By Shayna Jacobs
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN SUPREME COURT — A former campaign aide to the mayor accused of stealing more than $1 million from Michael Bloomberg's campaign fund personally met with the the billionaire shortly before carrying out the theft, prosecutors said Friday.
According to court papers filed Friday, Haggerty had a meeting with Bloomberg and his top campaign aides on Oct. 28, 2009 to discuss a "ballot watching" proposal for services on Election Day.
Haggerty later used the services he pretended to provide as an excuse when confronted about the $1.1 million in missing funds, prosecutors charged.
Haggerty, 41, and his company, Special Election Operations, were indicted on charges they stole the money from the mayor's campaign account through a money laundering and phony check writing scheme.
Under normal circumstances, a poll watching service like Haggerty's would cost a mere $32,000, according to the DA.
Haggerty's company, to which the funds were transferred, did not even officially exist until weeks after the election, prosecutors said.
Haggerty faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
