Rep. Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), a Hillary Clinton superdelegate, was convicted on Tuesday
on corruption charges stemming from a racketeering conspiracy in which
the congressman and four associates misappropriated thousands of dollars
from federal, campaign, and charitable sources.
Fattah and four associates were indicted in July 2015 on 29 corruption charges including racketeering, bribery, money laundering, mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, and falsification of records, among other charges.
The Department of Justice said Fattah took an illegal $1 million loan
from his failed Philadelphia mayoral bid in 2007 and disguised it as a
loan to his consulting company.
At the end of the campaign, Fattah used a scheme
to repay the loan through grants and charitable funds from his
nonprofit, the Educational Advancement Alliance, and passed through two
other companies. In order to pull off the scheme, sham contracts were
created to conceal the contributions and repayment operation. False
entries were made into accounting records, campaign finance disclosure
statements, and tax returns.
Lobbyist Herbert Vederman, consultant Robert Brand, Fattah’s
Congressional District Director Bonnie Bowser, and Educational
Advancement Alliance CEO Karen Nicholas were charged along with Fattah.
Fattah, who was first elected to Congress in 1995, lost his congressional seat in April after being defeated by Pennsylvania Rep. Dwight Evans in the Democratic primary.
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), a Hillary Clinton superdelegate, was convicted on Tuesday
on corruption charges stemming from a racketeering conspiracy in which
the congressman and four associates misappropriated thousands of dollars
from federal, campaign, and charitable sources.
Fattah and four associates were indicted in July 2015 on 29 corruption charges including racketeering, bribery, money laundering, mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, and falsification of records, among other charges.
The Department of Justice said Fattah took an illegal $1 million loan
from his failed Philadelphia mayoral bid in 2007 and disguised it as a
loan to his consulting company.
At the end of the campaign, Fattah used a scheme
to repay the loan through grants and charitable funds from his
nonprofit, the Educational Advancement Alliance, and passed through two
other companies. In order to pull off the scheme, sham contracts were
created to conceal the contributions and repayment operation. False
entries were made into accounting records, campaign finance disclosure
statements, and tax returns.
Lobbyist Herbert Vederman, consultant Robert Brand, Fattah’s
Congressional District Director Bonnie Bowser, and Educational
Advancement Alliance CEO Karen Nicholas were charged along with Fattah.
Fattah, who was first elected to Congress in 1995, lost his congressional seat in April after being defeated by Pennsylvania Rep. Dwight Evans in the Democratic primary.
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