Officials Might Bar Company From Atlantic City

As reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer: "A guilty plea by a former New York City police commissioner in a conflict-of-interest case could bolster a move by New Jersey gaming regulators to bar a construction company from doing business with Atlantic City casinos.

"The guilty plea by Bernard Kerik last month appears to substantiate at least one of the charges that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has filed against a reputed mob-connected company that in 2004 was granted a casino-service-industry license.

"Kerik admitted in court that Interstate Industrial Corp., had paid for $165,000 in renovations on a New York City apartment he owned in 1999. The division claims the owners of the North Jersey company, brothers Frank and Peter DiTommaso, have denied the allegation.

"Authorities allege the DiTommasos paid for the renovations in exchange for Kerik's using his influence to help their firm secure city contracts.

"...Providing 'untrue and misleading' information to gaming regulators is grounds for a license revocation, the division argued in a complaint filed in November against Interstate.

"...The allegations of mob ties are repeated and expanded in the current complaint, which will be the focus of a hearing in September..."

2006-07-11