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Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges by Nchara: 3:19am On Jun 24, 2010 |
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. |
Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges by bkbabe97: 5:15am On Jun 24, 2010 |
Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges Nchara: lol. Dude, u mad funny! How the hell is Kilpatrick Ghanian?lol |
Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges by Nobody: 5:57pm On Jun 24, 2010 |
bk/babe97: was wondering the same thing? i guess in the poster's mind, anyone named Kwame must be Ghanaian |
Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges by bawomolo(m): 7:25pm On Jun 24, 2010 |
lol, names like kwame and kenyatta are common in the US |
Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges by Nobody: 7:49pm On Jun 24, 2010 |
bawomolo: the poster may not have that knowledge! |
Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges by Afam4eva(m): 8:06pm On Jun 24, 2010 |
I've always thought that guy had Ghanian ancestry. |
Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges by jarkbauer: 8:28pm On Jun 24, 2010 |
all you mr-know-all are you saying he doesn't have no ghana ancestry/origin even as his forefathers? |
Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges by Nobody: 9:02pm On Jun 24, 2010 |
^^^^^^^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! |
Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges by tpiah: 9:18pm On Jun 24, 2010 |
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! |
Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges by nellaluv(f): 10:04pm On Jun 24, 2010 |
Nchara the notable tribalists is back, when did u return mscheeeew #hiss |
Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges by jarkbauer: 10:10pm On Jun 24, 2010 |
MRbrownJAY: no he was not african he was white american |
Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges by jarkbauer: 10:14pm On Jun 24, 2010 |
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 |
Re: Ghana-american Ex-mayor Of Detroit Indicted On Fraud, Tax Charges by Nobody: 1:39am On Jun 25, 2010 |
^^^^^^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! |
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