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According to the latest charges, a New Jersey land developer named Joseph Silvestri introduced Thompson, 61, a 13-term Congressman and the influential chairman of the House Administration Committee, to Philadelphia Attorney Howard Criden...
Thompson, accompanied by Criden, then allegedly met with two FBI agents posing as representatives of Arab businessmen and accepted $50,000 in return for promising to introduce private immigration bills in Congress. Thompson was said to have split the bribe with Silvestri and Criden, both of whom were also indicted last week, and then referred Criden to Murphy...
Thompson is also said to have introduced Democratic Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania to Criden, and the two then allegedly met with the FBI men. Though Murtha was named in the conspiracy charges, he was not indicted. He voluntarily testified before the grand jury - and may testify against his col leagues at their trials, though the Justice Department has not offered him immunity in return for his testimony...
...federal grand jury in Brooklyn handed down five, four of them involving Philadelphians. Two are Democratic Congressmen: Michael ("Ozzie") Myers and Raymond Lederer. The others: Philadelphia Councilman Louis Johanson, Attorney Howard Criden and Camden (N.J.) Mayor Angelo Errichetti. All are charged with conspiracy to commit bribery and defraud the U.S. They could receive prison terms of up to 25 years and fines of at least...
...return for private immigration bills that would allow the Arabs to stay in the U.S. The FBI said the other three were middlemen who helped set up the deal. More indictments are expected, but convictions of two other Congressmen may be harder to obtain, since the chief informant, Criden, refuses to cooperate any longer unless he is given total immunity...