Attorney General Cuomo Sept 26, 2007 Letter by James Hall

September 26, 2007

STATE OF NEW YORK
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
ANDREW M. CUOMO DIVISION OF REGIONAL OFFICES
ATTORNEY GENERAL ROCHESTER REGIONAL OFFICE

The Honorable Attorney General Andrew Cuomo,

Cohocton Wind Watch membership and several of our members individually support the Anti-trust and RICO complaint against the Industrial Wind Turbine industry. It is our request that your office investigate the systemic pattern of corruption and collusion that is currently repeated throughout New York State.

Criminal conduct and violations of New York State and Federal laws are common occurrences. Market allocation and the absence of any competition from developers are manifested in virtually every town that has been targeted for a wind project. Town Boards have been bribed, Planning Boards have been bought and Government Agencies ignore their own regulations in favor of expedited developer approvals.

The NYS Attorney General's office needs to be apprised of specific examples of coordinated illegal business practices among scores of shell LLC companies, controlled and directed by a small cabal of ex Enron executives and foreign companies.

The recent example of a federal grand jury indictment of a Twin Cities, MN wind energy developer, Gregory Jaunich, for mail fraud and money laundering is only the tip of an iceberg that will melt down and flow back to New York State jurisdiction. http://batr.net/cohoctonwindwatch/2007/09/wind-energy-exec-indicted-by-jennifer.html

CWW seeks a meeting, with your senior staff to provide evidence and documentation of criminal conduct. Local District Attorneys are not equipped nor have the needed resources to investigate a public fraud on the scale of the Industrial Wind Industry.

We implore that the NYS Attorney General directs a wide range investigation and intercede with the U.S. Attorney General DoJ office for Anti-trust enforcement. Our executive committee is available to meet with you or your staff and offer access to our research files. Please consider the urgency, since several projects are causing irreparable harm.

Cordially,

James Hall for CWW