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Allied Partners' Hadar Busted for Drugs
Oct 6, 2008

According to a report in the New York Daily News, Eric Hadar, CEO of Allied Partners, was busted for drugs, including cocaine, Oxycontin and Xanax, He was stopped while driving erratically Friday on the Saw Mill River Parkway in New York and is due to make a court appearance on two felony counts today in Westchester, N,Y., the paper stated. His real estate firm bought the Citigroup Center on Lexington Ave. for $725 million in 2001.

 
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