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Vincent Tabbachino (FACEBOOK PHOTO)
Tabbachino, 69, of Fairview, was convicted last October of attempted extortion and bribery for offering and agreeing to give a corrupt payment to Ridgefield Mayor Anthony R. Suarez. (THAT STORY: CLICK HERE)
Tabbachino admitted Monday in U.S. District Court in Newark that he agreed to launder and conceal $125,000 for Solomon Dwek — who was working for the government in a bid to reduce a severe sentence for his own crimes — through a business account of Tabbachino Associates, in exchange for a 10-percent fee.
Dwek told Tabbachino that the money came from a counterfeit handbag business.
Tabbachino, a former police officer, admitted that he had Dwek make checks payable to the company, then paid the convicted developer cash, minus his commission.
To avoid filing forms that would attract IRS attention, Tabbachino said, he pulled out $50,000 on time and then $25,000 each three other times, all in early 2009.
As part of his plea deal with federal prosecutors, Tabbachino agreed to forfeit $32,000, including the $22,500 he gave Dwek as a final payment and more than $9,000 seized from the Tabbachino Associates bank account.
U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares scheduled sentencing for Aug. 24, 2011 in Newark.
U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman credited special agents of the FBI and the IRS with making the government’s case, which was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark McCarren and Maureen Nakly of Fishman’s Special Prosecutions Division in Newark.
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