Don’t hold your breath and wait for the national media to report the story, it doesn’t fit their desired narrative….
NEW ORLEANS – Jurors deliberated for just six and a half hours. Although he faced 21 charges involving a complex cast of characters and schemes, most of them revolved around a single question: Did Ray Nagin believe the jury knew the things of value he was getting were meant to influence him.
As Judge Berrigan’s instructions to the jury showed, a bribe has been committed if the public official taking the thing of value does so knowing that the giver wants something in return. The jurors in this case clearly did not believe that Nagin did not know what was going on.
Count 1: Conspiracy – Guilty
The charge: Creating, through a variety of bribes and kickbacks, “a scheme and artifice to defraud” the residents of New Orleans of his honest services as a public official. Many of the individual elements of this scheme make up the other 20 crimes with which Nagin was charged. Maximum prison term: 5 years
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Count 2: Bribery – Guilty The charge: Accepting $60,000 from the three principals of Three Fold Consulting, an engineering firm, in exchange for special treatment. Maximum prison term: 10 years
Count 3: Bribery – Guilty The charge: Accepting a $2,500 bribe from Rodney Williams, a principal in Three Fold Consulting, in exchange for favorable treatment. Maximum prison term: 10 years
Count 4: Bribery – Guilty The charge: Accepting a shipment of granite from Frank Fradella’s company, Home Solutions, in exchange for favorable treatment. Maximum prison term: 10 years
Count 5: Bribery – Guilty The charge: Accepting a $50,000 bribe from Frank Fradella’s company, Home Solutions, in exchange for favorable treatment. Maximum prison term: 10 years
Count 6: Bribery – Guilty The charge: Accepting a second shipment of granite from Frank Fradella’s company, Home Solutions, in exchange for favorable treatment. Maximum prison term: 10 years
Count 7: Bribery – Not Guilty The charge: Accepting a $10,000 bribe arranged by Rodney Williams, a principal in Three Fold Consultants. Maximum prison term: 10 years
Count 8: Wire Fraud – Guilty The charge: Accepting, via interstate wire transfer, a $12,500 check from a company associated with Frank Fradella, ostensibly for consulting services after Nagin left office, but really a reward for favorable treatment. Maximum prison term: 20 years
Count 9: Wire Fraud – Guilty The charge: Accepting, via interstate wire transfer, a $12,500 check from a company associated with Frank Fradella, ostensibly for consulting services after Nagin left office, but really a reward for favorable treatment. Maximum prison term: 20 years
Count 10: Wire Fraud – Guilty The charge: Accepting, via interstate wire transfer, a $12,500 check from a company associated with Frank Fradella, ostensibly for consulting services after Nagin left office, but really a reward for favorable treatment. Maximum prison term: 20 years
Count 11: Wire Fraud – Guilty The charge: Accepting, via interstate wire transfer, a $12,500 check from a company associated with Frank Fradella, ostensibly for consulting services after Nagin left office, but really a reward for favorable treatment. Maximum prison term: 20 years
Count 12: Wire Fraud – Gulity The charge: Accepting, via interstate wire transfer, a $12,500 check from a company associated with Frank Fradella, ostensibly for consulting services after Nagin left office, but really a reward for favorable treatment. Maximum prison term: 20 years
Count 13: Wire Fraud – Guilty The charge: Accepting, via interstate wire transfer, a $12,500 check from a company associated with Frank Fradella, ostensibly for consulting services after Nagin left office, but really a reward for favorable treatment. Maximum prison term: 20 years
Count 14: Wire Fraud – Guilty The charge: Accepting, via interstate wire transfer, a $12,500 check from a company associated with Frank Fradella, ostensibly for consulting services after Nagin left office, but really a reward for favorable treatment. Maximum prison term: 20 years
Count 15: Wire Fraud – Guilty The charge: Accepting, via interstate wire transfer, a $12,500 check from a company associated with Frank Fradella, ostensibly for consulting services after Nagin left office, but really a reward for favorable treatment. Maximum prison term: 20 years
Count 16: Wire Fraud – Guilty The charge: Accepting, via interstate wire transfer, a $12,500 check from a company associated with Frank Fradella, ostensibly for consulting services after Nagin left office, but really a reward for favorable treatment. Maximum prison term: 20 years
Count 17: Money Laundering Conspiracy -Guilty The charge: Conspiring with others to accept money derived from illegal activity, i.e. bribes, and transferring those proceeds through the financial system. Maximum prison term: 10 years
Count 18: Filing a false tax return – Guilty The charge: Misstating income on his 2005 tax return. Maximum prison term: 3 years
Count 19: Filing a false tax return – Guilty The charge: Misstating income on his 2006 tax return. Maximum prison term: 3 years
Count 20: Filing a false tax return – Guilty The charge: Misstating income on his 2007 tax return. Maximum prison term: 3 years
Count 21: Filing a false tax return – Guilty The charge: Misstating income on his 2008 tax return. Maximum prison term: 3 years
