| Cahill and
Eight Were Charged with Steamfitters Union
Bribery now Cahill Gets 51 Months
By Matthew
Russell Lee,
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 18 – William Wangerman and
eight others were charged with
honest services fraud in
connection with Local 638 of
the Enterprise Association of
Steamfitters.
On
June 17, 2021 U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Colleen McMahon held a
proceeding.
Inner City
Press covered
it. It
took some time to make sure
all of the defendants and
their lawyers were present.
Then Judge
McMahon set a schedule:
discovery from the government
due in 30 days, defendants
have 90 days to review it.
Jump cut to
November 4, 2022. Inner City
Press was covering the SDNY
Magistrates Court, as the only
media there, when Wangerman
and his defense counsel came
in to plead guilty before
Magistrate Judge Barbara C.
Moses.
Wangerman said he is 62 with
some college and also some
difficulties in reading due to
eye sight. He used glasses he
called cheaters to read his
plea agreement, for eight to
14 months and a fine from
$4000 to $15,000. Sentencing
is set for January 30, 2023 at
4 pm.
Previously,
as Inner City Press also
exclusively reported,
co-defendant Norton's voice
broke and he seemed to cry
during his allocution. Not so
for Wangerman. He offered best
wishes as he left the
courtroom.
On May 18, 2023,
James Cahill was up for
sentencing. Inner City Press
was there, thread here:
OK - at
sentencing of James Cahill,
for union corruption. His
guideline is 33-41 month but
the judge gave notice she
might go above. Judge:
Defenfant has put in a letter
from former Congressman Peter
King...
AUSA: Cahill had
a quid pro quo relationship
with Employer-1. He had an
underworld relationship with
capos and a Serbian mobster
Prosecutor:
Cahill was selling out unions
while meeting wirh Andtew
Cuomo and White House
staffers. We suggest 60 months
Defense: People
are complicated. Judge: He had
a 20 year relationship with
this... He did it for chump
change. Defense: Envelopes in
the bathroom.
AUSA: Over
$250,000 cash - $50,000 in
recorded buys. The discussed
ice machine and waste
disposal. This is a big boy.
This is not the movie Training
Day.
Cahill: I
fear the day my grandchildren
learn about this on Google...
I never meant harm to my
members. Judge: Employer-1 is
a bad guy. He set up the
strings. But it is irrelevant
Judge: He pled
and allocuted to honest
services fraud. He hurt the
union movement, which is
already in a precarious
situation. Mr Cahill, I
sentence you to 51 months.
Crime doesn't pay.
More detail on
Substack here
The case is US v.
Cahill et al, 20-cr-521
(McMahon)
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