February 4, 2010 - William J. Edwards, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio; C. Frank Figliuzzi, Special Agent in Charge of the Cleveland Division of the FBI; and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, today announced the sentencing of defendant Timothy Armstrong, the second defendant sentenced in connection with the Cuyahoga County Corruption Probe. Judge Kathleen M. O’Malley sentenced Armstrong, age 65, of Huron, Ohio, to 42 months of imprisonment, two years of supervised release, and 200 hours of community service for his role in a kickback scheme that caused a loss of approximately $11.5 million to the County. Judge O’Malley also ordered Armstrong to pay $1,573,345 (his share of the proceeds of the scheme) in restitution to Cuyahoga County. Armstrong had fulfilled that restitution obligation in advance of sentencing.
Armstrong previously pleaded guilty to conspiring with attorneys Louis C. Damiani (deceased), Bruce Zaccagnini and an unnamed lawyer to pay PO2 approximately $1.2 million in cash kickbacks on approximately $22 million in County commercial reappraisal contracts over a period of 10 years. Former Auditor’s Office employee Santina Klimkowski has pleaded guilty to serving as an intermediary for the kickback payments and has admitted accepting approximately $154,000 in cash kickbacks herself. Klimkowski has paid $91,859.48 toward restitution. The Court has not scheduled a sentencing date for Klimkowski. Zaccagnini has pleaded guilty for his role in the conspiracy and was sentenced yesterday to 60 months' imprisonment. In addition, the United States Attorney’s Office has filed a forfeiture action against $1.95 million which Louis Damiani obtained as a result of the conspiracy.
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