European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes tuesday november 22,1983 rep. Garcia indicted in bribe Case new York a democratic rep. Robert Garcia monday became the second . Congressman to be indicted in the we tech corruption scandal. A Federal grand jury in Manhattan indicted Garcia a six term Democrat his wife Jane Lee Garcia and a san Juan puerto Rico attorney Ralph Valloni jr.,on bribe related conspiracy charges. The indictment was released by the of fice of . Attorney Rudolph Giuliani Garcia 55, a Democrat from the South Bronx easily turned away primary ii general election challenges to win a Fiji in term earlier this month. Through his spokesman Bill Danvers Garcia said he was innocent and vowed to fight the charges with All of my god Given i am grateful that this period of trial by grand jury leaks is finally Over the statement said. He said the charge stemmed from the preposterous allegations of Mario Moreno one of the most notorious felons of the 20th Moreno was one of four Wedech officials who pleaded 8u Ylo bribing government authorities and cooperated with prosecutors. He had testified that Garcia and his wife had received Money and jewelry As bribes for their work on behalf of the now bankrupt defense contractor Garcia was the second puerto rican bom american to be elected to Congress. Former rep. Herman Badillo also of new York was the first. On Friday former . Rep. Mari Biaggi another Bronx Democrat was sentenced to eight years in prison for his part in the we tech scandal. He and several others were convicted in August of turning we Lech a now defunct defense contractor into a Cash cow that produced millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks. We tech was a tiny South Bronx machine shop that grew Mlo a multimillion Dollar a year defense contractor through Small business administration pro Gram that allowed minority owned firms to obtain government contracts without competitive bidding. But allegations of bribery influence peddling and other wrongdoing enmeshed wed tech in a series of Federal and stat investigations that forced it into bankruptcy proceedings in december 1986. To Date at least 19 people caught up in the we tech scandal have been convicted of crimes ranging from racketeer ing to illegal lobbying. They include former White House aide Lyn Nofi Igor who was convicted of illegal lobbying and two former Mary land state senators convicted of takingj50.000 in bribes from we tech. Two one time associates of former .attorney general Edwin Mccase Iii have also been indicted on we Lech a called. Racketeering charges and arc scheduled to go on trial Early next year. A Csc was never indicted although a special prosecutor questioned the Tenner attorney general s civic Laftera lengthy investigation. Residents examine a House that Wai ripped part sunday when a Loundo twister s target touched Down near Nettleton miss. Over the weekend nearly two dozen twisters slashed through the Smth. Destroying of damaging Mote thin is Lborges. Judge Veseli whether . Washington
