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Former Fulop Insider Indicted

June 24, 2020/in header, Latest News, News /by Alexandra Antonucci

The prosecution of former Fulop aid Thomas Bertoli, moved forward yesterday with Bertoli’s indictment by a grand jury on three counts of tax evasion, one count of corrupt interference with the administration of the Internal Revenue Laws and four counts of failure to file a tax return, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito.  Bertoli was first charged on June 3rd.

According to the indictment, Bertoli, 62, who is a resident of Matawan, operated The Doormen Inc., City Street Associates (CSA) LLC and Urban Logistics LLC. Individually and through his companies, Bertoli obtained payments from clients for services provided, including payments from developers and construction firms for expediting services on real estate development and construction projects, primarily in Jersey City.  It is alleged that Bertoli’s businesses generated “hundreds of thousands in gross receipts” from 2009 to 2016 but filed no tax returns and made only one payment in the amount of $5,000.

Bertoli also collected payments from political campaigns for political consulting services across the state, most famously acting as an advisor for Fulop’s campaign for Jersey City Council in 2003, and again for his mayor’s election campaign in 2013.

Bertoli, who is known locally in the Hudson County area as ‘the janitor’ due to his ability to clean up political messes, declined having anything to do with the Fulop administration in a Crain’s New York Business article from 2019, saying “If it doesn’t have to do with a hammer and a nail, I don’t work on it.” Bertoli’s father was implicated in a bribery scheme with a state senator in the 80’s, and became a local legend for refusing to snitch.

According to an article published by Bloomberg in June of 2019, a grand jury investigation revealed that “Bertoli’s woes could be politically embarrassing to the mayor.” In that same Bloomberg article, Fulop’s spokeswoman stated that the mayor has had little to no interaction with Bertoli since being elected.

The indictment alleges that as of April 18, 2017, Bertoli had not filed federal tax returns or paid any of the taxes due, other than an $5,000 nominal payment in September of 2014, according to the press release. He also used the Urban Logistics bank account for “personal expenditures.”

The mayor’s office had not publicly commented at the time of this article’s publication.

Bertoli will be arraigned on the indictment at a later date, Carpenito said.

News Briefs

Hudson County Community College has been named the recipient of a one-year, $850,000 investment from the JPMorgan Chase. The investment will be utilized for a program the College developed to address the challenges of the economic crisis in Hudson County that were brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is designed to provide lasting improvement in the County’s workforce ecosystem.

Mayor Steven Fulop and the Jersey City Economic Development Corporation (JCEDC) have launched the latest round of emergency funding to provide over $2.5 million in direct aid and support to Jersey City’s neediest residents, regardless of immigration status. The city will partner with  York Street, Women Rising, United Way, and Puertorriqueños Asociados for Community Organization (PACO). 

Darius Evans, age 45, of Jersey City was arrested  on Monday by The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in connection with the stabbing death of 39-year-old Tyrone Haskins early New Year’s morning. The charges include Murder and two counts of Possession of a Weapon for Unlawful Purposes.

Mayor Steven Fulop is joining forces with Uber to announce a new agreement that will expand residents’ access to COVID-19 vaccinations with free Uber rides to and from Jersey City vaccination sites. Phase 1B includes essential frontline workers and seniors 75 years old and over.

According to a report in the Jersey Journal, Jersey City received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines Monday and plans to begin vaccinating eligible residents later this week at the Mary McLeod Bethune Center.

The federal Paycheck Protection Program, which offers businesses loans that can be forgivable, reopened on January 11th. The revised program focuses first on underserved borrowers – minority- and women-owned businesses.

Jersey Art Exchange (JAX) has merged with Art House Productions effective January 2021 to help improve and expand arts education and opportunities for the Jersey City community. JAX Founder Jacqueline Arias will remain Director of the program at Art House.

Christmas trees will be collected citywide every Wednesday night throughout the month of January. Pickup resumes this Wednesday January 13th.

Keep abreast of Jersey City Covid-19 statistics here.

Governor Murphy has launched a “Covid Transparency Website” where New Jerseyans can track state expenditures related to Covid.  Go here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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