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Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice & Former MCU Board Member Charged With Obstruction

MCU supervisory committee member, a retired New York City cop, is accused of embezzlement, fraud and supplying the former CEO with drugs.

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Sylvia Ash, a judge of the Kings County Supreme Court and former chair of the board of directors for the $3 billion Municipal Credit Union, was charged in U.S. District Court in Manhattan Friday with conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice, stemming from a scheme to seek to influence and impede a federal investigation into fraud and corruption at the New York City-based credit union.

What’s more, Joseph Guagliardo, a/k/a “Joseph Gagliardo,” a retired New York City cop and former member of MCU’s supervisory committee, was charged separately with embezzlement, fraud, and controlled substance offenses arising from abuse of his position as a member of the supervisory committee, Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said.

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