Already indicted City Councilman Ruben Wills busted again for filing bogus reports to hide finances: officials
The Queens politician was arrested Tuesday for filing false reports with the city's Conflicts of Interest Board, officials said. Wills, 46, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court.
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An already-indicted Queens City Councilman is in fresh trouble with the law.
Ruben Wills, 46, was arrested Tuesday morning on charges he filed bogus documents with the city Conflicts of Interest Board, officials said.
The Jamaica Democrat filed a total of five bogus financial disclosure reports between 2011 and 2012 in which he concealed his extracurricular dealings, the state Attorney General’s office said.
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said submitting phony documents “is a serious crime” that could land Wills behind bars for up to four years if convicted.
Wills has been caught in Schneiderman’s crosshairs before.
He was busted in May for allegedly stealing public campaign funds and using the cash for a pricey Louis Vuitton handbag and shopping sprees at Nordstrom and Century 21 and other locales.
He’s also accused of taking a $33,000 member item from since-convicted Sen. Shirley Huntley for his sham charity but pocketing most of it. Those charges are pending.
The $112,500-a-year pol hasn’t exactly been lighting it up at work either - the Daily News reported in December that he’d missed 27% of the City Council meetings he was supposed to attend in the year that ended June 30, the worst attendance record on the Council.
The latest charges were the result of a joint probe by the AG and the state Controller’s office.
Controller Thomas DiNapoli said Wills’ “alleged action