Neil Volz - Testimony Against Congressman Bob Ney

Testimony Against Congressman Bob Ney

Bloomberg News described Volz's plea agreement:

In court documents filed as part of Volz's plea agreement, prosecutors said that he and others at Greenberg Traurig offered trips, tickets to sporting events and numerous meals at Abramoff's restaurants to Ney. In 2003, Volz paid for part of a two-night trip to the Sagamore Resort in Lake George, New York, for Ney and members of his staff, prosecutors said.

Ney, for his part, agreed to help Abramoff clients with acts such as inserting language into legislation that would lift a gaming ban hurting one of the tribes, prosecutors said. The court documents also describe conversations in which Volz told Ney what Abramoff wanted him to say in meetings with the tribal client.

Volz received abusive phone messages from Ney because he suspected Volz was cooperating with the prosecution. Volz turned those messages over, which would have been used against Ney if he had gone to trial.

Neil Volz is currently working as a night janitor at a Florida restaurant.