Following The Money, Feds Examine Potential Link Between Missing Success Village Money And Probate Candidate Mark Bradley’s $767,000 Bank Account

In the 2024 tragedy, turned resilient recovery, endured by roughly 2,000 residents at Success Village – no heat, no hot water, millions of dollars in common charges to pay maintenance operations and taxes misappropriated, caused by its former management – federal investigators are peeling back the layers of venality and flow of missing money that created a horrific health catastrophe forcing Bridgeport government leaders to prevail upon the court to appoint new management.

What is irrefutable, try as he may, Bridgeport Judge of Probate candidate Mark Bradley was a partner (and still is) in the Bridgeport-based Bradley Law Group that tried to keep then Success Village Board leader Ty Bird in power, challenging Superior Court Judge Dale Radcliffe’s order to approve the request by city officials to appoint qualified management to rescue the co-op from closure.

Also irrefutable, Mark Bradley’s brother, Dennis Bradley, was the lead attorney in the matter challenging Mayor Joe Ganim’s court application, ratified by the City Council, seeking judicial relief on behalf of residents.

Also irrefutable, in court records, the Bradley Law Group received tens of thousands of Success Village money, doing Ty Bird’s failed legal bidding to keep him in power and continue the gravy train flow.

Also irrefutable, Dennis Bradley in March was convicted by a federal jury of his peers on six counts of election law violations. Awaiting sentencing, his law license has been suspended by a state judge.

Also irrefutable, Mark Bradley is under investigation for numerous counts of election fraud including illegal voting, falsifying addresses and forging voter petition signatures to qualify for an August 11 primary against incumbent Paul Ganim.

Also irrefutable, federal investigators, wielding a court-authorized warrant, recently raided the home of Ty Bird – the man who paid the Bradley’s – to help connect the missing money.

Also irrefutable, Mark Bradley highlights, on his Facebook page, work history that dates his partnership in the Bradley Law Group to October 2022.

Now, here’s where the timeline of misappropriated money from Success Village has come to the attention of federal investigators.

A messy child custody and support case in Massachusetts last July before Judge Bernadette Stark produced explosive revelations of Mark Bradley falsifying documents that led to the withdrawal of his attorney. Mark Bradley is a resident and registered Republican in Massachusetts, according to public records and court documents, while also registered as a Democrat in Bridgeport.

A flashpoint of the proceedings emerged when it was disclosed Mark Bradley had hidden a bank account “with $767,000 in and out of this bank account the last 23 months” and receiving Mass Health benefits while in arrears with child support payments.

Danielle Thomason, the lawyer representing the mother of Mark Bradley’s five-year-old daughter, as well as Mark Bradley’s departing lawyer, both brought attention to Mark Bradley’s “significant material misrepresentations on each and every financial statement that he had provided to the court…”

Thomason noted to the court Mark Bradley’s falsification to escape additional child support obligations.

The circumstances led Judge Stark to admonish Mark Bradley, according to the court hearing transcript reviewed by OIB.

“I don’t know what the status of your law license is going to be after these proceedings, but now all of us have an obligation to get in touch with the BBO (Board of Bar Overseers) based even just on your representation here today that you intentionally misrepresented material facts on a financial statement which is signed to under the pains and penalty of perjury. I don’t know if you’re going to be able to call yourself attorney for much longer when all this hits the fan, because this is serious. This is extremely serious violations of your ethical obligations, of your duties as an officer of the court.”

An investigation on this matter is pending.

In addition, court testimony revealed, Mark Bradley invested $90,000 in a Massachusetts restaurant. Thomason, the opposing lawyer, declared that Mark Bradley had become a W2 employee of his family-run law firm and reported to the IRS “maybe fifty something dollars a year” while not reporting the larger financial holdings to the IRS or financial statement.

Pinned by the obvious, even his own lawyer declaring he falsified financials statements, Mark Bradley replied to the court: “I’ve never disclosed this account to Attorney Thomason; I never disclosed this account to my attorneys. So I am falling on the sword on this.”

Attorney Thomason noted, “This woman is raising two children, was full time school, full time working, paying more money in daycare for his daughter than she was receiving in child support.”

She also asserted the FBI was looking into Mark Bradley’s financial dealings.

The child support battle in Massachusetts is still pending.

Now, let’s fast forward about one year.

Mark Bradley is a candidate for public office looking to make friends. He tries to manipulate the vote-rich citizens of Success Village after his law firm worked against their interests.

Mark and Dennis Bradley come up with an idea, in conjunction with City Council member Maria Pereira, a hired gun for the campaign.

The Bradley’s finance $8,000 for a spring clean-up at the co-op, including manpower and dumpsters.

Isn’t this terrific? The Bradley’s and Pereira crow, Mark Bradley campaigning at the co-op.

Strange thing about that peculiar clean-up. Considering the tens of thousands of dollars on record the Bradley law firm received to keep Bird in power, the Bradley’s were in reality using co-op money for a disingenuous act.