Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, yesterday announced that Guyanese attorney Albert Baldeo, a former Queens, New York District Leader, was found guilty in federal court of tampering with witnesses during the investigation of his alleged campaign fraud by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
A statement from Bharara’s office yesterday said that Baldeo, 54, was convicted of seven counts of obstruction of justice in Manhattan federal court after a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty. He was acquitted of three fraud-related counts relating to approximately US$15,000 in claims for city matching funds.
Bharara stated: “The fact that Albert Baldeo lost his election does not excuse his corrupt conduct.