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Figure in Corruption Case Ordered not to Gamble23 August 2002PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island – As reported by the Associated Press: "David Ead, the blustering former tax official who admitted taking bribes to lower tax bills and boasted about his connections to a corrupt City Hall, Wednesday received a year of home confinement, four years of probation plus fines. "Considered a star witness in the federal government's case against Mayor Vincent `Buddy' Cianci Jr., Ead spent a week on the stand portraying Providence City Hall as a place where favors were regularly handed out for bribes. "U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Lagueux, accepting a recommendation from federal prosecutors, ordered Ead to spend four years on probation after a year of home confinement. Ead also was ordered to pay $60,000 in restitution plus $10,000 in fines. "Ead -- who was portrayed by Cianci's attorney as a gambling addict who took bribes only for himself and lied on the stand -- also was ordered not to gamble. `Not even lottery tickets,' Lagueux said. "…Ead, the former vice chairman of the Board of Tax Assessment Review, testified that he arranged three bribes for the mayor, totaling $25,000, in exchange for favors and tax breaks from the city. "…After a seven-week trial this past spring, Cianci was convicted of racketeering conspiracy. He is set to be sentenced next month, and faces up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines…." |