FOP Hearing
From an e-mailer:
A disciplinary hearing was conducted on Thursday for Fop Lodge 7 President John Catanzara . There were numerous charges of financial malfeasance brought by the 1st VP who was recently demoted from a field rep by the accused . Catanzara was accompanied to the hearing by his attorney and refused to answer several questions asked of him.
Catanzara called witnesses to support His case but they testified that he did not pay back money he was supposed to . He “ allegedly “ said he had used the Fop credit card on vacation when he visited Croatia and Jamaica . The next meeting is the third Wednesday of next month and anyone who has a question should be there. The real question is how will the entire Fop Board handle this in relation to discipline? Are we paying for another attorney for Catanzara ?
Obviously, this is the basis for the rumored discussion someone overheard along the lines of, "But if I pay it back, then there's no problem, right?"
Actually, it's a problem, and a pretty large one. The FOP isn't a piggy bank or a pay-day loan service, fronting interest-free loans to previously bankrupt members who can't manage their own finances. If it was, we would have traveled more extensively when we were members.
So now what? Does the hearing committee of three render a decision? Is the membership stuck waiting until the next meeting? Any additional oversight? Any information about other on-going investigations or why the FOP is paying some shyster $450 per hour for what looks like a personal issue rather than an organizational one?
By the way, has anyone seen the $10K painting yet?
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
86 Comments:
You idiots bought his bs when you could have asked anyone that worked w him in 008 if he was a good guy but didnt and bought his bullshit.
He sounds like an everyday retail theft offender.
Was present at the meeting, it’s very concerning. A good source said he has a civilian friend who is on drugs, that he spends his time with. Why would you hang around someone on drugs. This man has appeared on his early videos when he was newly appointed. Another problem is transparency. We should know where the money is spent. The VP should be our choice, not his. The VP should have remained, John removed. Trips, concerts, painting, expensive outings, all on our dime. Strange behavior at the meetings. From yelling, to odd random remarks. He even addressed being on the blog as a topic. He admitted to subpoenas being issued. When will we get answers, now or after charges are filed. Who would take his place and run the union? These are questions we all should be concerned with.
Answers from him would be nice.
I wish I could blow money like that
People should go to the next meeting. You should start to care, it’s only your money.
"By the way, has anyone seen the $10K painting yet?"
The Mystery of the $10K Painting is, thusly, dangled as the bait upon the hook into yet another stellar article, packed full of sillineses and sarcasms worthy of the legendary SCC catalyst of said sillinesses and sarcasms.
With the subject muttering, well, this is another fine mess I've gotten myself into.
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John Catanzara has been exposed for what he is finally . For twenty five plus years he has attacked everyone in his presence . He’s been to the Police Board four times , violated orders of protection , worked while on the medical and had every form of transportation repossessed . Lost his condo , truck ,boat and in a short time what could be his freedom .
He’s lied , manipulated injured police officers and done just about everything he could to get where he is today .
The sad part is the majority of cops don’t attend meetings and see what this guy is all about . This Board has failed completely to safeguard their members hard earned dues and spent them in whatever whims Catanzara wanted .
This Board was not voted in by all the members but Catanzara knew that 2,700 lay at the Post Office uncounted . This backfired on him because the ones who did not run with him fell in line out of fear or just plain inability to speak out . That allowed him to fleece the money he never earned .His motto was “ with the advice and consent of the Board!” With no one to scrutinize his spending he bought trucks , trailers and went across the country living first class while cops toiled working twelve hour days . While cops sat “stripped “ he ordered steaks and lobster . He pulled out of arbitration and we still don’t have a contract .
Hopefully one day this Union will elect representatives who put their members first and not themselves . What an absolute travesty that finally the ones who supported him the most actually took that long to see what he is .
Good luck to the person(s) who have to pick up the pieces after this “crew” is DONE !
I heard it was a painting of “deezzz nutz”
Looks like the S.S. JohnnyBoy has taken a direct hit from Destroyer Three Witches. And the whole FLOP Crew of rats is scrambling for the life preservers and jumping ship.
When your own trusted secretary and Treasurer go 180 off script when the Feds come aknockin’, you’ve got problems, J-Pussy. And then there’s Grimmace ‘The Bagman’ DiSanti… he’s gonna fold like a cheap lawn chair. And how about Jim Backstababitch? He’s even softer… he’s gonna fold like a Chinese laundromat. Their whole little world is crumbling around them at 1412 W. Washington and I’m loving every minute of it. You see, we’ve known the real John for a very long time.
More graveside deep thoughts, self promoting and delusional visions of grandeur in 3… 2… 1…
Makes ya wonder how John’s handpicked trio of pud polishers will find. I mean, his outright refusal to answer questions and his admission that he stole money from FOP coffers kinda makes it impossible to follow through with the “not guilty” they all conspired to. I’d donate a months salary to see the Feds pinch John as he’s giving his “presidents report” at a general meeting. Followed by FB food critic Jackoffstavich and all the other board members who turned a blind eye in exchange to partake in the graft.
Tick tock, John. Your clock is about out of time.
Fire the entire board. They stood by too long and allowed it to happen, especially Dennis.
Disgusting
People here at the lodge don’t like me. I can just tell. I don’t know what I ever did to them. Me getting captains pay to sing? Me not doing a lick of work when I’m not singing? Me not giving King John a tribute from my fraudulent PPP loan? I’ve got more questions than answers.
Why is he still on the board? He should be removed immediately and cut off of all funding.. he’s already said he used FOP $ to fund his vacation. He should be removed immediately & have all his cards & any accounts frozen including his personal account
He needs to be voted out.
Prison for life. Fr fr though. Prison.
John’s lack of morals runs deep.
John, please do the right thing and resign. Our organization deserves better behavior. You were the right man for the moment, but circumstances have changed.
So Jcat has been using the FOP7 credit card while on vacation.....
Thats a fraud across state lines. And can be prosecuted by federal courts! And if he did it once, he has done it multiple times.
So yes, a forensic audit needs to be performed. And the Union paying for his attorney is wrong. This is going to be on his dime. Since he performed the criminal act to support his lifestyle and not in performance of union duty.
Explain why treasure did not catch this and stop it?
Immbezzlment
Why is hecarrying FOP7 credit card overseas?
Hmm where have we heard , if he'll pay it back there is no problem? Toilet king grabinor.
Union needs to vote now and remove him. Call for an emergency hearing and ask him to step down. If refused, vote to remove by board or rank and file members. Members can vote yes or no to Jcat being removed.
Ooooo sayyyyy cann youuuu seeee pleaseeeee don’t take my ppppp from me .
He needs to be indicted along with anybody who participated in the theft/fraud with him. Time for a change at this shit show. The whole house, including the trustees. need to be cleaned out.
IT stotal Bullshit..the FOP members should not be on the hook to pay for this freeloading, corrupt asshole!! Isnt that how we got here in the first place? Fuck JC..hope he goes to jail..say hi to Madigan for me.
John needs to step down!!! Another embarrassment to the City of Chicago and the hard working police officers. State and National Lodges need to step in, if they don’t it just shows what a huge corrupt click they all are. He should be paying his attorney out of his own money. He makes a minimum $300,000.00, but I’m sure it’s a lot more. Members dues should not be paying. Was the hearing open to all members???
If John did nothing wrong why plea the 5th? He loves to talk so it’s is funny he doesn’t during the hearing. The board needs to suspend his spending until he explains in detail his spending.
No wonder John locked down the books, he didn't want everyone to know we were paying for vacations for him and his side pieces.
I hear the painting mysteriously showed up in the conference room for the hearing???
No Kangs!!
So if BOARD members DONT do what they are STIPEND to do what is the course of action? ALL sorts of retirees seem to have no time to conduct investigations or testify at hearing. Does the 1 st vice president have to put charges on them too? If money hasn't been returned after months isn't that theft? Lawyers being paid and we have trustee claiming they sick and cant do FOP BUSINESS but they all show up for hotel trips and steak.... SAD
I’m hearing MAJOR agita at the FLOP HQ. A handful of board members and the Lodge attorneys have been spit balling and trying to figure out a game plan for when charges come down. They’ve been in nonstop meetings and working into the wee hours. Day to day operations have been discussed at length in the event more than just Catanzara gets charged. Tension is so thick you can cut it with a knife… everyone suspects everyone else of talking to the Feds and they’re walking on egg shells wondering if/when they’ll be implicated, especially after McGuire and the secretary deviated from the script they’ve been rehearsing at the direction of President Bankruptcy. Smart money says this goes much deeper than how it appears. And to think… it was a couple “crazy, bitter broads” making outlandish accusations with no proof. Can’t wait to see how many Jcat nut huggers will eat their hat when their hero gets locked up.
If you were an attorney. The attorney did this:
Obviously, this is the basis for the rumored discussion someone overheard along the lines of, "But if I pay it back, then there's no problem, right?"
Lets say it was a business day and put the money back. This would result in your disbarment or a lengthy suspension. Most States would consider such conduct a serious violation of trust under the Rules of Professional Conduct.
Some truth to this and some misinformation, wasn’t this 100% out of PM’s Facebook post.
The committee renders a recommendation, that recommendation is brought to the board for their consideration. Any recommendation is going to be wined about by most people on this blog.
Did he have a recent visit to France, the Louvre museum?
The board should resign right after they throw the bum out...and may we never vote to re-elect another lodge president! Lets hold an emergency election to elect an interim board and president, then hold an election to elect a new president.
Drain the swamp!
It sounds like Cheryl Pontecore should come out of retirement and begin an investigation on this clown.
She was the detective who was on the Paulohusky 1.5 million dollar theft with the sergeant's association.
It seems like CREDIT CARDS are the key to his crimes also. Time to pull some search warrants.
You have no idea
How much funds was allegedly fleeced?
Johnny!!!
We knew at some point you would step on your dick. You always do. I think your gonna go to the fed pen, because at this point i doubt anyone will speak up for you. But i'd be willing to bet there are a whole lot of influential people making calls for you to hang because you have burnt every bridge. Goos luck.
vote all of them out every single one from trustees to board members the vision team is the nightmare thieves all complicit with their bosshog jrat
Well said Glen!
Pallohusky said the same thing, that he intended to pay it back. Big problem, that $$ isn't yours to play with in the first place! He needs to be removed from the board; his salary and medical benefits that we all are paying for needs to stop; all his assets/purchases he made while in office seized; charged accordingly; and the rest of the board needs to be removed for allowing this go go on under their noses (although I suspect many of them knew what was going on all along).
What a shit show
Your money, and the CPD’s reputation. Which is already not great, but imagine the field day national news would have with this dumbest kind of petty cash corruption charges being filed against CPD’s own elected FOP leader?
Mette or Gorman
SCC, you should Add a Like button.
One name comes to mind. Thomas H. Mungeer.
Sergeants union was a husband and wife team. Don’t know how much.
Step down my ass, he needs to be indicted and charged accordingly, along with his fellow minions.
Pontecore wasn’t the brains behind that case and you should know that, but you’re obviously her friend. She actually did very little of anything associated with the case and parachuted onto the paper mid-investigation. And why would you want anyone on CPD near this corruption? Our guys are notorious for fuckin things up. It’s much better that the Feds are involved as when the hammer drops on John it’ll pretty much be an airtight case. Hats off to the 3 Witches who exposed all this. You should be getting endless thanks and apologies from the rank and file but I’m not gonna hold my breath.
Agreed
OT: What happened to the Det list? Class is supposed to be Monday.
Agree, we should have a list of spendings.
Mona Lisa
Look out, this is really bad!!!
https://youtu.be/fa7nSzCiGXk?si=DV6cCLY3Ef5yaxia
The reason for the use of FOP credit cards was to bring up his own personal credit score. He’s a financial failure but relies on FOP dues, PAC money and other salaries to live a lavish lifestyle and buy a home. Free auto and health ivsurance new cars , trucks. People better also be looking into Michael Cosentino and David DiSanti. They live off FOP . Cosentino Springfield apartment $1600 a month, why?
John’s way
And now the end is near and so I wait for the judges sentence ;
My friends and foes I’ll state my case of which I’m certain . I skimmed , I stole and charged whatever I wanted , but the Board approved my every charges .
What is a President what has he got to fly first class when his members have not , to scream at all who hate his guts , while others around him kiss his butt, let the Court record show , I spent the members money MY Way !
If this is true that he used the FOP credit for personal use or for anything other than union business that is legally considered theft, why hasn’t he been charged? You stole from the union, paying it back doesn’t make up for the fact that you stole. Would you have paid it back if you weren’t going to be exposed? Probably not! Either step down or I will be at the next meeting with signed complaint for your arrest
AMEN!!!
Especially when one of his judges was sitting next to him at Smith & Wollensky enjoying a six thousand dollar meal . John pocketed $8,900 and spent the money on the meal and out the rest in his personal account .
Beasley asked John if he paid the money back and he said yes . Yes he did out of his own account months later .
This Board which is all his guys has several ; 1.) find him guilty and expel him ; 2.) find him not guilty or ; 3.) find him guilty and give him a slap on the wrist .
Just remember everyone is watching , the State , National and the Feds and the repercussions of your decision is gonna affect them . Is your loyalty to the Lodge or Catanzara ? It’s survival time !
The members need to see the contract between the Lodge and this outside law firm John hired at $425 an hour. A request to view it had been made but John, Rob Noceda and our in house attorney, Pat Fioretto are refusing to make it available. Members have every right to view this contract, especially since it might be serving as a contract to represent John in the federal investigation he is currently under. The members should NOT be on the hook for legal fees he incurred as a result of him stealing from us!
I have heard coppers say "So-and-So is a "good copper"when he/she wasnt. Seems like that phrase is more of a popularity culture thing in CPD. Just saying
Lets all run down to the Hall with pitchforks and torches and remove him...who's with me?
I sent John a letter telling him that his services are no longer required via the police mail.
It seems like we have elected ourselves a Con-man...Remember Wayne LaPierre at the NRA...? it took a lot get rid of that one. Once they are fully entrenched, they can fight to make removal harder. Apparently we are paying for Johns legal defense now. I suggest we fire the entire board just to clean up the stench.
Absolutely. He was the right man when he first ran and maybe even when he ran the second time. He seemed to have a genuine interest. Now? Now he is stealing our money, taking vacations on our dime, buying another NEW truck from our money and made us look, once again, like laughingstock. He needs to resign immediately or be fired and then arrested
Piñatas side piece is in big doodoo now. Tik tok Johnny
He needs to go
JCat will bankrupt a lemonade stand.
Sounds like someone needs to be drug tested.
The painting is of 5 dogs playing poker, hilarious but not worth 10k.
Off Topic: Chicago has its 1st MASS shooting this weekend at 31st and St. Louis. No protest for the shooting. Thanks again Brandon. How is your 150 person personal security detail, and inquiring minds want to know if their working today. .
Spell check can be your friend. Hope you aren’t a financial crime dic.
Can someone please do a picture of Hein on Where’s Waldo cartoon since he’s in hiding and they look alike.
Charge him With embezzlement he’s not the first Union boss to be charged with that offense and suspend him. Here’s a Friday update your under arrest
here is my message to the members of the FOP board:
You all took an oath when the board was sworn in. You have a DUTY as a board member to protect the assets of Lodge 7. What is done cannot be undone. He can't apologize, cant pay it back and it all goes away. The intent has been established. You members now must act when the you have enough information. Do the right thing. everybody is watching.
It is not the member's job to supervise corporate officers
Nor, are they normally allowed, to unless provided for by statute or corporate formalities. The board of directors has a fudiciaty duty to the members.
This is what the fop 7 gets for allowing retires on the board and in officer postions. You might finally understand.
I hope mette enjoys working district patrol.
Who knows ! Catanzara refused to allow members to see his credit card receipts
A strong offense is his best defense. He’ll likely claim depression and other mental health issues as an excuse, pretending he didn’t know what he was doing to avoid accountability for his actions. Don’t believe it, Catanzara is a fraud and con artist. Anyone who has done business with him in the last year or so will be witnesses down the road.
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