GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (AFSCME)
New Jersey Bosses Indicted for Kickbacks
A federal indictment unsealed Oct. 20 charges a father and son who
run a local of a Nat'l Union of Healthcare & Hosp. Employees with taking
$200,000 in kickbacks from a contractor hired to renovate the union's headquarters
in Newark. Victor Garcia, president of NUHHE Dist. 1199J and his son, Victor
Garcia, Jr., the assistant executive director of the union's pension fund,
were charged in the Oct. 13 indictment. The local is a part of the Am.
Fed'n of State, County & Municipal Employees The U.S. Atty. for N.J.
Faith S. Hochberg alleges that the two bosses accepted the money from 1994-97,
in exchange for awarding the contractor $5 million in contracts for work
on the building.
To retain the renovation contract, the contractor -- in addition to the kickbacks -- also allegedly gave the bosses jewelry and other gifts and about $25,000 in free improvements to the bosses' residences. Jewelry included watches, rings and earrings. Home repairs included carpeting, mirrors, landscaping, roofing and driveway repaving. Both also allegedly received repairs for their cars paid for by the contractor. [USAO D.N.J., Media Release 10/20/99, N.Y. Times 10/21/99]
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