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Illinois state representative Mail fraud [42] Paul B. Carpenter: California state senator Hobbs Act and RICO: BRISPEC sting operation [43] Donald D. Carpentier: Illinois state senator Mail fraud [44] John A. Celona: Rhode Island state senator Mail fraud [45] Henry Cianfrani: Pennsylvania state senator Mail fraud and RICO [46] Joseph Coniglio ...
This is such a common crime that the state of Arizona listed affinity scams of this type as its number one scam for 2009. In one recent nationwide religious scam, churchgoers are said to have lost more than $50 million in a phony gold bullion scheme, promoted on daily telephone prayer chains, in which they thought they could earn a huge return ...
State Senator Paul Fischer (R), pled guilty to misuse of state funds and taking illegal campaign contributions from an oil-field construction company. (1989) [3] [4] State Senator George Hohman (D) State Senator, bribed to obtain a water-bomber aircraft for the state. Sentenced to 3 years and fined $30,000.
Stolen coins were recovered from a variety of places, including auctions, private homes, safe deposit boxes and a Florida auctioneer who unwittingly bought five coins from Eric Schmitt, the FWC said.
Florida is home to over 6.3 million seniors – anyone 60 and older, according to the Florida Department of Elder Affairs. The state has the second largest senior population in the United States ...
State Senator Sam McCann (R) pled guilty to wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion for using more than $200,000 from his campaign fund for his own personal use. (2024) [48] [49] State Representative Luis Arroyo (D) convicted of fraud. (2022) [50] State Senator Tom Cullerton (D) convicted of embezzlement. (2022) [51]
Fort Pierce, Florida — A collection of 37 gold coins — with a combined value estimated at more than $1 million — have been recovered after they were stolen by salvagers back in 2015 from a ...
The first type are also applicable to corrupt state and local officials: [1] the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, [2] the Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), [3] the Travel Act (enacted 1961), [4] and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) (enacted 1970).