January 25th was the fifth anniversary of the passing of a Manhattan office worker, Florence Cioffi. She was 59 years old, a few days short of her next birthday. The criminal responsible was Enterprise Engineering, Inc.'s (then and now again) Chairman and CEO George Anderson.
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The infamy of the case devolves from the combination of admitted DUI, driving 60 m.p.h. on a city street, hitting a woman trying to hail a cab, fleeing the scene, and then in a display of raw Wall Street power arranging a deal with the Manhattan D.A. to receive a 16-day sentence at Rikers Island and a $350 fine.
Media coverage started with the Post, the New York Times, and the area television stations. However, when Anderson was let off, our corporate press whimpered and fell silent. Crimes have not been prosecuted in New York on financial industry criminals since the first round of Dot.com scams in the early/mid 1990's. Manslaughter was one small step further into that abyss.
Posting of this remembrance has been delayed a month to enable an assessment of information concerning the career path of David Hammer, Esq. He was the prosecutor who took the plea deal to court with a novel technique for voiding the New York State sentencing requirements that had been pushed through by M.A.D.D. He is now in the management track. Details below the fold.