Trips, thousands of dollars and a 98 jaguar convertible in exchange for these bribes mr. Williams agreed to be ready to help Business Owner number one should the need arise. Reporter williams was also ready to help others, Court Documents claim that he attended to relax a layer of the security clearance, at Philadelphia International airport. Agents say he even had an official District Attorneys Office badge, provided to a business associate. All told, prosecutors say that the totality of the gifts, exceeded 100,000. Williams could face dozens of years in jail, agents say if he is convicted. The irs says in the end, the charges were born out of following the money trail. Williams has been charged with bribery, extortion, and Honest Service fraud, among other charges. Reporter now Seth Williams will have to appear here in federal court with his legal team, he will to have surrender and then he will be arraigned, before a federal magistrate. Now you will recall he has been highly critici
Trips, thousands of dollars and a 98 jaguar convertible in exchange for these bribes mr. Williams agreed to be ready to help Business Owner number one should the need arise. Reporter williams was also ready to help others, Court Documents claim that he attended to relax a layer of the security clearance, at Philadelphia International airport. Agents say he even had an official District Attorneys Office badge, provided to a business associate. All told, prosecutors say that the totality of the gifts, exceeded 100,000. Williams could face dozens of years in jail, agents say if he is convicted. The irs says in the end, the charges were born out of following the money trail. Williams has been charged with bribery, extortion, and Honest Service fraud, among other charges. Reporter now Seth Williams will have to appear here in federal court with his legal team, he will to have surrender and then he will be arraigned, before a federal magistrate. Now you will recall he has been highly critici
And the charges extend to accusations he defrauded a local nursing home and a family friend. Mr. Williams diverted his relatives pension and Social Security payments to himself to pay for his own personal expenses instead of applying that money to pay for his relatives nursing home expenses. Reporter the federal indictment also mentioned Text Messages sent and received by Seth Williams that shows corruption. Its not clear o how much prison time he may face but each of the 23 counts carries between 5 and 20 years. Reporting live outside the federal building, denise nakano, nbc 10. The d. A. s Office Released this statement. The Philadelphia District Attorneys Office does not have any comment at this time. The d. A. Is not in the office today because hes spending time with his family. I ask that you respect his privacy and the privacy of the men and women of the office so all of us can continue to do our jobs without the distraction of additional media attention, end quote. Well, the nbc
He joins us with insight into todays indictment. Reporter most of the nbc 10 investigators have been asking questions and tracking the d. A. s gifts including clothes and cash, but today we learned he took more than he reported including trips to the caribbean and to the west coast as well as that car that you mentioned. The u. S. Attorney says that in Seth Williams office, justice was for sale. Questions about Seth Williams conduct have now turned into charges. The federal indictment against philadelphias top Law Enforcement official says he committed fraud and interstate bribery. Mr. Williams was willing to compromise his position of public trust in exchange for private financial gain. Reporter the indictment cites Text Messages between williams and several associates who gave him gifts according to the u. S. Attorney those Text Messages show williams accepting and in some cases soliciting trips to punt ta can na, florida, las vegas. It says he accepted a 1997 jaguar and a 7,000 chec
Series of christmas transportations where he saw it and accepted bribes the charges were enacted by the District Attorney of new jersey. That he accepted tens of thousands of dollars worth of bribes that he exchanged for official acts. In the form of money, expensive vacations, airline tickets, a jaguar qx 8 convertible. Expensive furniture and other things of value. In exchange for his willingness to take official action as needed and in some cases taking official action on behalf of the bribe pairs. Among the guests williams accepted was vacations to the punta cana resort and a sofa worth thousands of dollars and checks and cash in the thousands. Mr. Williams solicited and accepted from Business Owner number two, 16 Round Trip Airline tickets. And a man known as Business Owner number one was asking for a lighter sentence for a friend who did not want to do jail time. Saying quote, i am merely a thankful beggar but would gladly go. And that williams tried to press a Police Official to