DOJ files charges against disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff
Source: Politico
The Justice Department is prosecuting the legendary lobbyist Jack Abramoff on felony conspiracy charges. Again.
More than 14 years after he pleaded guilty in the biggest Washington lobbying scandal in a generation, Abramoff has agreed to enter guilty pleas on charges of criminal conspiracy and failing to register as a lobbyist for his role in two separate schemes, according to the Justice Department.
In the first, Abramoff allegedly failed to register as a lobbyist after he was hired by an FBI undercover agent posing as a businessperson. In the second, he and another man, Rowland Marcus Andrade, criminally misrepresented a cryptocurrency they claimed would use biometric technologies to verify its users identities, according to prosecutors.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed civil charges against Abramoff and Andrade in addition to the criminal charges.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/25/doj-charges-jack-abramoff-340434
Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)Always about the $$
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)jmowreader
(50,453 posts)erronis
(14,955 posts)They've re-infested government again and are going back to jail again (hopefully.)
https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/15/jack_abramoff_ico/
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142538459
Xolodno
(6,341 posts)So he had to be researching it ever since it became a thing. Probably thought that was his opportunity to become wealthy again. Nor did he think anyone at the FBI would be watching him with McCain gone, Trump making a bigger mess, etc.
Surprise, surprise, no one forgot about him and they were keeping an eye out. Dude should have went under an assumed name, wrote scripts for Hollywood....his time in Washington should have gave him a lot of good ideas. Of course, you have to wait longer for your returns on a movie, corruption is faster.