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| Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick indicted on federal fraud, tax charges |
| 2010-06-23 |
| Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been indicted on federal fraud and tax charges. He'll be arraigned July 13. Federal prosecutors say the alleged scheme is related to the Kilpatrick Civic Fund, a tax-exempt fund that was supposed to pay for voter education and other purposes. Instead, Kilpatrick is accused of using it as a slush fund to take cash payments for himself, friends and relatives. In an indictment filed Wednesday, he's accused of failing to report at least $640,000 in taxable income between 2003 and 2008, which includes money, private jet flights and personal expenses paid by the civic fund. The government says he used the money to pay for yoga and golf lessons, golf clubs, summer camp for his kids, personal travel, moving expenses, as well as "counter-surveillance and anti-bugging equipment." Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David Groner sentenced Kilpatrick to up to five years in prison on May 25 for violating probation stemming from his conviction for lying under oath about an affair with his chief of staff. The 2008 criminal case forced him out of office. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 But, but, but weren't Kilpatrick's friends & relatives voters? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-06-23 19:41 |
| #2 under sharia maybe Kilpatrick would be able to plead down to having only 8 fingers chopped off |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-06-23 17:41 |
| #1 Such cases make me lust for "sharia laws" - for politicians only. //sarcasm off |
| Posted by: borgboy 2010-06-23 17:15 |