Hiram Monserrate charged in $109K "slush-fund" fraud - NYPOST.com

Hiram Monserrate charged in $109K "slush-fund" fraud - NYPOST.com: "Scandal-scarred former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate was busted again yesterday -- this time on federal fraud charges tied to his tenure on the City Council.
The Queens Democrat -- who's still on probation for the domestic assault that got him booted out of Albany -- was accused of misusing $109,000 in council 'slush fund' cash that he directed to the nonprofit Latino Initiative for Better Resources and Empowerment.
Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said Monserrate 'effectively outsourced' much of his failed 2006 state Senate bid to the group, known as LIBRE, which he used as a 'political piggy bank' to fund his campaign."