Bonanno associate pleads guilty to obstruction of justice.

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April 12, 2017:
Secret Partner At One World Trade Center Construction Firm Pleads Guilty To Obstruction Of Justice And Making A False Tax Return
Business Partner with Ties to the Bonanno Organized Crime Family Admits to Conspiring to Alter Records Subpoenaed by the Grand Jury and Evading Taxes
Earlier today, Vincent Vertuccio, who has maintained a long affiliation with the Bonanno organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to conspiring to alter records for use in a grand jury investigation and to making and subscribing a false tax return. The plea was entered before United States District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano. Pursuant to Vertuccio’s plea agreement with the government, Vertuccio agreed to pay over $1 million in restitution as part of the sentence imposed by the Court.
According to court filings and facts presented during the plea proceeding, Vertuccio was under investigation by a grand jury in the Eastern District of New York for conspiring to defraud the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in connection with the One World Trade Center project located in lower Manhattan, as well as related money laundering and tax crimes. As uncovered through the grand jury investigation, Vertuccio had hidden his control of Crimson Construction Corporation (Crimson) during the bidding process for the One World Trade Center project in light of his ties to organized crime and so as to hide taxable income that he received through Crimson. As part of the investigation, the grand jury issued a subpoena in March 2013 to a Manhattan jewelry store for records relating to some of Vertuccio’s unreported income, which he received in the form of high-end jewelry. Vertuccio conspired to alter the invoices and sales receipts issued by the Manhattan jewelry store before the store provided the records to the grand jury, thereby concealing some of his taxable income and his role in Crimson. In addition to the obstruction scheme, Vertuccio also admitted to filing a false tax return for calendar year 2011. The investigation revealed that Vertuccio directed that a substantial amount of money from Crimson’s bank accounts be used to pay for his personal expenses, which Vertuccio failed to report as taxable income on his federal personal income tax returns.
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June 19, 2019:
Attorney Sentenced to 18 Months’ Imprisonment for Obstructing Federal Grand Jury Investigation of His Client
Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, John Servider was sentenced by United States District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano to 18 months’ imprisonment and fined $1,000 for obstructing a grand jury investigation in the Eastern District of New York. Specifically, Servider conspired to alter, and did alter, records responsive to a grand jury subpoena by removing the name of his client, Vincent Vertuccio. From 1988 until his conviction at trial in May 2018, Servider had been licensed by the State of New York to practice law.
In March 2013, Servider learned that federal law enforcement agencies were investigating Vertuccio for receiving unreported income – including Rolex watches and other expensive jewelry – from Crimson Corporation, a construction company that he controlled as a silent partner. After a grand jury subpoena was served on a jewelry store, Servider and Vertuccio agreed to alter the store’s receipts and invoices by removing any mention of Vertuccio. As part of the scheme, Servider also instructed Crimson Corporation principals to destroy other evidence relevant to the grand jury investigation.
Vertuccio pleaded guilty in April 2017 to filing a false tax return and conspiracy to obstruct justice. He was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment in October 2018.

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