Macomb County Trash King Rizzo Pleads Guilty to Bribery

**Lowell** · November-09-17, 04:30 PM

A widespread corruption scheme involving public official bribery, billing scams and embezzlements, and led to criminal charges against 17 people — and 11 guilty pleas, reached its climax with Trash King Chuck Rizzo meekly pleading guilty to a variety of charges. He faces up to ten years and multi-million dollar forfeitures.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/new...ery/107497240/

**Bham1982** · November-09-17, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by Lowell

A widespread corruption scheme involving public official bribery, billing scams and embezzlements, and led to criminal charges against 17 people — and 11 guilty pleas, reached its climax with Trash King Chuck Rizzo meekly pleading guilty to a variety of charges. He faces up to ten years and multi-million dollar forfeitures.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/new...ery/107497240/

This convicted felon has a ridiculous Taj Mahal of a home under construction on Quarton Rd. east of Woodward in Bloomfield.

Wonder what will happen with that unfinished monstrosity. It's so outrageously ugly all the neighbors' property values likely dropped.

**canuck** · November-10-17, 06:05 AM

Brings up familiar stories from my neck of the woods. A big construction guy, Tony Accurso is on trial for similar stuff in Montreal. He used to bribe city officials and invite a few of them on his enormous yacht in the carribean. The boat has a sweetly evocative name; "Touch".

**Cincinnati_Kid** · November-10-17, 11:26 AM

Funny, I thought all the corruption happens in Wayne County? That's the spin I've always heard.

**Johnnny5** · November-10-17, 09:44 PM

I'm glad to see that this crook is going to do time. That said, I'm curious as to what/if any legal recourse Rizzo's competitors may have against him, the NY private equity fund that was backing him or GFL [[The company that bought Rizzo out).

The company that used to pick up here in Milford was forced out [[And later out of business) likely due to Rizzo's shenanigans and others like Waste Management and Tringali lost tons of contracts to Rizzo over the years.

**MikeyinBrooklyn** · November-11-17, 01:30 AM

Originally Posted by Cincinnati_Kid

Funny, I thought all the corruption happens in Wayne County? That's the spin I've always heard.

Oh, corruption is anywhere and everywhere. Wayne County government, especially [[but not only) under Ficano happen to be very thorough about their corruption. I think Candice Miller ran for Macomb PW commissioner [[presumably a step down the ladder for a prominent member of the majority party of the US House) specifically to root out the apparently obvious corruption. But crooks run all over government, at all levels.