Focus Turns to Administrator John Pierpont's Corrupting of the Police Department

The Village of Pelham Manor Administrator, John Pierpont, is in the hot seat again as the focus of various investigations point to him as the driving force behind rampant corruption in and about the Village of Pelham Manor Police Department.

Pierpont has used millions of taxpayer dollars to advance his own personal agendas and vendettas.

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Judge Not Too Drunk to Tell Cops, "I'll Take Care of This"

  "Come on, I'm a judge.  I'll take care of this.  I'll take care of it.  We don't have to do anything about this," Harrison, New York Town Justice Marc J. Lust reportedly told police after he smashed another car with his Jaguar, drove away, and then refused to take a breath test.

  Apparently, Judge Lust, who is also a partner at a Manhattan law firm, Dopf, P.C., is quite familiar with how New York political insiders are able to "put the fix in" so to "take care" of things.  Speaking of New York "fixes," judge/attorney Lust was "elected" in 2011 in the Westchester Town of Harrison after he appeared on both the Republican and Democratic lines- a classic and sobering election scam that has disgraced New York voters, and the rule of law, for way too long..... READ MORE......

Pelham Corruption Revealed in New York Daily News

An insight into how governmental bullying operates is exposed in today's New York Daily News, "Ex-NYPD cop can't enter portion of his OWN HOME after judge draws line through it in bizarre property dispute with neighbor"

Also, see the video at:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cxbXkzIrxM 

Another Police Cover-Up in Pelham: Weapons and Grenades Missing

Another Police Cover-Up in Pelham: Weapons and Grenades Missing

April 19, 2013

A stock pile of evidence, including military tear gas grenades and an Army shoulder-fired M79 grenade launcher- items formerly safe-guarded by the Pelham Manor police department- are missing.

The incredible allegations were revealed many months ago, but only recently has confirmation of the troubling event been advanced, according to sources familiar with the inquiry.

The allegations involve the Pelham Manor Police Chief, Al Mosiello, and his boss, Village Manager John T. Pierpont.  

Undocumented workers were reportedly employed to clean out the basement of the Pelham Manor Police Department.  Apparently unknown to the undocumented workers, the items included explosive evidence.  At some point, an Army shoulder-fired M79 grenade launcher and a cache of military grade tear gas grenades were moved by the workers to an outside area adjacent to the police station, and from where the items disappeared.

More alarming, however, is the allegation that Mosiello and Pierpont failed to report, as required, the missing firearms and explosives to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (the "ATF").  

The ATF is a federal law enforcement organization within the United States Department of Justice and is charged with investigating and preventing federal offenses involving the unlawful use, trafficking and control of firearms and explosives.  In 2001, the ATF initiated "Project Safe Neighborhoods," an initiative apparently unknown to the top administrators of the Pelham Manor Police Department. 

Inquiries are on-going.........

Pelham Taxpayers Fund Porn Cover-Up

Pelham Taxpayers  Fund Porn Cover-Up

The dramedy-mystery show Desperate Housewives pales with what's going on in zip code 10803....

The salacious side of the Village of Pelham Manor has it all, including porn, good 'ole retaliation, rampant rumors, and the everyday pre-teen stunt of letting the dogs loose on your foe- and so says a federal lawsuit against the VIllage of Pelham Manor and its manager, John Pierpont.

The federal court action has been generating impressive legal fees for over 3 years, but no worry, though, the taxpayers are footing the legal bills for both the village, and personally for the village manager John Pierpont.

And recently, the second highest federal court in America, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, agreed that there's some merit to the case when it sent the case back to the Federal District Court in White Plains for more proceedings.

The allegations contained in the federal lawsuit include the ultimate firing of an employee, a Mr. Pignone, who was apparently seeking to secure a better compensation package for village employees.  But then rumors, alleged to have been started by John Pierpont, circulated saying that the employee was only looking out for himself.  The self-serving stories, of course, angered the other employees, and that's when the "...campaign of harassing conduct..." began in the small suburban village of Pelham Manor government. 

"On one occasion someone within the employ of the Village of Pelham Manor left a pornographic picture on [the former employee's] windshield of two males engaging in oral sex," according to the publicly available March 23, 2010 filed federal action.

Village Manger Pierpont is also accused of intentionally letting his dogs loose when the employee was required to be on Pierpont family property, and despite being asked to confine the canines. 

"On two occasions [the employee] found a fake rat hung in his locker."  

The harassment got so bad at one point, according to the filing, that the employee Pignone was hospitalized at Sound Shore Medical Center in New Rochelle, and needed oxygen.

One retired resident of Pelham Manor was outraged when he heard about the three-year-old lawsuit, saying, "It's the first I've heard of this lawsuit, and it sounds like a cover-up of wasteful spending of my hard-earned tax dollars."

Check back soon for more on this story………..

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FEDERAL LAWSUIT
Christopher Pignone 
v. 
Village of Pelham Manor and John Pierpont, 
as the Administrator of the Village of Pelham Manor 
and in his individual capacity

Special Prosecutor Needed in Pelham Manor Investigation

The Committee on Public Integrity Calls On District Attorney to Appoint Special Prosecutor Over Cop's Injury Investigation - December 20, 2011

Cries of a cover-up have followed the tragic November 15, 2011 serious injury of respected Pelham Manor Police Officer Michael Tillistrand and have left numerous calls on Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore to appoint a Special Prosecutor over the pending investigation. As reported in the November 17, 2011 edition of the Westchester County Journal News, Officer Tillistrand was hit and seriously injured during a routine traffic stop on Boston Post Road in the small village of Pelham Manor. While the accident was widely reported, it took days before The Journal News uncovered that the driver of the vehicle that hit Officer Tillistrand was the daughter of the Village of Pelham Manor Fire Chief, Joseph Ruggiero. The 28-year-old Tillistrand was admitted to Jacobi Hospital with life-threatening head injuries, made tremendous progress, and is currently in Helen Hayes, a Rockland County Rehabilitation facility. The Journal News reported on November 16, 2011, that the Pelham Manor Police had declined to comment "...about the status of the investigation until the chief came in at 10 a.m." Reporter James O'Rourke noted in his story that, "A silver coupe was covered by a tarp, perhaps to preserve evidence as it rained," and that, "A county police accident investigator said at the accident scene that the officer who was struck had been assisting another officer who was writing a citation for the driver of a stopped car." However, details pertaining to driver Jillian Ruggiero's texting-while-driving activity at the time she allegedly drove into Officer Tillistrand have been, it is alleged, kept secret. In addition to the apparent conflict of the Pelham Manor Police investigating the actions of the daughter of the Pelham Manor Fire Chief, there's more. In a bizarre series of events that left administrators at Jacobi Hospital frantic, the Pelham Manor Village Manager, John Pierpont and his wife apparently appeared to visit the injured Tillistrand shortly after he was admitted. It is reported that Mrs. Pierpont, a nurse associated with Sound Shore Hospital in New Rochelle, began reviewing Officer Tillistrand's medical charts. Mr. and Mrs. John Pierpont were allegedly escorted out of the hospital and banned from visiting the critically injured Tillistrand at Jacobi Hospital. The Pelham Manor Village Manager, John Pierpont, is not new to controversy. In an article believed to be from October of 1997, the local Town of Pelham newspaper, The Pelham Weekly, headlined an article, "Pierpont: No Comment On Mount Kisco Case." It was reported that Mr. Pierpont had, "no comment on a Westchester County district attorney's inquiry in a Mount Kisco case," noting that, "Pierpont was village manager in Mount Kisco until two years ago." The focus of the District Attorney's investigation was, "whether a crime was committed regarding computer equipment which was unaccounted for when a recent inventory was taken." The article quoted the Mount Kisco police as saying that, "the items [had been] returned." In the Village of Pelham Manor, the Village Manager is the highest public official.

Press Release: Special Prosecutor Needed In Injured Cop's Investigation

Committee on Public Integrity

Tel:       202-374-3680          

email:  TheCommitteeOnPublicIntegrity@gmail.com        Web: www.CommitteeOnPublicIntegrity.com   
PRESS RELEASE 
For Immediate Release

The Committee on Public Integrity Calls On Westchester District Attorney to Appoint a Special Prosecutor Over Pelham Manor Police Officer Michael Tillistrand’s Accident Investigation.

The Committee on Public Integrity has officially requested that the Westchester County District Attorney appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate the November 15, 2011 accident involving Pelham Manor Police Officer Michael Tillistrand.

The life-threatening injury to the respected Officer Tillistrand has been followed by a series of events that have led to the question of the Pelham Manor Police Department’s conflict of interest as the driver of the automobile that hit the on-duty Tillistrand was driven by the daughter of the longtime Pelham Manor Fire Chief.

Details of additional allegations- including driving-while-texting and interfering with an on-going investigation- can be viewed at www.CommitteeOnPublicIntegrity.com

The Public is asked to provide any additional information to CommitteeOnPublicIntegrity@gmail.com

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Committee on Public Integrity

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email: CommitteeOnPublicIntegrity@gmail.com

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

U.S. Senate Candidate Involved in $250 Million Ponzi Scheme

The Committee on Public Integrity, in a joint investigation withIntegrity in the Courts Finds that Alexi Giannoulias, U. S. Senate Candidate in Illinois, Failed to Reveal That His Family’s Broadway Bank Paid Kick Backs in Mortgage Fraud Deals with Financial Ponzi Scheme Operators

The Senate Candidate Also Failed to Reveal that the Giannoulias Family Bank Paid a Settlement Valued at $6 Million to End the Lawsuit by U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission

As part of its continuing full disclosure by federal candidates program, The Committee on

Public Integrity and Integrity in the Courts has discovered that Alexi Giannoulias, Democratic candidate for US Senate from Illinois has misrepresented the record of Broadway Bank, the Chicago bank owned by his family. The actual facts as revealed in litigation brought by the US Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal that Broadway Bank engaged in fraudulent loans with Wextrust, a finance company. Broadway Bank was subsequently seized by the SEC, and the chief officers of Wextrust are in jail.

During the last debate with Congressman Mark Kirk, Alexi Giannoulias was asked to comment on the activities of Broadway Bank, the main business asset of his family. Giannoulias said, “And let’s be clear, no one has ever suggested that the bank has ever done anything illegal, illicit, or improper. Never." He continued, "I will always tell you the truth. And that's what we need now more than ever. People are sick and tired of Washington, D.C. politics as usual."

Information is now coming to light that shows that Broadway Bank engaged in kick-backs and other lucrative deals with Ponzi scheme operators, who are now in jail.

Beginning in 2006, when Alexi Giannoulias was a loan officer at Broadway, the bank entered into a series of commercial loans in joint ventures with Wextrust Capital, a Chicago based lending company. Wextrust provided so-called “hard money” loans to developers, who could not find standard financing from banks. Hard money loans are provided at very high interest rates, up to 18-20% when the costs of so-called origination and finders fees are added.

Under the deals between Wextrust and Broadway Bank, evidence has been discovered showing that borrowers paid the bank high interest charges (12-14%), and then Broadway Bank kicked back 2-3% of the payments received to Broadway as part of a so-called loan servicing contract.

Also, it’s been established that throughout its years of operation, Wextrust was insolvent, making all of its mortgage deals void and fraudulent. That meant that all the joint mortgage deals marketed byBroadway Bank and Wextrust were illegal, illicit and improper.

Wextrust was seized and placed in control of a federal receiver by the US Securities and Exchange Commission in August 2008 for operating a $250 MM Ponzi scheme. The SEC found that Wextrust operated a massive Ponzi-type scheme from 2004 that raised approximately $255 million from approximately 1,200 investors in the US and other countries. The Receiver confirmed that Wextrust diverted, co-mingled and misappropriated those funds, in a series of unauthorized transactions. The US Department of Justice filed criminal complaints against Wextrust's principal officers who were immediately arrested, and who remain in custody. The company president, Steven Byers, entered a guilty plea in April 2010, and is awaiting sentencing.

Broadway Bank was a partner with Wextrust in the series of fraudulent loans. Alexi Giannoulias was a loan officer when Wextrust began its dealings with Broadway Bank. Evidence has been uncovered by the SEC showing that Alexi’s brother, Demetri, personally handled these mortgage loans with Wextrust.

In April 2010, just before being seized by the Illinois and US banking authorities, Broadway Bankagreed to forgo $5 million in claims and to pay up to $800,000 in cash to settle litigation with the federal Receiver of Wextrust. This Settlement clearly reflected a payment by Broadway Bank to settle claims by the Securities and Exchange Commission and avoid liability for illegal actions in connection with its financing transactions with Wextrust.

For additional information please contact: John T. Whitely at 202-374-3680

About The Committee on Public Integrity

The Committee On Public Integrity reviews both past and present cases to provide an independent assessment and analysis of the facts. With respect to past cases, the committee will hear from persons who maintain that they have been treated unfairly and unjustly. As part of its efforts, the committee is actively seeking documentation and analysis of various issues. Committee members include individuals who through their personal and professional lives have established a reputation of responsibility and fairness.

For Detailed Information to Referenced Documentation, See Below:

NY Lawyers Arrange "Justice" for Chicago Ponzi Scheme

The $250 Million Ponzi Scheme "Settlement"

Transcript of April 2010 Guilty Plea

August 2010 - 7th Interim Report of Receiver

Response to Objections to the Receiver's Report

Civil Lawsuit: SEC v Byer, et al.

U.S. Senate Candidate Involved in $250 Million Ponzi Scheme

Committee on Public Integrity

Tel: 202-374-3680
email: CommitteeOnPublicIntegrity@gmail.com

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

U.S. Senate Candidate Involved in $250 Million Ponzi Scheme

The Committee on Public Integrity, in a joint investigation with Integrity in the Courts Finds that Alexi Giannoulias, U. S. Senate Candidate in Illinois, Failed to Reveal That His Family’s Broadway Bank Paid Kick Backs in Mortgage Fraud Deals with Financial Ponzi Scheme Operators

The Senate Candidate Also Failed to Reveal that the Giannoulias Family Bank Paid a Settlement Valued at $6 Million to End the Lawsuit by U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission

As part of its continuing full disclosure by federal candidates program, The Committee on
Public Integrity and Integrity in the Courts has discovered that Alexi Giannoulias, Democratic candidate for US Senate from Illinois has misrepresented the record of Broadway Bank, the Chicago bank owned by his family. The actual facts as revealed in litigation brought by the US Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal that Broadway Bank engaged in fraudulent loans with Wextrust, a finance company. Broadway Bank was subsequently seized by the SEC, and the chief officers of Wextrust are in jail.

During the last debate with Congressman Mark Kirk, Alexi Giannoulias was asked to comment on the activities of Broadway Bank, the main business asset of his family. Giannoulias said, “And let’s be clear, no one has ever suggested that the bank has ever done anything illegal, illicit, or improper. Never." He continued, "I will always tell you the truth. And that's what we need now more than ever. People are sick and tired of Washington, D.C. politics as usual."  Information is now coming to light that shows that Broadway Bank engaged in kick-backs and other lucrative deals with Ponzi scheme operators, who are now in jail.

Beginning in 2006, when Alexi Giannoulias was a loan officer at Broadway, the bank entered into a series of commercial loans in joint ventures with Wextrust Capital, a Chicago based lending company. Wextrust provided so-called “hard money” loans to developers, who could not find standard financing from banks. Hard money loans are provided at very high interest rates, up to 18-20% when the costs of so-called origination and finders fees are added.

Under the deals between Wextrust and Broadway Bank, evidence has been discovered showing that borrowers paid the bank high interest charges (12-14%), and then Broadway Bank kicked back 2-3% of the payments received to Broadway as part of a so-called loan servicing contract. Also, it’s been established that throughout its years of operation, Wextrust was insolvent, making all of its mortgage deals void and fraudulent. That meant that all the joint mortgage deals marketed byBroadway Bank and Wextrust were illegal, illicit and improper.

Wextrust was seized and placed in control of a federal receiver by the US Securities and Exchange Commission in August 2008 for operating a $250 MM Ponzi scheme. The SEC found that Wextrust operated a massive Ponzi-type scheme from 2004 that raised approximately $255 million from approximately 1,200 investors in the US and other countries. The Receiver confirmed that Wextrust diverted, co-mingled and misappropriated those funds, in a series of unauthorized transactions. The US Department of Justice filed criminal complaints against Wextrust's principal officers who were immediately arrested, and who remain in custody. The company president, Steven Byers, entered a guilty plea in April 2010, and is awaiting sentencing. Broadway Bank was a partner with Wextrust in the series of fraudulent loans. Alexi Giannoulias was a loan officer when Wextrust began its dealings with Broadway Bank. Evidence has been uncovered by the SEC showing that Alexi’s brother, Demetri, personally handled these mortgage loans with Wextrust.

In April 2010, just before being seized by the Illinois and US banking authorities, Broadway Bank agreed to forgo $5 million in claims and to pay up to $800,000 in cash to settle litigation with the federal Receiver of Wextrust. This Settlement clearly reflected a payment by Broadway Bank to settle claims by the Securities and Exchange Commission and avoid liability for illegal actions in connection with its financing transactions with Wextrust.

For additional information please contact: John T. White at 202-374-3680

About The Committee on Public Integrity
The Committee On Public Integrity reviews both past and present cases to provide an independent assessment and analysis of the facts. With respect to past cases, the committee will hear from persons who maintain that they have been treated unfairly and unjustly. As part of its efforts, the committee is actively seeking documentation and analysis of various issues. Committee members include individuals who through their personal and professional lives have established a reputation of responsibility and fairness.

Watchdog Groups Combine Efforts Against Corruption

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INTEGRITY

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email: committeeonpublicintegrity@gmail.com

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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

Coalition of New York Court Watchdog Groups Combine Efforts by Jointly Founding Committee on Public Integrity – CPI

New Governmental Oversight Organization on Public Integrity Is Formed by Public Committee on Attorney Conduct and The Committee on Public Integrity Organizations.

New York, New York - The Committee on Public Integrity - CPI - has been founded as part of a national movement to hold New York State governmental organizations, officials and employees accountable under stringent standards of fairness, transparency and citizen review. The new organization has been established jointly by Public Committee on Attorney Conduct, Citizens United for Court Reform, a New York based rights administration organization and Integrity in the Courts, and other leading Internet blogs focused on attorney disciplinary process and procedures. Committee on Public Integrity is being headquartered in New York City. In announcing plans for the new oversight group, John T. White, president of Public Committee on Attorney Conduct stated, “For too long, we have allowed government to be controlled by officials and employees often to the detriment of the citizens they are expected to serve. Indeed, the system is often found to be dominated and controlled strictly by money, favoritism and cronyism. The keystone of this reform effort must be to change and in some cases replace the current failed system with new structures, directly answerable to the general public.” Mr. White stated that this new umbrella reform organization is being founded in part as a result of the growing number of federal whistle blower lawsuits. In New York State in particular suits have been filed to expose cronyism, self-dealing and fraud within and about the justice system. Mr. White noted, “Clearly, as suits against the court administration system and others in public service continue to be filed, the time has come for a top to bottom review of the fatally flawed government system which remains shielded from public scrutiny.” Mr. White continued, “In New York State, well documented complaints of malpractice, personal attacks and even theft, filed by individuals victimized by attorneys have revealed that the court system is corrupt to the core. The establishment of Committee on Public Integrity is a necessary step in a process designed to hold officials accountable for their illegal actions, which threaten to undermine the standards of fairness and integrity on which our system of government is founded.” According to the founding organizations, Committee on Public Integrity will include as members individuals, who through their personal and professional lives have established a reputation of responsibility and fairness. He added, “We are in search of a committee to be made up of members with broad and diverse business experience and expertise, as well as impeccable records of fairness and sound judgment to review breaches of law and ethics.”

Inquiries and documents should be sent to Committee on Public Integrity via email at CommitteeOnPublicIntegrity@gmail.com. Telephone inquiries can be directed to 202-374-3680. 
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