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The federal investigation centers on allegations that they traded jobs and contracts for thousands of dollars of free improvements to their homes and properties....
... The nearly inseparable duo built a Democratic machine by hiring friends and allies, which is the subject of a continuing Plain Dealer investigative series. And the two have helped the party control every elected office in the county for decades, partly through Dimora’s role as county Democratic Party chairman.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/fbi_raids_cuyahoga_county/
Corruption probe profiles: The people and places involved
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/07/corruption_probe_profiles.html