Trucking mogul stole from WTC workers but is granted house arrest at Jersey Shore condo
A trucking mogul under house arrest on charges of bilking more than $1 million from workers rebuilding the World Trade Center can party like Snooki the rest of the summer, after a judge allowed him to spend weekends enjoying his parents’ luxurious Jersey Shore condo.
Gerardo Fusella, 37 — who prosecutors say has bragged about ties to organized crime — also can get rid of the electronic monitoring bracelet he’s been wearing for months after he was indicted in December, Brooklyn federal Judge Kiyo Matsumoto ruled yesterday.
He’s still got a 9 p.m.-to- 5 a.m. curfew, but instead of spending every night inside his East Hanover, NJ home, Fusella can lock himself inside his parents’ Seapointe Village condo in Wildwood Crest on weekend nights.
During the day, he can lounge in the complex’s “famed multi-level ‘bubble’ pool and enjoy amenities like hot tubs, exercise rooms and a private beach,” real-estate materials gush.
“It does not sound like much if he gets to come here and enjoy the sun when he’s ripped people off,” said Steve Waldman, 49, who was vacationing with his family at the shore-front resort yesterday.
“You want me to tell you what I think of him? He’s . . . not a good person at all,” Waldman said. Noting that Fusella is accused of ripping off his workers’ union pension fund, Waldman said, “That’s completely rotten.’’
The pot-bellied Fusella — decked out in a heavy gold crucifix around his neck and two small charms dangling from a gold safety pin — told a Post reporter to buzz off from his weekday home because neighbors were wondering: “What’s a car with New York plates doing in the New Jersey suburbs?”
In addition to Fusella’s alleged pension scheme, one of his trucking companies, Fusella Group — which had been contracted to work on the huge WTC project — has been named the worst toll deadbeat in New Jersey. It owes the Port Authority $425,780 in tolls and penalties, according to Brooklyn federal prosecutors.
Also busted in the alleged pension fraud was Fusella’s brother, Vincent.
Shortly after their arrest, the brothers — who own at least two trucking companies — were released on bond, $1 million for Gerardo and $500,000 for Vincent.
Gerardo Fusella, 37 — who prosecutors say has bragged about ties to organized crime — also can get rid of the electronic monitoring bracelet he’s been wearing for months after he was indicted in December, Brooklyn federal Judge Kiyo Matsumoto ruled yesterday.
He’s still got a 9 p.m.-to- 5 a.m. curfew, but instead of spending every night inside his East Hanover, NJ home, Fusella can lock himself inside his parents’ Seapointe Village condo in Wildwood Crest on weekend nights.
SURF ’N’ TURF: Gerardo Fusella outside his East Hanover, NJ, home yesterday after a judge allowed the alleged pension fraudster to spend weekends at the Jersey Shore.
“It does not sound like much if he gets to come here and enjoy the sun when he’s ripped people off,” said Steve Waldman, 49, who was vacationing with his family at the shore-front resort yesterday.
“You want me to tell you what I think of him? He’s . . . not a good person at all,” Waldman said. Noting that Fusella is accused of ripping off his workers’ union pension fund, Waldman said, “That’s completely rotten.’’
The pot-bellied Fusella — decked out in a heavy gold crucifix around his neck and two small charms dangling from a gold safety pin — told a Post reporter to buzz off from his weekday home because neighbors were wondering: “What’s a car with New York plates doing in the New Jersey suburbs?”
In addition to Fusella’s alleged pension scheme, one of his trucking companies, Fusella Group — which had been contracted to work on the huge WTC project — has been named the worst toll deadbeat in New Jersey. It owes the Port Authority $425,780 in tolls and penalties, according to Brooklyn federal prosecutors.
Also busted in the alleged pension fraud was Fusella’s brother, Vincent.
Shortly after their arrest, the brothers — who own at least two trucking companies — were released on bond, $1 million for Gerardo and $500,000 for Vincent.
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