Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Woman charged with hiding Birdsall's political contributions as personal contributions, a violation of Pay-to-Play laws
A Bradley Beach woman is the second employee of Birdsall Engineering to plead guilty to a scheme that skirted the state's Pay-to-Play Act, officials said. The woman disguised illegal corporate political contributions as personal contributions of employees of the firm, a large Monmouth County-based engineering firm that in the past has held contracts for Belmar, Toms River and elsewhere, according to state Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa's office. The scheme allegedly allowed the firm to fraudulently avoid the restrictions of New Jersey’s Pay-to-Play Act, said the state attorney general in a news release today. Eileen Kufahl, 48, of Bradley Beach, pleaded guilty Feb. 12 to making prohibited corporation contributions through employees, a …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Executive charged with disguising illegal corporate political contributions as person contributions of employees of the firm
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Philip Angarone, the former director of marketing for Birdsall Services Group, a large Monmouth-based engineering firm, pleaded guilty Nov. 30 for his role in a scheme in which the firm fraudulently avoided the restrictions of New Jersey’s Pay-to-Play Act by disguising illegal corporate political contributions as personal contributions of employees of the firm, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa said. Angarone, 40, of Hamilton (Mercer County), pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge Wendel E. Daniels in Ocean County to an accusation charging him with third-degree tampering with public records or information and fourth-degree prohibited corporation contributions through employees. Under his plea agreement, the state will recommend that …
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Brick, Toms River, Lacey, Ocean County also served in grand jury inquiry
Point Pleasant Beach is among the towns served with a subpeona in the ongoing investigation into Birsdall Services Group, a Monmouth County-based engineering and consulting firm that has been under investigation by the state. On Tuesday, Point Beach Business Administrator Chris Riehl confirmed that Birdsall had done work for the town and that the town was served with a subpeona last Wednesday. The town has until Sept. 6 to submit all subpeoned documents. "We have contracted with them since 2006," Riehl said, when asked when the town did business with Birdsall. "Their projects included Sea Coast Oil remediation project, dredging of Lake Louise, and sealing of potable water wells." The Sea Coast site is at 315 Cooks Lane, across from the …
Paul Draper
7:07 am on Monday, April 29, 2013
Seems to me a major component of this story is missing! For each and every player in this display of greed, someone received a "quid pro quot", their names should be there and they should be immediately removed from their positions of trust! Wonder how much this known "Greed Crime" has cost the Wall Township taxpayers and how much more is to be discovered? Are they not equally guilty? Why are … more ›