8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (4)
#16137936 at 2022-04-23 18:15:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20411: Rally Day, Hurray, Hurray! Edition
Corrupt ex-NYC judge Sylvia Ash sentenced to 15 months for obstructing justice
A corrupt former Brooklyn judge was sentenced to 15 months in prison Wednesday after being convicted of obstruction of justice charges - a case that "struck at the heart of the criminal justice system," a federal jurist said.
The disgraced Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice, Sylvia Ash, was convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice and other counts at trial last year for attempting to throw off federal investigators who were probing embezzlement at the Municipal Credit Union.
Ash previously served as chair of the Board of Directors of the MCU, a credit union that primarily serves New York City civil servants, such as firefighters, sanitation workers and police officers.
She helped the former CEO of the MCU, Kam Wong, embezzle millions of dollars from the financial institution, in part, by signing a misleading memo that purported to show he was authorized to receive the cash.
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan said it was "as tragic a case as I have seen in almost 28 years" as he handed down the sentence in Manhattan federal court.
Kaplan noted that Ash, who rose from a modest immigrant upbringing, had thrown away her career, her status in the community and her reputation.
Her downfall was a "just consequence of your own dishonest, corrupt and frankly outrageous conduct," the judge said.
"It was not aberrational. It was calculated," Kaplan said of the scheme.
Assistant US Attorney Eli Mark said Ash used her position as a judge in an attempt to get away with her crimes.
"She was a lawyer and a judge and she knew exactly what she was doing. She draped herself in the prestige of her position to get away with her conduct," Mark said at the sentencing hearing.
In brief remarks, Ash acknowledged that she had lived the American dream - but threw it all away by committing her crimes.
"I was blessed with life beyond my imagination," she said. "That is all gone now ... it's been destroyed. I have no one to blame but myself."
US Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement that the sentence "sends a clear message that those who attempt to thwart a federal investigation face serious consequences for that corrosive conduct."
Ash resigned from the bench earlier this month, according to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
https://nypost.com/2022/04/20/ex-nyc-judge-sentenced-to-15-months-for-obstructing-justice/
#16124109 at 2022-04-21 22:57:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20395: Its Still Going Down Edition
>>16123926
There's an opening for a new Judge. Banana Republic situation AGAIN.
"Corrupt ex-NYC judge Sylvia Ash sentenced to 15 months for obstructing justice
April 21, 2022
"A corrupt former Brooklyn judge was sentenced to 15 months in prison Wednesday after being convicted of obstruction of justice charges - a case that "struck at the heart of the criminal justice system," a federal jurist said.
The disgraced Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice, Sylvia Ash, was convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice and other counts at trial last year for attempting to throw off federal investigators who were probing embezzlement at the Municipal Credit Union.
Ash previously served as chair of the Board of Directors of the MCU, a credit union that primarily serves New York City civil servants, such as firefighters, sanitation workers and police officers.
She helped the former CEO of the MCU, Kam Wong, embezzle millions of dollars from the financial institution, in part, by signing a misleading memo that purported to show he was authorized to receive the cash.
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan said it was "as tragic a case as I have seen in almost 28 years" as he handed down the sentence in Manhattan federal court.
Kaplan noted that Ash, who rose from amodest immigrant upbringing, had thrown away her career, her status in the community and her reputation."
"Her downfall was a "just consequence of your own dishonest, corrupt and frankly outrageous conduct," the judge said.
"It was not aberrational. It was calculated," Kaplan said of the scheme.
Assistant US Attorney Eli Mark said Ash used her position as a judge in an attempt to get away with her crimes.
"She was a lawyer and a judge and she knew exactly what she was doing. She draped herself in the prestige of her position to get away with her conduct," Mark said at the sentencing hearing."
"n brief remarks, Ash acknowledged that she had lived the American dream - but threw it all away by committing her crimes.
"I was blessed with life beyond my imagination," she said. "That is all gone now ... it's been destroyed. I have no one to blame but myself."
US Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement that the sentence "sends a clear message that those who attempt to thwart a federal investigation face serious consequences for that corrosive conduct."
Ash resigned from the bench earlier this month, according to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct."
sauce: https://nypost.com/2022/04/20/ex-nyc-judge-sentenced-to-15-months-for-obstructing-justice/
#1347836 at 2018-05-09 13:55:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1690: Pompeo returning with 3 NK hostages edition
New York's Municipal Credit Union CEO blew more than $3.5 million on lottery tickets after swindling institution: Prosecutors
Kam Wong, chief executive officer and president of New York's Municipal Credit Union, was charged with fraud, embezzlement and aggravated identity theft offenses. Wong allegedly took $6 million from the credit union, spending nearly $3.55 million on lottery tickets. He could face up to 30 years in prison for these offenses.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/08/Kam-Wong-credit-union-ceo-charged-with-fraud-spent-cash-on-lottery.html?yptr=yahoo
#1339804 at 2018-05-08 19:51:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1680: Conspiracy? Nothing Happening? Edition
The CEO of New York state's oldest credit union swindled his institution for years out of millions of dollars and blew a whopping $3.55 million on lottery tickets, federal prosecutors charged Tuesday.
Kam Wong is accused of defrauding New York's Municipal Credit Union out of approximately $6 million with a series of scams that included reimbursements for fake dental work and a previously covered long-term disability insurance policy.
Wong was charged Tuesday in Manhattan federal court with fraud, embezzlement and aggravated identity theft offenses, according to Geoffrey Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Berman said Wong used the cash to, among other things, feed his apparent lottery habit, spending $3.55 million on the New York State lottery between July 2013 and January 2018.
During that same time frame, Wong allegedly received and deposited almost $6 million in hand-written checks from the credit union into his account.
From that account, Wong allegedly wrote more than 278 checks, totaling about $3.9 million.
He also is accused of writing checks totaling about $3 million to a convenience store in the Queens, New York, neighborhood of Elmont, and another $272,500 in checks to a convenience store located just a few blocks from his office.
Wong withdrew more than $1.9 million through about 2,592 ATM transactions over that same period, authorities said.
According to a criminal complaint, the convenience store owners said the checks were used to purchase New York State Lottery tickets, and that Wong would sometimes spend hours on weekends purchasing and playing lottery tickets at the Elmont location.
While defrauding and embezzling from the credit union, Wong also allegedly sought money from several sources to purchase lottery tickets.
"As alleged, the CEO and president of New York's oldest credit union abused his position of trust as a guardian of municipal, state, and federal workers' financial accounts to enrich himself," Berman said.
"Kam Wong allegedly stole money from the credit union's earnings that were intended to reward the credit union's members, not line Wong's pockets. I want to thank my Office's Special Agents for their dedicated efforts in this ongoing investigation."
The Municipal Credit Union, a federally insured nonprofit financial institution, is one of the largest credit unions in the country, with 425,000 members.
Its members include municipal, state and federal workers in New York City.
Wong, who was arrested Tuesday morning, was scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge James Cott in Manhattan federal court later the same day.
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/05/08/Kam-Wong-credit-union-ceo-charged-with-fraud-spent-cash-on-lottery.html