Posted on 01/05/2005 4:10:15 PM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
OXFORD, Wis. (AP) The former Indiana Democratic Party chairman arrived at a federal prison in Wisconsin today.
Peter Manous will serve a 27-month sentence for defrauding a union pension fund in a ten (M) million dollar land deal.
Manous pleaded guilty in April to eight federal charges, including conspiracy, lying to federal investigators and obstruction of justice.
The former chairman admitted in court that he took a 200-thousand dollar kickback to help broker the deal in which a carpenters union bought some land for a housing development. Manous was an attorney for the union.
The son of sleazy ex-East Chicago Mayor Pastrick was part of this scandal.
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