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USA v. FERRIERO

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Case Number:

2:13-cr-00592

Court:

New Jersey

Nature of Suit:

  1. April 07, 2015

    Feds Make Last Push In NJ Democratic Boss' Corruption Trial

    The government on Tuesday urged jurors to find former New Jersey Democratic power broker Joseph Ferriero guilty on a five-count racketeering indictment and reject claims that he was acting as a legitimate businessman when he profited off government contracts and the Xanadu project in the Meadowlands.

  2. April 02, 2015

    Ex-NJ Party Boss Declines To Testify In Corruption Trial

    Former New Jersey Democratic power broker Joseph Ferriero on Thursday declined to take the stand in his racketeering trial over allegations that he abused his political position to secretly profit from government contracts and extort $1.7 million from a Meadowlands developer.

  3. April 01, 2015

    Prosecution Goes After Software Developer In Ferriero Trial

    The government on Wednesday grilled a software developer who they say funneled kickbacks to former New Jersey Democratic powerbroker Joseph Ferriero in a bid to show the allegedly secret arrangement hinged on Ferriero's political position and clout.

  4. March 31, 2015

    Software Developer Denies Kickbacks To Ex-NJ Party Boss

    A software developer testified Tuesday in the racketeering trial of former New Jersey Democratic power broker Joseph Ferriero that he didn't think he was arranging to pay kickbacks to the politically connected attorney for his assistance in securing municipal business.

  5. March 13, 2015

    Xanadu Atty Won't Cry Extortion In Ex-NJ Party Boss's Trial

    A prominent attorney testified Friday in the racketeering trial of former New Jersey Democratic power broker Joseph Ferriero that he didn't think $1.7 million in payments that his firm facilitated from Xanadu developer The Mills Corp. to a company owned by Ferriero and his onetime law partners represented extortion money.

  6. March 12, 2015

    Xanadu Atty Recalls 'Threat' In Ex-NJ Power Broker's Trial

    A prominent attorney who represented the developer of the infamous Xanadu project told jurors during the racketeering trial of former New Jersey Democratic power broker Joseph Ferriero on Thursday that Ferriero and his then-law partners essentially threatened to aid "scorched earth" tactics against his client.

  7. March 11, 2015

    Ex-NJ Power Broker Tries To Fend Off $1.7M Extortion Claim

    Counsel for former New Jersey Democratic power broker Joseph Ferriero on Wednesday tried to paint a developer from which his client allegedly extorted $1.7 million as a savvy operator who didn't shy away from business dealings with politicians and contributed heavily to Democrats and Republicans.

  8. February 27, 2015

    Ex-NJ Power Broker Can't Kill Surprise Testimony In Trial

    Former New Jersey Democratic power broker Joseph A. Ferriero on Friday failed to nix damaging, surprise testimony in his bribery and racketeering trial from a onetime mayor who said the attorney pressured him to raise political funds as contrition for seeking a legislative seat without his permission.

  9. February 26, 2015

    Feds Blast Ex-NJ Democratic Leader For Greed As Trial Opens

    Prosecutors opened the racketeering trial of a former New Jersey Democratic powerbroker on Thursday by accusing the attorney of leveraging his political clout to illicitly profit from government contracts and extort $1.7 million from a developer of the unfinished Xanadu project at the Meadowlands.

  10. February 20, 2015

    US Atty Won't Be Disqualified From Ferriero Racketeering Suit

    Joseph Ferriero, the former New Jersey Democratic powerbroker facing racketeering changes, lost a bid to disqualify the local U.S. attorney's office, when a judge rejected his contention that the government attorney was too cozy with a witness, according to an opinion issued Friday in New Jersey federal court.

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