Former Detroit mayor indicted on 19 fraud, tax charges By the CNN Wire StaffJune 23, 2010 4:50 p.m. EDT
Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is already serving time on obstruction charges related to efforts to cover up an affair.STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick could be sentenced to 20 more years in prison
He is accused of using donations to a tax-exempt for personal expenses
He is already serving a five-year prison term after violating probation
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(CNN) -- Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was indicted Wednesday on 19 counts of federal fraud and tax charges, according to the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of Michigan.

The charges against him include 10 counts of mail fraud, three counts of wire fraud, five counts of filing a false tax return and one count of tax evasion, according to U.S. District Court spokesman Rod Hanson.

If he is convicted, each fraud count would carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000, while each tax count would carry a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000, the U.S. attorney's office said.

The charges stem from an alleged scheme in which Kilpatrick used donations to his Kilpatrick Civic Fund -- a tax-exempt social welfare organization -- to pay for such personal expenses as yoga and golf lessons, and campaign expenses in his 2001 and 2005 bids for mayor, according to the indictment.

Kilpatrick had claimed the fund would go toward community services and voter registration information, the indictment says.

Kilpatrick, 40, is currently serving five years in prison for violating probation in a 2008 case against him. That case involved two felony counts of obstruction of justice stemming from Kilpatrick's efforts to cover up an extramarital affair.

He also pleaded no contest to charges of assaulting a police officer attempting to serve a subpoena on a Kilpatrick friend in the case.

Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges

Nchara:


Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges



Former Detroit mayor indicted on 19 fraud, tax charges By the CNN Wire StaffJune 23, 2010 4:50 p.m. EDT
Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is already serving time on obstruction charges related to efforts to cover up an affair.STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick could be sentenced to 20 more years in prison
He is accused of using donations to a tax-exempt for personal expenses
He is already serving a five-year prison term after violating probation
RELATED TOPICS
Kwame Kilpatrick
Political Scandals
Michigan
(CNN) -- Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was indicted Wednesday on 19 counts of federal fraud and tax charges, according to the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of Michigan.

The charges against him include 10 counts of mail fraud, three counts of wire fraud, five counts of filing a false tax return and one count of tax evasion, according to U.S. District Court spokesman Rod Hanson.

If he is convicted, each fraud count would carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000, while each tax count would carry a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000, the U.S. attorney's office said.

The charges stem from an alleged scheme in which Kilpatrick used donations to his Kilpatrick Civic Fund -- a tax-exempt social welfare organization -- to pay for such personal expenses as yoga and golf lessons, and campaign expenses in his 2001 and 2005 bids for mayor, according to the indictment.

Kilpatrick had claimed the fund would go toward community services and voter registration information, the indictment says.

Kilpatrick, 40, is currently serving five years in prison for violating probation in a 2008 case against him. That case involved two felony counts of obstruction of justice stemming from Kilpatrick's efforts to cover up an extramarital affair.

He also pleaded no contest to charges of assaulting a police officer attempting to serve a subpoena on a Kilpatrick friend in the case.

lol. Dude, u mad funny! How the hell is Kilpatrick Ghanian?lol

bk/babe97:

lol. Dude, u mad funny! How the hell is Kilpatrick Ghanian?lol

was wondering the same thing? i guess in the poster's mind, anyone named Kwame must be Ghanaian

lol, names like kwame and kenyatta are common in the US

bawomolo:

lol, names like kwame and kenyatta are common in the US

the poster may not have that knowledge!

I've always thought that guy had Ghanian ancestry.

all you mr-know-all are you saying he doesn't have no ghana ancestry/origin even as his forefathers?

^^^^^^^to you MR-know-it-better-than-those-who-supposedly-know-it all

his mothers name was Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and his father Bernard Kilpatrick both born in the US.
we all know that ALL african American have an african ancestry(duh!) but to assume that someone has ghanaian ancestry just because they have a supposedly ghanaian name is #@$%^.

its well documented that in the 60s/70s,many african american decided to name their children with african orientated names due to the identity crisis and the civil right movements at the time etc.

whats next?! tupac shakur was African!

just because barack obama and a host of MODERN DAY AAs are directly descended from africa, doesnt mean every AA with an african name is african!!!!

sheesh!!!

it's tiresome educating you people!

abeg nobody should engage me in any semantic wordplay because i'm not explaining my post!

Nchara the notable tribalists is back, when did u return mscheeeew #hiss

MRbrownJAY:

^^^^^^^to you MR-know-it-better-than-those-who-supposedly-know-it all


whats next?! tupac shakur was African!

no he was not african  he was white american

you people are olodo  The term African people refers to citizen of countries in Africa, or to people with ancestors from the continent. why do slave descendant americans call themselves African-Americans.black is synonymous with Africa

Joe Lieberman ,Albert Einstein thou they are whites and americans we still know they are jewish

olodos

^^^^^^ok smart mr man. instead of writing the gibberish you just did, give us the details/proof where KWAME KILPATRICK is either GHANAIAN or decendant from GHANA. . . . . . . . . . or go back to your cave!