United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut
Press Release

TWO MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO OBSTRUCTION CHARGES
                                                           
Nora R. Dannehy, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GREGORY LAUGENI, 45, of Woodbridge, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Vanessa L. Byant in Hartford to one count of obstruction of justice.

According to documents filed with the Court and statements made in court, on April 17, 2007, LAUGENI attempted to obstruct and impede the due administration of justice in a matter before a federal grand jury sitting in Hartford. In pleading guilty, LAUGENI admitted that, in response to a subpoena issued by the grand jury, he provided to federal agents working with the grand jury, altered and falsified documents.  These false and altered records included a fabricated bill of sale for a Mustang Skid Steer and three altered invoices, all falsified to conceal the fact that certain monies received in connection with the lease of a commercial office building at 160 Sargent Drive in New Haven, Connecticut, had been kicked back to DONALD R. PERRY III, an employee of the building management company.

PERRY, 35, formerly of Woodbridge and now residing in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, pleaded guilty today before Judge Bryant to one count of alteration and fabrication of records in connection with a federal investigation.  During his plea proceeding, PERRY admitted that, on approximately April 17, 2007, he knowingly altered and falsified a document with the intent to impede, obstruct and influence an investigation within the jurisdiction the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Internal Revenue Service.  Specifically, he acknowledged that he willfully caused to be delivered to special agents of these agencies, a document that he had materially altered and falsified, purporting to reflect the sale of a 1996 Mustang Compact Loader Skid Steer by a company he controlled, DMP Construction, LLC., to Solutions Unlimited, LLC, a company owned by LAUGENI, on February 25, 2005, for $9,623.75, when in truth the vehicle was not sold by DMP Construction, LLC to Solutions Unlimited. In reality, the $9,623.75 payment was a kickback to PERRY relating to the lease of 160 Sargent Drive on behalf of the Connecticut Department of Transportation.

LAUGENI and PERRY are scheduled to be sentenced on September 11, 2009, at which time LAUGENI faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years and a fine of up to $250,000, and PERRY faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years and a fine of up to $250,000.

This matter is being investigated by special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service-Crimimal Investigation Divison, and theOffice of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of  Transportation. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney James G. Genco.

CONTACT:

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