NYC Transit supervisor, Jacqueline Jackson, 50, was allegedly “living large” with luxury cars and five flat-screen televisions in her house is suspected of looting the cash-strapped agency with a bogus billing and kickback scheme. But there is more, much more. The MTA inspector general and the Brooklyn district attorney’s office are also investigating whether Ms. Jackson inflated bills submitted by a Brooklyn company and then shared in the “hot money.” The early signs of this investigation are reportedly very alarming and equally disturbing.
NYC Transit is believed to have used the company, AJI Records Retrieval, to do pre-trial tasks for at least a decade, paying the firm about $1.5 million, sources said. NYC Transit yesterday suspended Jackson, NYC Transit spokesman Paul Fleuranges said, hours after authorities executed several search warrants in connection with the burgeoning probe.
Jackson earned $83,000 a year as director of legal support for the tort division in NYC Transit’s legal department. Yet, Jackson had a flat-screen television in just about every room – including the bathroom – of her two-story brick house on E. 46th
St. in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn, a source said. She also had five or so fur coats in her closets, according to the source. Outside, a Mercedes-Benz S430 luxury sedan was in the driveway. Jackson also drives a Lincoln Navigator.The pricey sets of wheels have Virginia license plates. Jackson is listed as owner of a house and a parcel of land in Richmond, Va. A deceased husband also is listed on property records. “She’s living large,” one of Jackson’s neighbors said. “Inside the house is so beautiful.” Source: NY Daily News
Law enforcement descended on her home before dawn yesterday, with warrants to search the home, garage, Mercedes and Navigator. More people seemed to be involved in this drama too. Detective investigators also searched the Gates Ave., Clinton Hill, apartment of AJI’s owner, Joyce Ilarazza, 62. The two women reportedly share a law enforcement connection. Both are widows whose husbands were members of the NYPD.
The tort division handles lawsuits filed against the agency by bus and subway riders alleging injuries. AJI Records Retrieval collected copies of plaintiffs’ medical records from doctors, hospitals and other health care providers for transit lawyers preparing for trial or settlement. So, of course Ms. Jackson said through her attorney that she will be vindicated. Let’s see what happens and who the guilty party is. I won’t pass judgment, I’ll wait to see how this plays out, but she better have a good explanation as to how she came by all those things and have receipts or credit card statements to bolster her claim. The cops will lean on someone and the truth will come out. Someone’s going to prison.
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