’s campaign, the councilwoman claimed she and her mother, Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo, were the first to notice page after page of forgeries in the petitions.

“We have concluded that they falsified these documents,” Arroyo said during a Board of Elections hearing in July. The Councilwoman added that the only thing she thought she was guilty of was “trusting people too much.”

Lopez testified before the Board of Elections that he was paid $1 per signature and that he reported directly to Arroyo’s nephew.
Model Kate Moss was among the forged names on reelection petitions by campaign workers hired by Councilwoman Arroyo.

August of 2013, Supreme Court Justice John Carter said Arroyo’s “wholesale failure to supervise the petition-gathering process” was “clearly negligent and troubling,” yet allowed the incumbent to remain on the ballot.

“From the very onset I believed the actions of the individuals involved were unacceptable and that they had violated the law,” Arroyo said in a statement after the arraignments Wednesday. “I look forward to seeing this case through to its conclusion.”
Julien, Lopez, and Vargas face up to seven years behind bars if convicted for a slew of charges including falsifying business records, forgery, and offering a false instrument for filing.
All three defendants were released by Bronx Criminal Court Judge Carol Sharpe and are due back in court May 28.

http://www.bizpacreview.com/2014/03/...forgery-109121

Three campaign workers for Democrat New York City Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo were arrested Tuesday and charged with Arroyo business records, forgery and offering a false instrument for filing, the New York Daily News reported.

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Just another day in the life of the Latino Corrupt Culture Club.

We have multiple winners here:

Democrat
New York City
Arroyo
forgery
false instrument


Everywhere you find Latinos in a political power majority, you find Spanish surnames, forgery, voter fraud, and widespread, deeply rooted corruption. And its in BOTH parties.

Imagine what it will be like ten years from now if Obama and his slut John Boehner have their way with forcing amnesty on the entire nation ..