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FORMER EMPLOYEE AT THE STATEN ISLAND DAS OFFICE

FINED $10,000 FOR OFFERING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION TO A DRUG DEALER & FOR USING HER DAS OFFICE ID

IN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT HER HUSBANDS ARREST

Today, the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board announced it issued an Order fining a former Clerical Associate at the Staten Island District Attorneys Office $10,000 for two violations of Citys conflicts of interest law. The Boards Order adopts the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and penalty from the Report and Recommendation of Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Kara J. Miller of the Citys Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings. The Order with the Report and Recommendation follows this release.

Judge Miller found, and the Board concurred, that the former Clerical Associate committed two violations of the Citys conflicts of interest law. First, in January 2013, the former Clerical Associate exchanged messages with a convicted drug dealer, offering to provide him with confidential information as to whether he was under investigation or at risk of being arrested in the future if the drug dealer would provide the Clerical Associates husband with two units of crack cocaine on consignment. Second, in February 2013, when New York City Police Department detectives approached the Clerical Associates residence in pursuit of her husband, who had just been observed by the detectives purchasing crack cocaine, the Clerical Associate verbally identified herself as an employee of the Staten Island District Attorneys Office and showed her official District Attorneys Office identification to the detectives in an attempt to prevent her husbands arrest.

The Board concurred in the ALJs determination that the Clerical Associate violated the Citys conflicts of interest law by (1) using her position at the District Attorneys Office to offer to obtain confidential information for a convicted drug dealer for the purpose of obtaining drugs for her husband; and (2) using her official District Attorneys Office identification for the non-

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City purpose of impeding and preventing the arrest of her husband. The Board ordered the former Clerical Associate to pay a $10,000 fine as a penalty. The former Clerical Associate failed to appear at the hearing of this matter.

Director of Enforcement Carolyn Lisa Miller litigated this case for the Board.

The Conflicts of Interest Board is the Citys ethics board. It is charged with administering and enforcing the Citys conflicts of interest law. More information about the Board and the law, including summaries of prior enforcement dispositions and fines, is available at http://nyc.gov/ethics.

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