List of crimes Ruth Arnao was found guilty of in March 2009
Ruth Arnao was found guilty of 45 counts
FRAUD AGAINST CITIZENS ALLIANCE
Count 1 of 45
65 8/91 to 12/05 Fraud Conspiracy — Citizens Alliance
Conspired to use mails/wires to
execute a scheme to defraud Citizens
Alliance for Better Neighborhoods
(CABN) of its money/property
Count 2 of 45
66 4/3/02 Mail fraud:
FedEx from Arnao /Tasker St.
to Tom Kiley / Kiley & Co. in
Boston, MA of check,
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 3 of 45
67 4/26/02 Mail fraud:
FedEx from Arnao / Tasker Street
to Kiley in Boston of check,
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 4 of 45
68 8/14/02 Mail fraud:
FedEx of merchandise from
Jensen Tools, Inc. to CABN; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 5 of 45
69 8/20/02 Mail fraud:
FedEx of merchandise from
Duluth Trading Co. to
Arnao at CABN; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 6 of 45
70 9/26/02 Mail fraud:
FedEx from Spagna to Al Fox
(Cuban Alliance) of CA Holdings
check dated 9/26/02; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 7 of 45
71 10/7/02 Mail fraud:
FedEx shipment of computer disk
from Kennedy Printing to Sheinkopf
Communications; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 8 of 45
72 7/28/03 Mail fraud:
UPS ground shipment of, among other
things, 5 tool cabinets, a workbench shelf,
& a workbench back/end from
Grainger (NJ) to CABN; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 9 of 45
73 8/11/03 Mail fraud:
Pitt Ohio Express shipment of,
among other things, an air compressor,
steel creeper, service jack, & tire
inflator from Grainger to CABN; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 10 of 45
74 8/27/03 Mail fraud:
UPS shipment including stainless steel
concrete screws, high visibility light duty
bench, and other hardware from
McMaster-Carr to CABN; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 11 of 45
75 9/5/03 Mail fraud:
UPS shipment of DeWalt drill
from Amazon.com to CABN; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 12 of 45
76 2/25/02 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of invoices
from A.V. Construction, Inc., Newtown,
PA to Pine Tree Realty, 1217 Sansom St,
Philadelphia; caused with intent to
defraud CABN
Count 13 of 45
77 6/13/02 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of AmEx
monthly statement from Westin, FL
to CABN (Tasker Street, Phila); caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 14 of 45
78 6/16/02 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of Discover Card
monthly statement for Arnao’s credit card;
caused with intent to defraud CABN
Count 15 of 45
79 7/14/02 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of AmEx monthly
statement for CABN’s credit card; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 16 of 45
80 9/14/02 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of AmEx monthly
statement for CABN’s credit card; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 17 of 45
81 10/2/02 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of CA Holdings
check to Cingular Wireless; caused
with intent to defraud CABN;
Count 18 of 45
82 2/23/03 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of Discover Card
monthly statement for Nelson’s credit card;
caused with intent to defraud CABN
Count 19 of 45
83 5/12/03 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of Eastern Leasing
Corp. check from CABN to The Hartford
insurance company; caused with intent
to defraud CABN
Count 20 of 45
84 5/15/03 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of CA Holdings
check to Nextel Communications; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 21 of 45
85 7/15/03 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of AmEx
monthly statement for CABN’s credit
card; caused with intent to defraud CABN
Count 22 of 45
86 9/14/03 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of AmEx
monthly statement for CABN’s credit card;
caused with intent to defraud CABN
Count 23 of 45
87 10/16/03 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of Discover Card
monthly statement for Arnao’s credit card;
caused with intent to defraud CABN
Count 24 of 45
88 10/21/03 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of Senate of PA check
to 1210 Enterprises, Inc., Philadelphia,
for monthly rental of 1208 Tasker St.;
caused with intent to defraud CABN
Count 25 of 45
89 3/16/04 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of Discover Card
monthly statement for Arnao’s credit card;
caused with intent to defraud CABN
Count 26 of 45
90 7/15/04 Mail fraud:
Postal Service mailing of AmEx monthly
statement for CABN’s credit card; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 27 of 45
91 3/15/02 Wire fraud:
Fax of invoice to CABN in Philadelphia
from Kiley & Co. in Boston, MA for poll
of Philadelphia voters; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 28 of 45
92 4/3/02 Wire fraud:
Fax of invoice to CABN in Philadelphia
from Kiley & Co. in Boston, MA for poll
re: 4 Phila City Council district races;
caused with intent to defraud CABN
Count 29 of 45
93 4/25/02 Wire fraud:
Fax of Wildwood, NJ construction permits
to Wallace in Flourtown, PA; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
Count 30 of 45
94 6/17/02 Wire fraud:
E-mail from Arnao to Fumo re: outstanding
bills from law firm that represented CABN
re: work for the Riparian Defense Fund,
stating: “there were some minor charges
for the riparian defense fund. Do we really
still need this … the issue is dead now.
Please advise. Thanks”; with intent to
defraud CABN
Count 31 of 45
95 9/20/02 Wire fraud:
Fax from Arnao in Philadelphia to Al
Fox in Wash., DC enclosing copy of fax
that same day of Carmen DiCamillo’s
passport, with intent to defraud CABN
Count 32 of 45
96 2/5/03 Wire fraud:
Fax of summary billing statement dated
1/31/03 from Global Strategy Group, NY,
to CABN in Philadelphia re: unpaid invoices;
caused with intent to defraud CABN
Count 33 of 45
97 9/10/03 Wire fraud:
Fax of unpaid invoices from Global
Strategy Group, NY to CABN in
Philadelphia; caused with intent to
defraud CABN
Count 34 of 45
98 12/9/03 Wire fraud:
E-mail from Swett to Arnao, stating
in part, “I need a check for $16,000
made out to Cleveland Brothers in order
for them to fix the bulldozer”; caused
with intent to defraud CABN
FEDERAL TAX-RELATED CHARGES
Count 35 of 45
99 8/99 to 12/05 Conspiracy to Defraud/Obstruct U.S. IRS
Willfully conspired to defraud U.S.
for purpose of obstructing IRS in
ascertaining, computing, assessing &
collecting taxes by using CABN, a
tax-exempt entity, for political purposes
Count 36 of 45
100 5/15/03 False tax return —
2002 Form 990 of CABN
Willfully made & subscribed Form 990 for 2002
on behalf of & as executive director of CABN,
which Arnao did not believe to be true and
correct under tax law as to every material matter,
in that the return stated that CABN had not provided
any assistance outside the ordinary course of
its nonprofit mission to individuals, had not
made any “direct or indirect political expenditures,”
and had not engaged in any Section 4958
excess benefit transaction during the year
Count 37 of 45
102 9/12/03 Filing false tax return —
2002 Form 1120 of CA Holdings, Inc.
Willfully made & subscribed a Form 1120, for
2002, on behalf & as officer of CA Holdings,
Inc., which Arnao did not believe to be true &
correct under tax law as to every material matter,
in that the return declared a deduction of $151,425
for “Community Development Consulting,”
when Arnao knew that this deduction
was false and fraudulent, in that she knew this sum
included expenditures for political polling
and other political campaign expenses which she knew
were not “community development consulting”
expenses and which she knew were not deductible
COUNTS RELATED TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Count 38 of 45
109 11/03-10/05 Conspiracy to obstruct justice
Conspired to commit offenses of
(a) corrupt persuasion to alter or destroy
material to impair its availability in a
grand jury investigation; (b) corrupt destruction
or mutilation of records stored on computer
equipment with intent to impair its
availability for use in an official proceeding;
and (c) knowing alteration and destruction
of records held on computer equipment with
intent to impede a criminal investigation
within the jurisdiction of the FBI and IRS,
all by destroying electronic records known
to be within the scope of a federal criminal
investigation
Count 39 of 45
121 8/6/04 Intentional Destruction/FBI-IRS Investigation:
Knowing destruction, mutilation and
concealment of data on computer
equipment issued to Arnao with intent
to impede known FBI-IRS investigation
Count 40 of 45
124 12/9/04 Intentional Destruction/FBI-IRS Investigation:
Knowing destruction, mutilation and
concealment of data on computer
equipment issued to Arnao with intent
to impede known FBI-IRS investigation
Count 41 of 45
126 1/21/05 Corrupt Destruction/Official Proceeding:
Corrupt destruction, mutilation or
concealment of computer files and records
held on computer equipment issued to or
used by Arnao at or on behalf of CABN,
with intent to impair availability as evidence
for use in an official proceeding
Count 42 of 45
127 1/21/05 Intentional Destruction/FBI-IRS Investigation:
Knowing destruction, mutilation and
concealment of data on computer
equipment issued to Arnao at or on behalf
of CABN, with intent to impede
known FBI-IRS investigation
Count 43 of 45
129 1/28/05 Intentional Destruction/FBI-IRS Investigation:
Knowing destruction, mutilation and
concealment of an e-mail file on computer
equipment issued to Arnao with intent
to impede known FBI-IRS investigation
Count 44 of 45
132 2/11/05 Corrupt Persuasion:
E-mail from Luchko to Wilson to tell
Arnao that Wilson should “wipe” her
“BB” “before the FBI ask for it,” with
intent to impair availability of e-mail
for use in a grand jury investigation
Count 45 of 45
134 2/11/05 Intentional Destruction/FBI-IRS Investigation:
Knowing destruction, mutilation and
concealment of data on computer
equipment issued to Arnao for use at
her vacation home in New Jersey,
with intent to impede known
FBI-IRS investigation
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