GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (AFSCME)
The on-going corruption probes into the Am. Fed. of State, County &
Municipal Employees’ Dist. Council 37 in N.Y. City had several new developments:
$2 Million Stock Scam Tied to DC37
Michele Caridi, whose family owns the Friar Tuck, a Catskills resort,
and her husband, Edward “Biff” Halloran, who disappeared in Oct., were
charged Dec. 18 by Manhattan Dist. Atty. Robert M. Morgenthau with stealing
$2 million in a phony stock scam. Halloran, who has alleged Genovese crime-family
ties, was convicted of racketeering in 1987. DC37 bosses have held many
lavish conferences at Caridi’s resort, and Morgenthau is allegedly investigating
an possible kickback scheme between DC37 and the resort. One 700-guest
conference held by ousted DC37 boss Charles Hughes in 1997 cost his local
$1.2 million or about $1,600 per person for a 5-day junket. [N.Y. Post
12/21/98]
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