TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2014 • 10 Dem. Dist. Leader Obstructed Case Baldeo Guilty Of Interference by Robert Pozarycki Despite being acquitted of federal fraud charges, former Democratic District Leader and perennial candidate Albert Baldeo was convicted Monday, Aug. 11, of interfering with the investigation against him. A jury found the 54-year-old Richmond Hill resident guilty on seven obstruction of justice charges following a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty. Baldeo faces a maximum of 20 years behind bars for each count when he is sentenced in December. The jury found Baldeo not guilty of a scheme to fraudulently obtain $15,000 in funds from the city’s Campaign Finance Bureau (CFB) for his failed 2010 bid for a vacant City Council seat. The CFB denied his request and an investigation followed. According to prosecutors, Baldeo instructed certain straw donors to either refuse to cooperate with investigators or provide them with false information. Upon learning that one of the straw donors refused to lie, law enforcement agents said, Baldeo and an associate used city agencies as a form of harassment. In one instance, Baldeo’s associate—who was not charged in the matter—allegedly phoned in a phony complaint to the Administration for Children’s CITY REVEALS 911 PROBLEMS System Rife With Waste, Mismanagement monitored. These inefficiencies lead to hundreds of millions in waste and years of delays, it was noted. The review outlined several years of cost overruns dating back to 2004, when the ECT was begun and its estimated capital cost was $1.345 billion. Last month the cost was found to have ballooned 73 percent, to $2.326 billion. “As public servants, our first by Noah Zuss The problematic Emergency Communications Transformation Program (ECT), meant to modernize and consolidate the 911 system, is flawed, according to reviews by the city comptroller and Department Of Investigation (DOI), it was announced last Wednesday, Aug. 6. Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed the brakes on the ECT program in May and ordered a comprehensive 60-day review of the entire system. The comptroller and DOI were tapped to complete independent reports. In his audit, City Comptroller Scott Stringer found the ECT to be badly structured, reliant on consultants and ineffectively Services (ACS) accusing the donor of abusing his grandchild. Authorities said Baldeo and the associate also filed false complaints with the city’s Department of Buildings about properties that the straw donor and his wife owned. Reportedly, Baldeo additionally faxed a threatening letter to the donor’s attorney. “The fact that Albert Baldeo lost his election does not excuse his corrupt conduct,” said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara in a press release on -SEE BALDEO ON PG. 28- -SEE SYSTEM ON PG. 28- Rally For Oz. Pk. 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