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New York court upholds ex-Bloomberg aide's larceny conviction
Source: Reuters
New York court upholds ex-Bloomberg aide's larceny conviction
BY DANIEL WIESSNER
ALBANY N.Y. Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:33pm EDT
(Reuters) - New York state's highest court on Monday upheld the grand larceny conviction of former political consultant John Haggerty for stealing nearly $1 million from the 2009 campaign of then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Haggerty was in charge of organizing an extensive poll-watching operation funded by money that Bloomberg had transferred from a campaign trust to the state Independence Party. Bloomberg ran as the candidate of that party as well as the Republican party.
In 2011 Haggerty was sentenced to up to four years in prison for pocketing most of the money, nearly $1 million, and using it to purchase his childhood home in Queens.
On appeal, Haggerty argued that the trial court erred in allowing testimony by an attorney for the campaign trust intended to prove that the money belonged to Bloomberg. Instead, he said, prosecutors should have been required to submit original documents proving his ownership.
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BY DANIEL WIESSNER
ALBANY N.Y. Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:33pm EDT
(Reuters) - New York state's highest court on Monday upheld the grand larceny conviction of former political consultant John Haggerty for stealing nearly $1 million from the 2009 campaign of then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Haggerty was in charge of organizing an extensive poll-watching operation funded by money that Bloomberg had transferred from a campaign trust to the state Independence Party. Bloomberg ran as the candidate of that party as well as the Republican party.
In 2011 Haggerty was sentenced to up to four years in prison for pocketing most of the money, nearly $1 million, and using it to purchase his childhood home in Queens.
On appeal, Haggerty argued that the trial court erred in allowing testimony by an attorney for the campaign trust intended to prove that the money belonged to Bloomberg. Instead, he said, prosecutors should have been required to submit original documents proving his ownership.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/30/us-new-york-bloomberg-haggerty-idUSKBN0F51WW20140630
