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kenneth ditkowsky	9:57 AM (1 hour ago)

Editor's note: As long as the Kawamotos, Solos of the world,

 and their clones remain unpunished, the reign of terror

will continue.  Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateShark.com

• Operation Greylord was an FBI investigation of judicial corruption in Cook County, Illinois, in the 1980s. Ninety-two people were indicted, including 17 judges, 48 lawyers, 8 policemen, 10 deputy sheriffs, 8 court officials, and 1 state legislator. Operation Greylord was named after the curly wigs worn by British judges.  Operation Greylord convictions.

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INVESTIGATIONS OF PUBLIC CORRUPTION:
Rooting Crookedness Out of Government
3/15/04

Today marks an important anniversary in the annals of public corruption investigations in the U.S.
Twenty years ago today, in a federal courtroom in Chicago, a jury found Harold Conn (top center in photo) guilty on all 4 counts of accepting bribes to be passed on to Cook County judges as payment for fixing tickets. The evidence? He had been caught live on FBI tapes.
This "bagman" had been Deputy Traffic Court Clerk in the Cook County judicial system, and he was the first defendant to be found guilty in a mammoth sting investigation of crooked officials in the Cook County courts.
It was called OPERATION GREYLORD, named after the curly wigs worn by British judges. And in the end -- through undercover operations that used honest and very courageous judges and lawyers posing as crooked ones... and with the strong assistance of the Cook County court and local police -- 92 officials had been indicted, including 17 judges, 48 lawyers, 8 policemen, 10 deputy sheriffs, 8 court officials, and 1 state legislator. Nearly all were convicted, most of them pleading guilty (just a few are shown in our photo). It was an important first step to cleaning up the administration of justice in Cook County.
That's really the whole point. Abuse of the public trust cannot and must not be tolerated. Corrupt practices in government strike at the heart of social order and justice. And that's why the FBI has the ticket on investigations of public corruption as a top priority.
How'd that happen? Historically, of course, these cases were considered local matters. A county court clerk taking bribes? Let the county handle it.
But in the 1970s, state and local officials asked for help. They didn't have the resources to handle such intense cases, and they valued the authority and credibility that outside investigators brought to the table. By 1976, the Department of Justice had created a Public Integrity Section, and the FBI was tasked with the investigations, focusing on major, systemic corruption in the body politic.
Who's investigated? Public servants: members of Congress and state legislatures; members of the Administration and governors’ offices; judges and court staffs; all of law enforcement; all government agencies. Plus everyone who works with government and is willing to pay for "special favors": lobbyists, contractors, consultants, lawyers, U.S. businesses in foreign countries, you name it.

What kind of crimes? Bribery, kickbacks, and fraud. Vote buying, voter intimidation, impersonation. Political coercion. Racketeering and obstruction of justice. Trafficking of illegal drugs.
How serious of a problem is it? Last year the FBI investigated 850 cases; brought in 655 indictments/informations; and got 525 who were either convicted or chose to plead.
Last words: Straight from Teddy Roosevelt: "Unless a man is honest we have no right to keep him in public life, it matters not how brilliant his capacity, it hardly matters how great his power of doing good service on certain lines may be... No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community."

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  Operation Greylord Convictions
  Date:  11/13/92

  Name	Position	No. Of Counts/Charges
  Arguilla, Hugo A.	Attorney	2 filing false tax
  Barnett, Lee	Attorney	2 Rico, 9 mail fraud
  Bastianoni, Lebert D.	Attorney	2 aiding and abetting 4-filling false tax
  Becker, Harlan           (1 of 2)	Attorney	2-rico, 4-mail fraud 2-false tax	12/18/85
  Becker, Harlan	Attorney	1-Rico Conspiracy, 1-rico bribery	10/13/87
  Berliant, Jerry B.	Attorney	3-tax
  Blanco, Gaetano	Deputy Sheriff	T.18,s242 (misd)	6-months probation
  Birnbaum, Neal                (1 of 2)	Attorney	2-Rico 3-mail fraud	12/18/85
  Birnbaum, Neal           (2 of 2)	Attorney	1 Rico 10-Hobbs Act Extortion	10/13/87
  Blackwood, Ira J.	Police Officer	1-Rico 10-Hobbs Act Extortion
  Boton, Dale	Attorney	4-failing to file income tax
  Brady, John W.	Attorney	1-Rico conspiracy, 3-mail fraud, 3- Aiding and abetting
  Brandstein, Howard	Attorney	2-Rico Conspiracy, 6-mail fraud, 2-Tax failure to pay
  Braverman, Blair I.	Attorney	1-Rico Conspiracy
  Burnside, Houston	Attorney	3-Tax
  Campbell, Bruce L.	Attorney	1-Rico, 1 – tax
  Canavan, Karl	Attorney	2-filling false tax return
  Canoff, James T.	Asst. Corp. Counsel	1-Rico Bribery, 18-mail fraud, 1 obstruction
  Carroll, John Paul	Attorney	3-Tax false filing
  Conn, Harold	Deputy Clerk Circuit Court	1-Rico, 9- Hobbs
  Costello, James J.	Attorney	1-Rico, 23-mail fraud
  Daniels, Robert    (1 of 2)	Attorney	2-Rico, 5-mail fraud, 2-tax	2-17-87
  Daniels, Robert	Attorney	1-Rico bribery, 1-Rico Conspiracy	10/27/88
  Davino, Vincent	Attorney	2-Rico, 4-mail fraud
  Delbeccaro, Thomas F.	Attorney	2-mail fraud
  Deleo, James A.	State Rep.	1-filing false statement
  Devine, John J	Judge	1-Rico, 25-Hobbs Act Extortion, 21 mail fraud	15-years 12-18-84 deceased
  Dineff, David C.	Attorney	1-Rico Conspiracy	Acquitted
  Dineff, Louis C.	Attorney	1 Rico Bribery, 1-Rico Conspiracy	plea
  Gardner, Thurman	Attorney	4-tax
  Glecier, Daniel P	Judge	1-Rico Conspiracy	6 yrs, 50K fine
  Goldstein, Richard H.	Attorney	1-Rico Conspiracy, 1-tax
  Gonzales, Alphonse C.	Attorney	1-Racketeering, 5-extortion, 1-Obstruction, 1-perjury, 2-failure to file tax, 1- tax false return
  Hardin, Al	Deputy Sheriff	2-Rico, 1 Tax false	deceased
  Hegarty, James	Police Officer	1-tax
  Hernandez, Tony	Deputy Sheriff	1-Rico Bribery, 1-Hobbs Act Extortion
  Hogan, Martin F.	Judge	1-Rico Bribery, 1-Rico Consp., 3-filling false tax	10 yrs, 5 yrs probation
  Holzer, Reginald J.	Judge	1-Rico, 4-Hobbs Act Extortion, 34-mail fraud	18 yrs, reduced to 13
  Hutson, Paul	Deputy Sheriff	1-tax false statement
  Jaffe, Harry	Attorney	2-Rico-1Bribery and 1 conspiracy, 9 mail fraud
  	Attorney	2-filing false income tax return
  Kangalos, Thomas G.	Attorney	1-Rico, 5- Hobbs Act, 1-Obstruction	FUGITIVE
  Kanter, Melvin	Attorney	1-Rico Bribery
  Kaplan, Edward	Attorney	3 Tax
  Kaye, Alan	Cook County Dep. Sheriff	1-Rico, 1-mail fraud, 6-Hobbs Act Corruption of Public Officials
  Kohn, Jerome	Deputy Sheriff	2-Rico, 2-mail fraud, 2- tax false statement
  	Attorney	2-false tax statements
  LaPalombella, Mick	Clerk	1-tax
  Laurie, John G.	Judge	1-Rico, 3-Hobbs Act Extortion	Acquitted
  LeFevour, James	Chicago Police Officer	3-tax
  LeFevour, Richard F.	Judge	1-Rico (predicate Acts), 66-mail fraud, 5-tax	12 years
  Lemanski, Henry F.	Clerk
  Lindeman, Gregory S.	CBA Clerk	2-failing to file
  Maher, Francis J., Sr.	Judge	1-Rico Bribery 1-Rico Conspiracy	Acquittal 10/04/88
  Mann, Bernard M.	Attorney	1-Rico Bribery 1-tax
  McCarron, James A.	Attorney	3-filing false statement
  McCauslin, Arthur	Chicago Police Off.	2-tax
  McLain, Lawrence	Chicago Police Off.	2-tax
  McCollom, John H.	Judge	1-Rico Bribery, 18 mail fraud, 2-tax	11 Yrs., 5 yrs. Probation
  McDermott, Joseph E.	Attorney	1-Rico Bribery, 1 filling false return
  McDonnell, John J.	Judge	1-Rico Bribery, 2-Hobbs, 1- obst, 3-tax	8-23-89 – 6 years
  McNulty, Michael E.	Judge	3-filing false tax	2-2-88 –3 yrs, 3-years probation, 600hrs comm. serv. $15K fine
  Meczyk, Ralph E.

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