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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
A judge has ordered an 11-month prison sentence for a man who helped authorities bring bribery charges against the wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers. Jim Rosendall represented Houston-based Synagro Technologies when he approved bribes to Monica Conyers to get... John Conyers - United States House of Representatives - Monica Conyers - Detroit - United States
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PEU Report (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... Technologies in April 2007. Later that year, Synagro officials bribed Detroit city councilwoman Monica Conyers , wife of Rep. John Conyers, in regards to a sludge hauling/incineration contract. Her sentence is yet to be decided. The Carlyle Group charges affiliates a 2% management fee. For that, they should be intimately involved with Synagro's management practices. Did they...
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | yesterday
A judge has ordered an 11-month prison sentence for a man who helped authorities bring bribery charges against the wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
... relocate in Southfield, and hand-delivered the cash that bought former Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers' vote on a billion-dollar sludge contract in Detroit.Detroit's City Council approved the $1.2-billion sludge disposal contract in November 2007 with Synagro Technologies, a Texas-based company. The deal, over the objections of residents in southwest Detroit, passed 5-4,...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rosendall, 46, of Grand Rapids admitted to approving bribes through a middleman for ex-Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers so he could secure her 2007 vote on the controversial Synagro contract.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Rosendall, 46, of Grand Rapids admitted to approving bribes through a middleman for ex-Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers so he could secure her 2007 vote on the controversial Synagro contract.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
The Detroit City Council approved a $1.2-billion sludge disposal contract in November 2007 with Synagro Technologies, a Texas-based company. The deal, over the concerns and objections of residents in southwest Detroit, passed 5-4, with Monica Conyers casting the deciding vote. The bribery-marred Synagro contract, since canceled, is just one part of a wide-ranging federal investigation...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Federal prosecutors are recommending a maximum prison sentence of 11 months for a sludge-company representative who exposed corruption in Detroit government.Jim Rosendall will stand before a judge Nov. 30 in federal court in Detroit. He worked for Houston-based Synagro Technologies and helped it win a $47-million-a-year contract to recycle treated waste.Rosendall has admitted approving bribes for Monica...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Jim Rosendall will stand before a judge Nov. 30 in federal court in Detroit. He worked for Houston-based Synagro Technologies and helped it win a $47-million-a-year contract to recycle treated waste.Rosendall has admitted approving bribes for Monica Conyers to get her vote on the Detroit City Council in 2007. He cooperated with the FBI's investigation of City Hall corruption.In a court...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... a $47-million-a-year contract to recycle treated waste.Rosendall has admitted approving bribes for Monica Conyers to get her vote on the Detroit City Council in 2007. He cooperated with the FBI's investigation of City Hall corruption.In a court filing, an FBI agent who worked the case considers Rosendall the best cooperating defendant he's ever worked with. In his own filing, Rosendall...