Former Birdsall Executive Pleads Guilty in Pay-To-Play Scheme
Executive charged with disguising illegal corporate political contributions as person contributions of employees of the firm
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 …
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 ›