Harris, a billionaire private equity executive and founder of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, met with investigators on May 6, records show. He hasn’t been accused of wrongdoing.
Harris, a billionaire private equity executive and founder of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, met with investigators on May 6, records show. He hasn’t been accused of wrongdoing.was interviewed by the FBI last year in connection with New Jersey prosecutors’ criminal racketeering case against Democratic power broker, met with investigators on May 6, records show. The documents do not say why agents wanted to speak with Harris or what they discussed.
The disclosure of Harris’ FBI interview comes during a politically sensitive time for the Sixers. The team this week reversed course on its plans to build athe controversial proposal to build a $1.3 billion arena in Center City — even as New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy tried to lure the 76ers to Camden with a promise of
Prosecutors say Norcross led a criminal enterprise made up of government officials, businesspeople, and lawyers. One of the organization’s objectives was to influence the New Jersey Legislature to pass economic-development legislation in 2013 “in a manner that greatly increased tax credit awards for projects in Camden and was tailor-made to advance the interests” of Norcross and his friends, the indictment says.
The 76ers were one of many companies that benefited from the legislation, known as the Economic Opportunity Act. In 2014 the New Jersey Economic Development AuthorityAs with other projects in Camden, that meant that for each dollar the team invested in the facility, it could later recoup the same amount in tax credits, as long as it met conditions such as employing a certain number of people there.
The Norcross brothers’ involvement in shaping the Economic Opportunity Act was not itself a criminal act, prosecutors say. “Rather, Philip Norcross’s influence over the Legislature simply provides background on the political power and objectives of the Enterprise, which, like virtually any RICO enterprise, engages in both lawful and unlawful activities,” prosecutors Michael D. Grillo and Adam D. Klein wrote in a November court filing.
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