United
States Attorney's Office
District of Connecticut
Press Release
September 23, 2004
GRAND JURY RETURNS 15-COUNT INDICTMENT
ALLEGING PUBLIC CORRUPTION IN
CONNECTICUT STATE
GOVERNMENT
The United States Attorney’s Office
for the District of Connecticut announced that a federal grand jury sitting in
Hartford today returned a 15-count Indictment
charging PETER N. ELLEF, age 60, of 414 Lovely Street, Avon,
Connecticut; WILLIAM A. TOMASSO, age 39, of 24 York Road, New Britain,
Connecticut; TOMASSO BROTHERS, INC., of One Liberty Square, New Britain;
TUNXIS MANAGEMENT CO., of One Liberty Square, New Britain; PETER N.
ELLEF II, age 33, of 418 Lovely Street, Avon; and LF DESIGN, LLC, of
60 Wooster Street, New Britain, with racketeering conspiracy, racketeering,
conspiracy to commit theft/bribery of federal funds, mail fraud/theft of honest
services and wire fraud/theft of honest services. The Indictment also charges
ELLEF, TOMASSO, and TOMASSO BROTHERS, INC., with attempted extortion and
conspiracy to commit extortion; ELLEF, ELLEF II and LF DESIGN with conspiracy
to defraud the IRS; and ELLEF, TOMASSO, ELLEF II and LF DESIGN with conspiracy
to money launder.
Continued at following website: http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/ct/Press2004/20040923.html