Posted on 04/08/2010 9:18:33 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Larry Langford began serving a 15 year prison sentence near Ashland, Kentucky just before noon, today. Those who know Langford fear he may not survive the full term.
"I have come to know him as an individual and its very sad for me to see him going off what may well proved to be a death sentence if he does not win on appeal," says Glennon Threat.
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So many corrupt Rats...so little time...
OK, why is he in prison? And why won’t he last?
Actually prison is the perfect place for a rat to die. Let’s do more of them.
Judge Scott Coogler set Langford’s forfeiture at $241,843; sentencing will take place in early 2010, in 90 to 120 days. Langford, who remains free until then, faces up to 805 years in prison.
He was convicted of taking bribes. He is 64 and in 15years he will be 79. He smokes like a Steam Engine..he may die of bad health. He was only convicted on what he was caught doing.
A private citizen is suing several Bingo Establishments in Alabama because Langford was witnessed being escorted to certain machines where he would win big jackpots.
Thanks for the infomration. Sounds like a real scumbag to me.
“Sounds like a real scumbag to me.”
He sounds like a typical rat to me.
You two guys think alike.
Actually, perhaps all of us here, in some matters , think alike.
Down with the Rats.
They spread disease.
Liberal stealing from the public purse.
Got caught and now due to bad choices and lifestyle decisions wants leniency.
Screw you Langford, you with your corrupt ways have made life difficult for many.
I despise these flipping pols that get caught and sentenced then play the health or race card.
You lived life large on the backs of citizens, now time for you to see flip side
I have more respect for the common thief using a gun in commission of a crime than I will ever have for pol stealing from constituent.
At least with the common criminal one has a chance of keeping ones hard earned money.
With Pols the they use the law to steal fom us and we have no recourse.
On December 1, 2008, Langford, along with William B. Blount and Al LaPierre, was arrested by the FBI on a 101-count indictment alleging conspiracy, bribery, fraud, money laundering, and filing false tax returns in connection with a long-running bribery scheme.
LARRY LANGFORD, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a long-running bribery scheme in which he sent more than $7 million in county bond business to Montgomery investment banker Bill Blount in return for bribes worth $241,843, Acting U.S. Attorney Jim Phillips announced.
U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced LANGFORD, 63, to prison and ordered him to pay $119,985 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service, and to forfeit $241,843 to the government.
The restitution to the IRS results from his convictions for filing false tax returns for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005, in which he failed to report his income from the bribes.
“The sentence imposed today should say to all public officials that selling their position of trust to buy a lavish personal lifestyle will lead them to the prison door,” Phillips said. “Larry Langford placed his vanity and greed above the financial well-being of Jefferson County and helped bring it to the edge of financial ruin. The taxpayers of Jefferson County will continue to suffer from the corrupt acts of Langford and his cohorts.”
“Honest law-abiding citizens here in northern Alabama are reassured today that no one is above the law, especially when that person is an elected official,” said IRS Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigations, Reginael McDaniel. “Public service is a privilege and those who abuse that privilege can expect to be held accountable.“
Between 2002 and 2007, while LANGFORD was president of the Jefferson County Commission and chairman of its finance committee, he solicited and accepted $241,843 in cash, loan payoffs, expensive clothing and jewelry from Blount and LaPierre, intending to be influenced and rewarded in connection with the awarding of lucrative county financial transactions. In return for the bribes, LANGFORD used his power and position on the county commission to include Blount Parrish in financial transactions that generated about $7.2 million in fees for Blount and his companies. Blount, in turn, paid LaPierre hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting fees.
Among the items of value LANGFORD requested and received from Blount and LaPierre were:
* A $50,000 six-month, unsecured loan from Colonial Bank, which Blount engineered, despite LANGFORD’s poor credit rating. When the loan became past due, LaPierre obtained a $50,000 loan from Colonial Bank and paid off LANGFORD’s loan. Blount then transferred $50,000 to LaPierre to pay off LaPierre’s loan.
* A $69,000 check from LaPierre, after LANGFORD asked for money. LaPierre wrote the check after Blount transferred $69,000 to him.
* A $30,000 check from LaPierre, after LANGFORD asked for more money. LaPierre wrote the check after Blount transferred $30,000 to him. LANGFORD used the money to pay his personal taxes.
* Expensive clothing and jewelry from New York shops which LANGFORD requested while on trips to New York City with Blount and others related to Jefferson County financial transactions. Several of these items were mailed to LANGFORD’s county office.
* An account at Remon’s Clothiers in Birmingham. Blount and LaPierre set up the account and, for the next several years, paid the bills as LANGFORD shopped there extensively.
* Rolex watches and other expensive jewelry that LANGFORD selected and Blount bought him from Bromberg’s in Birmingham.
LANGFORD, Blount and LaPierre also attempted to obstruct justice. In late 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission began investigating Jefferson County financial transactions and the relationship between the three men. It issued subpoenas for testimony and documents to all three.
LANGFORD testified before the SEC in June 2007 that he borrowed money from LaPierre and the loans were secured by real property. The men earlier had conspired to conceal the bribes by calling them loans.
I’m anxiously awaiting the obammy perp walk when they march this marxist pos punk off to jail for any one of numerous offenses.
This probably outrats the average rat.
Thanks!
Langford has been grifting the taxpayers of the Birmingham metro area for 40 years. He’s managed to clean house on bond deals for two failed amusement parks, helped his buddy Richard Scrushy get sweetheart deals with the state and rip off investors, and even got caught being personally escorted to specific electronic bingo by a donor where he won big jackpots. He’s quick to claim racism whenever accused. The man cannot rot in jail fast enough, IMO.
This is the perfect place for that slimeball “larruh langfud” to rot.
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