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"Money Man" Spared Jail Time and Felony Conviction in Exchange for Turning Informant and Providing Witness Testimony

By Walin & Klarich

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It was recently reported that Donald Haidl, the alleged ?money man? for disgraced Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, will not serve jail time because Haidl provided ?extraordinary? cooperation with prosecutors in convicting Carona for corruption. Haidl will instead pay a $40,000 fine and perform community service on a guilty plea for filing a false tax return. The crime carries a statutory minimum of three years in prison and a $100,000 fine. During Carona?s corruption trial, Haidl testified about funneling illegal contributions to Carona?s election campaign and paying Carona and his top aid $1,000 a month to keep them from accepting bribes from any other source. Haidl also secretly recorded conversations with Carona on three occasions. One recorded conversation had Carona and Haidl discussing how they should testify before a grand jury, leading the jury to convict Carona of witness tampering...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on March 08, 2010 (boomark / email).