MEMORANDUM
A second superseding indictment charged defendants Samuel Saneaux and Rafael Estrella with conspiring to accept bribes in order to secure individuals an apartment in Andrews Plaza, a federally subsidized housing project located in the Bronx. In addition to the conspiracy charge, both defendants were charged with several related substantive offenses. Following trial the jury convicted Saneaux on the conspiracy charge but was unable to reach a verdict on the substantive charges against him and on any of the charges against Estrella. The Court declared a mistrial as to those charges.
During its case in chief, the government offered several out of court statements to prove the truth of the matters asserted therein. These statements were made by alleged coconspirators of defendants Es-trella and Saneaux, and were conditionally admitted into evidence pursuant to the hearsay exemption in F.R.E. 801(d)(2)(E) and consistent with the procedure established in United States v. Geaney, 417 *509F.2d 1116 (2d Cir.1969), cert. denied sub nom. Lynch v. United States, 397 U.S. 1028, 90 S.Ct. 1276, 25 L.Ed.2d 539 (1970). After closing arguments, and outside the presence of the Jury, I ruled that that government had satisfied the preliminary requirements for the admission of cocon-spirator hearsay statements and I admitted those statements. See United States v. Tracy, 12 F.3d 1186, 1196 (2d Cir.1993).
Given the conviction of Saneuax and the possible retrial of Estrella on the conspiracy charge, in this opinion I summarize the evidence upon which I relied and state my reasons for making that ruling on admissibility.
I. Background
I have had occasion to address this issue in two prior opinions, United States v. Saneaux, 365 F.Supp.2d 488 (S.D.N.Y.2005) (Saneaux I), and United States v. Saneaux, 365 F.Supp.2d 493 (S.D.N.Y.2005) (Saneuax II), familiarity with which is assumed.
In Saneaux I, I required the parties to address what was principally a procedural question: should the Court adjudicate defendants’ motion to preclude the coconspir-ator statements prior to trial or, alternatively, should the Court follow what I called the “Geaney protocol”1 and admit the contested statements subject to connection? In a hearing held on this question on April 6, 2005, the government argued that I ought to follow Geaney and admit the coconspirator hearsay statements subject to connection. The defendants contended that sufficient evidence existed in the parties’ written submissions demonstrating that the hearsay statements could not possibly meet the preliminary requirements for admission pursuant to F.R.E. 801(d)(2)(E), and in consequence, I should preclude the statements based solely upon the parties’ written submissions.
In Saneaux II, I ruled on defendants’ motion to preclude the coconspirator statements. In point of fact, the contested coconspirator statements which I have heretofore referred to in the aggregate, actually comprise two distinct categories of statements.
The first category includes only those declarations contained in transcripts of recorded conversations between an unindict-ed coconspirator, Robert Grullon, and government agents. In Saneaux II, I held that the paucity of the government’s proof that the recorded Grullon declarations were made in furtherance of a conspiracy — the final preliminary requirement for the admission of a coconspirator statement — required that the government first,
elicit and place before the jury all the evidence it will rely upon to satisfy all prerequisites of admissibility, including the ‘in furtherance’ requirement, so that I may hear counsel argue the issue and rule upon the admissibility of the recorded Grullon declarations before those declarations are placed before the jury.
Saneaux II, 365 F.Supp.2d at 504 (emphasis added). Perhaps as a result of this instruction, the government did not offer any of the recorded Grullon declarations at trial. Consequently, I had no occasion to rule upon their admissibility at trial and they are not considered further in this opinion
The second category of coconspirator statements is comprised of other, non-recorded statements of alleged coeonspira-tors, including defendant Estrella2 and un-*510indicted coconspirators Lucia Rodriguez,3 Ernesto Gonzalez,4 someone known only as “Abou,”5 and Grullon.6 In Saneaux II, I held that this category of coconspirator statements would be subject to the traditional Geaney protocol; that is to say, I conditionally admitted the statements, subject to connection. At the close of trial, and outside the presence of the Jury,7 I first reiterated that the recorded statements of Grullon were never offered, and then proceeded to raise the question of admission of the other non-recorded cocon-spirator statements sua sponte.
*511In point of fact, the government rested without having offered the Grullon tapes. My question now is this and I’ll put it first to the government. Are there any [other] coconspirator declarations in the record concerning which I am now under the obligation to make a Geaney finding on the record, and if so, what are those declarations and against whom were they offered?
Tr. 1043. The parties first identified the statements of Estrella, Rodriguez, Gonzalez, “Abou” and Grullon. Tr. 1044, 1046— 50. After hearing arguments from all parties on whether the preliminary requirements for admission of these 801(d)(2)(E) statements had been met, I found that the evidence in the record, including the statements themselves as well as other evidence not presented at trial, was sufficient to satisfy the prerequisites for admission of the hearsay declaration of a coconspirator. Tr. 1054. Upon making this ruling at trial, I explained that “in order that there be a full record for possible appellate review, I’ll write an opinion explaining my reasoning.” Tr. 1055. This is that opinion.
II. Discussion
Rule 801(d)(2)(E) of the Federal Rules of Evidence provides in pertinent part:
(d) Statements which are not hearsay. A statement is not hearsay if—
(2)[t]he statement is offered against a party and is ... (E) a statement made by a coconspirator of a party during the course and in furtherance of the conspiracy. The contents of the statement shall be considered but are not alone sufficient to establish ... the existence of the conspiracy and the participation therein of the declarant and the party against whom the statement is offered under subdivision (E).
“Before admitting a co-conspirator’s statement over an objection that it does not qualify under Rule 801(d)(2)(E), a court must be satisfied that the statement actually falls within the definition of the Rule.” Bourjaily v. United States, 483 U.S. 171, 175, 107 S.Ct. 2775, 97 L.Ed.2d 144 (1987) (emphasis added). In order for a statement to fall within the definition of 801(d)(2)(E), “a court must find (1) that there was a conspiracy, (2) that its members included the declarant and the party against whom the statement is offered, and (3)that the statement was made both (a) during the course of and (b) in furtherance of the conspiracy.” United States v. Tracy, 12 F.3d 1186, 1196 (2d Cir.1993). These prerequisites to admission of an 801(d)(2)(E) statement are “[p]reliminary questions concerning ... the admissibility of evidence” as referenced in Fed.R.Evid. 104(a), and must be proven by a preponderance of the evidence. Bourjaily, 483 U.S. at 176, 107 S.Ct. 2775, 97 L.Ed.2d 144; United States v. Daly, 842 F.2d 1380, 1386 (2d Cir.1988) cert. denied, 488 U.S. 821, 109 S.Ct. 66, 102 L.Ed.2d 43 (1988).
In determining whether the 801(d)(2)(E) prerequisites have been proven by a preponderance of the evidence, the Court may consider the coconspirator statements themselves. However, because “these hearsay statements are presumptively unreliable,” United States v. Tellier, 83 F.3d 578, 580 (2d Cir.1996), there must be independent corroborating evidence of “the existence of the conspiracy and the participation therein of the declarant and the [defendants].” Fed.R.Evid. 801(d)(2)(E).
The quantum of independent evidence required to satisfy these preliminary requirements is not necessarily onerous. See United States v. Ginsberg, 758 F.2d *512823 (2d Cir.1985); United States v. Provenzano, 615 F.2d 37 (2d Cir.1980); United States v. Ragland, 375 F.2d 471 (2d Cir.1967). In cases where “the hearsay evidence itself so convincingly implicates the defendant, a district court may require less corroboration to find by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant participated in the conspiracy for purposes of admitting co-conspirators’ statements against him.” United States v. Padilla, 203 F.3d 156, 162 (2d Cir.2000).
Finally, the Court need not limit its deliberations only to admissible evidence. Rule 104(a) of the Federal Rules of Evidence provides that the court “is not bound by the rules of evidence except those with respect to privileges.” As observed by the Supreme Court in Bourjaily, “[t]he Rule on its face allows the trial judge to consider any evidence whatsoever, bound only by the rules of privilege.” Bourjaily, 483 U.S. at 178, 107 S.Ct. 2775.
What follows is a summary of the evidence upon which I based my ruling at trial that the preliminary requirements for admission of a coconspirator statement had been proved by a preponderance of the evidence.
A. Existence of the Conspiracy
The trial record is replete with evidence demonstrating the existence of a conspiracy to solicit and accept bribes in exchange for promises of favored treatment in the assignment of subsidized housing at Andrews Plaza. The government’s first witness, Carol Maitland, a chief project manager at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), testified about significant irregularities in the assignment of housing at Andrews Plaza, such as the application of preferences to certain prospective tenants’ applications, when those preferences had already been abolished by Congressional action.8 Tr. 67-68, 93-155. David Baron, a supervisor at Metro Management—the entity which manages Andrews Plaza and Saneaux’s former employer—testified that after Congress eliminated these preferences, no preferences were in use at Andrews Plaza. Tr. 440. The improper use of preferences in the application files of witnesses who claim to have paid a bribe, therefore, supports the existence of a conspiracy. A parade of tenants also testified that they personally had paid bribe money for favorable treatment in the assignment of subsidized housing at Andrews Plaza. See, e.g., Tr. 385, 423, 503, 569, 689, 916. Evidence outside the trial record also supports the existence of this conspiracy. Foremost among this evidence are the proffer statements of Robert Grullon. See Memorandum of Interview of February 6, 2003, in Defendant Saneaux’s Motion In Limine, Ex. A; Memorandum of Interview of February 24, 2003, in Defendant Sa-neaux’s Motion In Limine, Ex. B. Therein, Grullon describes a series of bribe transactions in detail and inculpates himself and Saneaux, among others, in those transactions. Taken together, this evidence established the existence of this conspiracy by a preponderance of the evidence, satisfying the first preliminary requirement for *513the admission of a coconspirator statements.
B. Participation of Defendants and De-clarants in the Conspiracy
Similarly, significant evidence established the participation of defendants Sa-neaux and Estrella, and declarants Rodriguez, Gonzalez and Grullon, in this conspiracy.9
1. The Defendants
Defendant Saneaux’s participation in this conspiracy is supported, first, by the testimony of in-court witnesses, including Candita Vasquez and Reynaldo Santana, who testified to paying bribe money directly to Saneaux. See Tr. 516-18, 935-36. Second, there is evidence linking Sa-neaux to the conspiracy in which intermediaries either explicitly or implicitly refer to Saneaux as the ultimate recipient of the bribe money. See, e.g., Government Letter in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion in Limine, February 21, 2005, at 2 (“Grullon is recorded telling the [government agents that] he was merely a middleman for the ‘manager’ or ‘owner’ of Andrews Plaza; that most of the money goes to this manager .... ”); trial testimony at Tr. 694 (“Q. [AUSA Gerschwer] What, if anything, did Mr. Estrella say about who he was going to give the money to? A. [Marcia Gil, a tenant] Yes, he said the money was going to be given to the manager of Andrews Plaza. Q. Did he use any name? A. Yes. Q. What name. A. Samuel.”). In addition, the proffer statements of Grullon relate a series of transactions in which he serves as the intermediary between prospective tenants and Saneaux himself.10 Memorandum of Interview of February 6, 2003, in Defendant Saneaux’s Motion In Limine, Ex. A; and Memorandum of Interview of February 24, 2003, in Defen*514dant Saneaux’s Motion In Limine, Ex. B. Finally, the evidence of irregularities in Metro Management’s record keeping including the use of fictitious preferences, see supra II.A, when read together with the testimony of an Andrews Plaza employee who reported to Saneaux, Julisa Carcano, in which she states that Saneaux had exclusive responsibility for maintaining those records and assigning apartments, also evinces Saneaux’s participation in this conspiracy. Tr. 891-93. This evidence underlaid my ruling that Saneaux’s participation in this conspiracy had been established by a preponderance of the evidence.
The evidence supporting defendant Es-trella’s participation in the conspiracy— though certainly less prolific than that inculpating Saneaux—is adequate to meet the preponderance of the evidence standard. First, there is the testimony of Marcia Gil in which she describes, in some detail, Estrella’s role as intermediary during the transaction in which she secured an apartment at Andrews Plaza. Tr. 693-97, 700, 702, 704-05, 710, 712-14, 797. Second, there are Estrella’s own statements as recounted by Gil at trial and admitted by this Court as party admissions. Id. Finally, there is the testimony of Julisa Carcano, the Andrews Plaza employee, who testified that Saneaux only permitted access to a small group of family and associates whom he would deal with directly. Tr. 893. That list of twelve individuals included Estrella, as well as Grul-lon, Gonzalez and Rodriguez. Id. Carcano testified that during her employment at Andrews Plaza, Estrella visited the office “[m]aybe twice a month.” Tr. 894. This evidence, moreover, must be viewed in the light cast upon it by the entirety of the available evidence. In that light, it is clear that the modus operandi described by Gil in her description of the transaction involving Estrella is nearly identical to that described by numerous other government witnesses in relation to their bribe payments. Credibility is thus lent to Gil’s rendition based upon its similarity to the experience of other bribe payers, and, together with the foregoing, supported my finding that Estrella’s participation in this conspiracy was established by a preponderance of the evidence.
The implications of this finding are twofold. First, it satisfies the second preliminary requirement for the admission of the coconspirator statements of Rodriguez, Gonzalez and Grullon against Estrella himself. Second, because Estrella’s hearsay declarations were offered against his co-defendant Saneaux, Estrella’s participation in the conspiracy—in this circumstance, as the declarant—also serves to satisfy the second preliminary requirement for the admission of Estrella’s hearsay declarations against Saneaux.11
2. The Declarants
The participation of Rodriguez, Gonzalez and Grullon—i.e. those individuals whose out-of-court declarations were offered for their truth, and introduced through in-court witnesses at trial—in the charged conspiracy was also established by a preponderance of the evidence.
Rodriguez’s12 participation in the conspiracy was established by Candita Vasquez, who testified in some detail about Rodriguez’s role facilitating the payment *515of a $4,000 bribe in order to secure a subsidized apartment in Andrews Plaza. Tr. Tr. 920-21, 925, 933-34, 937-39, 942, 944, 973, 976. Yasquez further testified that significant portions of her Andrews Plaza application had been completed by Rodriguez, and contained false information used to justify a preference to allow Vasquez to bypass others on the waiting list.13 Tr. 926-932. Evidence of Rodriguez’s participation is bolstered by the testimony of Julisa Cureano that Rodriguez was one of the few tenants who had direct access to Saneaux. Tr. 894 (“Lucia Rodriguez called almost every day. And, also, from time to time ... [c]ame to the office.”).
Gonzalez’s14 participation in the conspiracy was established by Cesar Mendez, who testified that he paid $3,500 to Gonzalez in order to secure a subsidized apartment at Andrews Plaza, Tr. 571, and also testified that there were portions of his application — relating to preferences — which he had never before seen and which were not in his handwriting. Tr. 577-79. And, as with Estrella and Rodriguez, Gonzalez was on Cureano’s “list” of individuals who were allowed unfettered access to Saneaux. Tr. 893.
Erika Reyes and Evelyn Morales each testified that they paid $1,500 and $4,500 respectively to Grullon15 in order to secure an Andrews Plaza subsidized apartment. Like witnesses Mendez and Vasquez, Reyes and Morales testified that there were significant irregularities in their applications. Tr. 395-404, 614-24. Grullon was also on the list of those with access to Saneaux. Tr. 893. However, the most significant evidence of Grullon’s participation in this conspiracy is contained within his proffer statements in which he admits to an active and continuing role as an intermediary between Saneaux and prospective tenants in this conspiracy to sell subsidized apartments. Memorandum of Interview of February 6, 2003, in Defendant Saneaux’s Motion In Limine, Ex. A; Memorandum of Interview of February 24.2003, in Defendant Saneaux’s Motion In Limine, Ex. B.
The foregoing evidence establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that Rodriguez, Gonzalez and Grullon, along with defendants Saneaux and Estrella, were members of the conspiracy to sell subsidized apartments in Andrews Plaza, thereby satisfying the second preliminary requirement.
C. Statements Were Made During the Course of and In Furtherance of the Conspiracy
The final preliminary requirement for the admission of a coconspirator statement — that the statement be made during the course and in furtherance of the conspiracy — was the focus of my opinions in Saneaux I and Saneaux II.
A statement made during the course of a conspiracy is made while the conspiracy is active: after its formation and before its cessation. See United States v. Grossman, 843 F.2d 78, 83 (2d Cir.1988). Here, the superceding indictment alleges that the conspiracy was active “[f]rom at least in or about 1995 up to and including at least in or about February 2003.” Superceding Indictment, in Defen*516dant Saneaux’s Motion In Limine, Ex. F. The proof at trial established that the charged conspiracy was in existence and functioning between those dates. The co-conspirator statements which are the subject of this opinion were, made during the same time period. Hence, the hearsay declarations were made during the course of the conspiracy.
The “in furtherance” requirement for admission of a coconspirator statement requires that the statement be designed to promote the accomplishment of the conspiracy’s goals. See United States v. Russo, 302 F.3d 37, 45 (2d Cir.2002). “[C]ommunicating with a person who is not a member of the conspiracy in a way that is designed to help the coconspirators to achieve the conspiracy’s goals is also in furtherance of the conspiracy.” United States v. Rivera, 22 F.3d 430, 436 (2d Cir.1994). The objective of the charged conspiracy was allegedly to solicit and accept money from prospective tenants, in exchange for which the conspirators, principally Saneaux, would help the bribe payers secure a subsidized apartment in Andrews Plaza. The contents of each coconspirator statement introduced at trial concerned the amount of money, and the logistics of the payment of that money, which the bribe paying prospective tenants were required to make in order to secure their apartment. These statements were surely made to advance the goals of this particular conspiracy; in other words, they were made in furtherance of the conspiracy.
For these reasons, I found that the co-conspirator statements were made both during the course and in furtherance of this conspiracy, satisfying the final preliminary requirement.
III. Conclusion
Based upon the evidence reviewed herein, I found that each of the preliminary requirements for the admission of a cocon-spirator statement pursuant to Rule 801(d)(2)(E) of the Federal Rules of Evidence had been satisfied by a preponderance of the evidence. Therefore, at the close of trial, and outside the presence of the Jury, I admitted these statements into evidence pursuant to the Geaney protocol.