The key witness in the corruption trial of former NYPD Inspector James Grant and Brooklyn businessman Jeremy Reichberg testified Nov. 20 that he and Mr. Reichberg had bestowed expensive gifts, meals and trips upon police commanders they believed were in a position to offer them favors in return, and that the one who received their greatest attention was former Chief of Department Philip Banks III.
“Just like in any company, we wanted to deal with the highest people in the organization,” Jona Rechnitz, appearing as a prosecution witness in hope of escaping any jail time for crimes that could earn him a sentence of up to 20 years in Federal prison, stated in the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in lower Manhattan.
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