Kerik took Fifth when questioned about firms

[Nordmadr]

TRENTON - Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when questioned by New Jersey gaming officials about his relationship with two Clifton firms linked to organized crime, state authorities said Tuesday.


In addition, Kerik accepted more than $200,000 in renovations to a Bronx apartment he once owned, but paid the firms only $17,800 for the work, according to a complaint seeking revocation of the companies' licenses to work in state casinos.

The balance was picked up by Interstate Industrial Corp., one of two sister firms owned by brothers Frank and Peter DiTommaso and controlled by the Gambino crime family, according to the three-count complaint, filed Tuesday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement.

The brothers brought in another Clifton company, Woods Restoration Service, to complete the work on Kerik's apartment and paid the firm by spreading the cost over other projects, state authorities allege.

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Is everyone associated with this Administration a crook? Rhetorical question.

Olaf

[MnFats]

1. why am I not suprised?

is there STILL a 'mafia tax' on all construction in NYC & surrounding area?
I thought that was gone...