United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut
Press Release

NEWTOWN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS

Kevin J. O'Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FREDERICK MORAN, age 59, of 8A Homer Clark Road, Newtown, Connecticut, has waived indictment by a federal grand jury and pleaded guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to one count of making a false statement in connection with a matter within the jurisdiction of the Executive branch of the United States.

According to the documents previously filed in Bridgeport federal court, MORAN was approached by several persons who had been charged as a result of the investigation into employees of subcontractors working at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, Connecticut. MORAN told these persons that he had connections with both a high-level official in the Immigration and Naturalization Service and an immigration lawyer and could assist them in obtaining legal status in the United States. MORAN further told them that the attorney required "up-front" money totaling over $9,000.00, which they paid to him.

When no help was forthcoming, counsel for some of the people who had paid MORAN money approached the federal agents involved in the Sikorsky investigation and brought MORAN's actions to their attention. During the course of the ensuing investigation, according to the criminal Complaint, MORAN made numerous false statements to the agents investigating the matter regarding, among other things, his ability to repay the people who had paid him and the steps he had taken to secure funds for repayment.

When he is sentenced by Judge Covello on November 3, 2004, MORAN faces a maximum term of imprisonment of five years and a fine of up to $250,000.

This case was investigated by the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, and the Office of Inspector General for the Social Security Administration. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney James K. Filan, Jr.

CONTACT:

U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Tom Carson
(203) 821-3722
thomas.carson@usdoj.gov