Jury Convicts (R) Consultant of Stealing Campaign Money From (NYC mayor) Bloomberg

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Source: NY Times

Jury Convicts Consultant of Stealing Campaign Money From Bloomberg

A Republican political consultant was convicted on Friday of stealing money from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg after a trial that lasted nearly a month and at times cast an unflattering spotlight on the mayor’s campaign-spending habits and the murky world of political operations.

Jurors, on their third day of deliberations, found the consultant, John F. Haggerty Jr., guilty of second-degree grand larceny and second-degree money laundering. Although he was acquitted of the most serious charge, first-degree grand larceny, Mr. Haggerty, 42, still faces up to 15 years in prison when Justice Ronald A. Zweibel of State Supreme Court in Manhattan sentences him on Nov. 4.

Mr. Haggerty did not comment as he left the courthouse after the verdict was read. At a hearing later in the day, he was ordered held in $250,000 bail and led from the courtroom in handcuffs.

Justice Zweibel said he was disturbed by information from prosecutors that Mr. Haggerty may have an Irish passport, that he had lied on his United States passport application and that he had a special travel document that was never turned over to prosecutors.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/nyregion/haggerty-convicted-of-stealing-campaign-funds-from-bloomberg.html