Co-Defendant Marc Piro, age 46, of Wilmington,
is charged with Larceny Over $250, Personal Use of Campaign Funds, and
Willfully Misleading Investigators. Piro is expected to be arraigned in
Middlesex Superior Court at a later date. Piro is the owner of Guy T.
Piro Printing ("Piro Printing"), located in Somerville.

In
April 2008, the Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF) began
an initial investigation into suspected violations of campaign finance
laws by Buonomo. In November 2008, OCPF referred the matter to the
Attorney General's Office for further investigation. Authorities
believe that on various dates between December 2004 and July 2008,
Buonomo withdrew funds from the Committee to Elect John Buonomo for his
personal use. Buonomo allegedly stole these funds using two methods.
First, investigators discovered that Buonomo allegedly wrote checks to
himself from the Committee's account, falsely stating on the checks
that he was reimbursing himself for postage he had bought with cash.
Second, investigators discovered that Buonomo also allegedly stole
funds from his campaign account by writing checks from the Committee to
Piro Printing for fictitious print jobs. Authorities believe that
Buonomo wanted to make it appear as though the printing company was
printing materials for the campaign, when in actuality these services
were never rendered. Investigators discovered that after receiving the
money from the Committee, Piro would allegedly refund the funds back to
Buonomo immediately, minus approximately $500 for each transaction.
Authorities believe that Piro also allegedly participated in the
creation of fake invoices for these transactions, so that it would
appear as if Buonomo had indeed used the company's printing services.
All of these fake invoices were created on the same day, and were
entered into Piro's accounting system in an effort to make the
transactions appear legitimate.

During the course of their
initial investigation, OCPF found that Buonomo allegedly submitted to
OCPF forged and altered bank records, forged and altered printing
invoices, as well as false written statements he had obtained from
postal employees. Investigators believe this was an effort by Buonomo
to mislead OCPF and to justify the taking of funds from his Committee.
Investigators from OCPF and the Attorney General's Office believe that
Buonomo stole approximately $100,000 from the Committee.

A
Middlesex Grand Jury returned indictments against Buonomo and Piro on
March 31, 2009. Buonomo was arraigned today in Middlesex Superior Court
where he entered a plea of not guilty and was released on personal
recognizance. He is due back in court on June 18, 2009, for a pre-trial
conference. Piro is expected to be arraigned in Middlesex Superior
Court at a later date.