Connecticut attorney gets two years in prison for bribery
From Sunshine Review
July 2, 2009 Sebastian S. Ciarcia, an Avon, CT attorney pleaded guilty to bribery charges in February and a Hartford U.S. District judge gave him two years imprisonment for tax fraud and bribing the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
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Ciarcia is a past president of the Meriden Community Action Agency where he served for 20 years on the governing board until City Council removed him for serving in violation of a city code that requires board members to be appointed by current council members. He also operated a law firm in Meriden. The attorney bribed the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs in order to receive favorable contracts for two construction companies he represented. In addition to the 24 months behind bars, Ciarcia will be under two-year supervision. [1]
Court documents allege that from July 2002 until November 2005, while Ciarcia was representing the two Meriden-based construction companies Escarnio Construction LLC and Fischer Supply LLC, he helped to formulate several illegal contract deals between the USVA and the companies.[1]
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Ciarcia allegedly provided a the contracting officer's technical representative, VA employee Kevin Malarney, with incentives so that he would do business with the companies.[1]
"Ciarci allegedly paid Kevin Malarney's personal expenses, including the expenses for certain family members, in exchange for Malarney's recommendations to steer VA contracts for services and supplies to those two companies," Tom Carson, spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release and the Meriden Record-Journal reported.
Further allegations indicted Ciarcia for submitting false documents to the USVA for the work that the companies did while also aiding Malarney and an unnamed USVA employee when preparing false tax returns.
In July 2007, Malarney pleaded guilty to the charges against him, of bribery of a public official and filing a false tax return, and filed a grievance against Ciarcia with the Connecticut Statewide Bar Council. The hearing will be September 11.[1]
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