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USA v. Seabrook et al

  1. August 13, 2018

    Ex-Union Boss Like 'Con Man' Cooperator, Bribery Jury Hears

    Counsel for Norman Seabrook, the former labor boss accused of steering $20 million of union capital to a now-bankrupt hedge fund for a $60,000 bribe, told a Manhattan jury Monday that a key government witness is a "con man" who can't be trusted, but a prosecutor said both men are "cut from the same cloth."

  2. August 09, 2018

    'Man-Purse And Some TLC' Sweetened $60K Bribe, Jury Told

    A key prosecution witness in the $20 million cash-for-investment bribery case against former union boss Norman Seabrook told a Manhattan jury Thursday that a designer man-purse and some friendly treatment soothed the defendant when he learned of his less-than-expected $60,000 alleged payout.

  3. August 08, 2018

    Bribery Trial Judge Asks How $60K Cash Fits In 'Man-Purse'

    The Manhattan federal judge overseeing the bribery trial of former union boss Norman Seabrook was curious Wednesday about the $60,000 allegedly paid to Seabrook in exchange for a hedge fund investment, pressing a key witness on how that much cash could have been stuffed in a small-sized "man-purse."

  4. August 07, 2018

    Cooperator Tells Jury He Paid Off Ex-Union Boss As A Favor

    A real estate developer-turned-government-cooperator told a Manhattan jury Tuesday that he carried a $60,000 cash bribe to former union president Norman Seabrook on behalf of hedge fund owner Murray Huberfeld because he thought both men were "powerful" and he wanted them each to owe him a favor.

  5. August 02, 2018

    Platinum Demise Front And Center At Ex-Union Boss' Retrial

    Federal prosecutors asked a Manhattan jury Thursday to tie former labor boss Norman Seabrook's alleged corruption to $19 million of investment losses his union later sustained when Platinum Partners, the hedge fund Seabrook allegedly favored in exchange for a $60,000 bribe in 2014, went bankrupt.

  6. July 17, 2018

    Seabrook Bribe Case Pared, But Gov't Gets Win On Evidence

    A Manhattan federal judge cut the hedge fund bribery case against Norman Seabrook down to its original size Tuesday, calling a new fraud count "multiplicitous," but also held that prosecutors can try to convince a jury that the labor boss' alleged lawbreaking was tied to his former union's investment losses.

  7. May 25, 2018

    Ex-Platinum Boss Avoids Kickbacks Retrial With Guilty Plea

    Platinum Partners co-founder Murray Huberfeld told a Manhattan federal judge Friday he knew a $60,000 invoice he billed his now-bankrupt hedge fund for basketball tickets was fake, copping to a conspiracy count and avoiding a retrial on charges of scheming to pay kickbacks to lure a $20 million investment from a union pension fund.

  8. May 24, 2018

    Feds Don't Want Star Witness Sideshow In Union Graft Retrial

    Federal prosecutors on Wednesday challenged an attempt by Platinum Partners LP co-founder Murray Huberfeld to discredit their star witness with allegedly incriminating evidence ahead of Huberfeld's graft retrial alongside a labor boss, telling a New York federal judge the proffered evidence would send jurors down a rabbit hole of irrelevant information.

  9. May 18, 2018

    Feds Double Down On Union Boss' Graft Retrial

    Manhattan federal prosecutors on Thursday beefed up their case against New York City labor boss Norman Seabrook with a new fraud charge, ahead of a coming retrial over accusations that he took bribes from Platinum Partners in exchange for his union's investment in the hedge fund.

  10. April 19, 2018

    Feds Want Graft Retrial Jury To Hear Of Platinum's Downfall

    Manhattan federal prosecutors Thursday signaled that they intend to chart a new course in the graft retrial of Platinum Partners LP co-founder Murray Huberfeld and New York City labor leader Norman Seabrook, by informing jurors of the aftermath of the scheme when the hedge fund imploded.

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