FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: AUGUST 5, 2016
RE: PRESS RELEASE – CARMEN DUBALDI – FORMER ORANGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE MEMBER
Former Orange County Republican Committee member Carmen Dubaldi, 48, a resident of Orange County, was sentenced in Orange County Court by the Hon. Edward McLoughlin on his convictions to three counts of Grand Larceny in the third degree to 1 – 3 years in state prison.
Dubaldi had served as campaign treasurer for three popular Orange County elected officials, former County Executive Edward Diana, NYS Senator William Larkin and Orange County ClerkAnnie Rabbitt. In late 2015 irregularities noted in these campaign accounts were brought to the attention of Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Mr. Hoovler, also a noted Orange County elected official, cited the appearance of a potential conflict of interest and the investigation was turned over to the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office.
Audits of the three campaign accounts revealed that Dubaldi, between January 1, 2008 and June of 2015 had stolen approximately $90,000.00 from former County Executive Edward Diana’s campaign account, approximately $28,000.00 from Senator Larkin’s campaign account and approximately $3,000.00 from County Clerk Rabbitt’s campaign account.
Prior to sentencing Dubaldi paid full restitution as well as reimbursement for the costs of the forensic accountings. Judge McLoughlin, in sentencing Dubaldi to state prison, noted that he had made restitution but observed that, in his judgment, both the amount of the thefts and the number of thefts over such a long period of time, warranted the state prison sentence.