The Trenton Times published the following article on December 3, 2013. To read the full article, click here.
Kickbacks, payoffs and deal-making: Court filing reveals more corruption allegations against Trenton Mayor Tony Mack
By Alex Zdan/The Times
on December 03, 2013 at 10:05 PM, updated December 04, 2013 at 1:47 AMTRENTON — Federal wiretaps revealed evidence that Mayor Tony Mack was involved in an attempt to collect kickbacks from city employees in exchange for keeping their jobs, taking payments to squelch efforts by a code enforcement officer, and directing a contract to a T-shirt vendor in exchange for money, a filing by the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges.
Joseph “JoJo” Giorgianni was involved in these illicit activities, as was former water meter reader turned FBI informant Charles Hall III, government attorneys said today.
The new information, which has not resulted in any charges, is included in a government brief opposing giving Giorgianni a separate trial from Mack and his brother Ralphiel in an alleged bribery conspiracy case involving a parking garage project.
The Mack brothers and Giorgianni are scheduled to go to trial together Jan. 6 in connection with the alleged extortion scheme that was an FBI sting. The defense attorneys asked U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp in October to take Giorgianni’s case separately because they feared cross-examining Hall would allow information about a separate narcotics case involving Giorgianni to leach into the proceedings.