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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1248875" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2013/12/rahm-emanuels-handpicked-comptroller-guilty-in-bribery-scheme/" target="_blank">http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2013/12/rahm-emanuels-handpicked-comptroller-guilty-in-bribery-scheme/</a></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Rahm Emanuel’s Handpicked Comptroller Guilty in Bribery Scheme</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>This week in a Cincinnati federal court Amer Ahmad <a href="http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/ahmad/" target="_blank">pleaded guilty </a>to bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery, money laundering and wire fraud. The feds say he used his Ohio government job to secure “lucrative state business” for his high school buddy in exchange for more than half a million dollars in kickbacks. Besides facing up to 15 years in prison, Ahmad agreed to pay more than $3.2 million in restitution and $500,000 in fines, according to his plea agreement.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Attached to the plea document is the federal complaint outlining Ahmad’s illicit kickback scheme. Even though he was Ohio’s Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Treasurer, Ahmad was the president of one company and partial owner of another, the complaint says. Those are the businesses that were used to funnel the state money. The purpose of the conspiracy was clear, the complaint says; for the defendants to enrich themselves, their friends and associates.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1248875, member: 12952"] [url]http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2013/12/rahm-emanuels-handpicked-comptroller-guilty-in-bribery-scheme/[/url] [SIZE=6][B]Rahm Emanuel’s Handpicked Comptroller Guilty in Bribery Scheme[/B] [B]This week in a Cincinnati federal court Amer Ahmad [URL='http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/ahmad/']pleaded guilty [/URL]to bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery, money laundering and wire fraud. The feds say he used his Ohio government job to secure “lucrative state business” for his high school buddy in exchange for more than half a million dollars in kickbacks. Besides facing up to 15 years in prison, Ahmad agreed to pay more than $3.2 million in restitution and $500,000 in fines, according to his plea agreement. Attached to the plea document is the federal complaint outlining Ahmad’s illicit kickback scheme. Even though he was Ohio’s Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Treasurer, Ahmad was the president of one company and partial owner of another, the complaint says. Those are the businesses that were used to funnel the state money. The purpose of the conspiracy was clear, the complaint says; for the defendants to enrich themselves, their friends and associates. [/B] [B][/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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