There are the rules for us, and for those Who Rule
The wife of US Representative John F. Tierney became a convicted felon yesterday, pleading guilty to four counts of aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns for her brother, a federal fugitive who has been indicted on charges of illegal gambling and money laundering…US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz alleged this week that Patrice Tierney helped her brother, Robert Eremian, manage a bank account that collected more than $7 million in illegal gambling profits over seven years. Over that time, prosecutors allege, Patrice Tierney paid bills for his three children and their ailing mother, balanced the account, and provided information to his tax preparer, resulting in false tax filings, prosecutors said.
Kinda serious charges. So what did her plea land her?
The judge repeatedly warned her of the rights she was waiving with her plea: She could not recant or plead the Fifth Amendment in any ongoing investigation, he warned, and the judge need not agree to the plea deal offered by prosecutors: two years of probation with 90 days home detention, as well as a $2,500 fine and $400 in court costs.
OUCH, that slap on the wrist might leave a mark!! FYI, here in Mass its a $2,000 fine for failing to have health insurance….I guess for $500 more will allow you to launder millions of ill-got money! What about this criminal brother?
Law enforcement officials had been following Patrice Tierney’s brother for years and said he ran a large-scale illegal gambling business in the United States from the early 1980s through the beginning of 2010. State Police raided his Lynnfield office in 1996, leading Eremian to move the business’s headquarters to Antigua, but the business continued underground in Massachusetts, said Assistant US attorney Fred M. Wyshak Jr.
Eremian was convicted in 2002 of tax evasion and money laundering, but persuaded law enforcement and probation officials to let him leave the country the next year to work as a computer consultant to the gaming industry.
You think letting somebody with a criminal history leave the country was a smart idea? Especially to Antigua, which has a reputation only slightly more tame than Nigeria when it comes to internet scams and hacking. You think the fact that his brother-in-law was a sitting congressman had anything to do with it?
If you live on the North Shore of Massachusetts like I do, maybe you need to look into Bill Hudak
Drain the Swamp!
“Thank you Your Honor for helping to sweep this under the rug before Election Day. By the way, your account has been transfered to the Caymen Islands, I’ll email you the new numbers later”.
Can’t be, they seized the account, and that money will be handled very responsibly. Also when people launder money they tend to only have one single account, you know!
Howdy, nice article. I’d say more but I’ve been doing so much commenting my fingers are bleeding. 😉 Just wondering if you’d visit the following related site and, perhaps, get the word out. Tierney’s been around too long and needs to go…
Thanks,
Sam
http://www.congressmanjohntierney.com/hr-4411-congressman-john-tierneys-smoking-gun.html
Will do, Thanks for fighting the good fight, Sam! With a little luck and a tail-wind we’ll be greeting Congressman Hudak soon!