Frank M. Gilliam, Jr. (d), alleged perpetrator
Better get used to assuming that position frank.
Posted on 10/03/2019 7:55:06 PM PDT by massmike
The mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey has resigned after admitting in federal court on Thursday that he stole $87,000 from a youth basketball team he founded.
The admission puts the mayor on a long line of corrupt leadership in the city, which has been riddled with chronic budget problems.
Frank Gillam Jr. told the judge he stole funds raised from donors in Atlantic City and Philadelphia for the Atlantic City Starz for personal expenses between 2013 and 2018. He was elected mayor in 2017 after serving as a City Councilman.
Gillam, 49, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted in his trial, which is set for Jan. 7. Half of the money he stole was recovered from his home when FBI agents raided it in December, and he’s agreed to pay restitution for the fraud.
The Atlantic City mayoral office has a long history of rampant corruption, lending ground for the 1920s-era hit HBO series "Boardwalk Empire." As of 2007, four of the city's last eight mayors had been arrested on corruption charges and one-third of the nine-member City Council was either in prison or under house arrest.
Robert Levey, mayor of the city from 2006-2007, admitted in court to falsifying his military record to receive $25,000 worth of benefits. In 1991, former mayor James Usry admitted to a campaign finance violation of accepting $6,000 in exchange for supporting an ordinance that would benefit the company that offered the money.
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I’m not seeing party affiliation so he’s got to be a dem.
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Frank M. Gilliam, Jr. (d), alleged perpetrator
Better get used to assuming that position frank.
The Atlantic City mayoral office has a long history of rampant corruption,
lending ground for the 1920s-era hit HBO series "Boardwalk Empire."
As of 2007, four of the city's last eight mayors had been arrested on corruption
charges and one-third of the nine-member City Council was either in prison or under house arrest.
Robert Levey, mayor of the city from 2006-2007, admitted in court to
falsifying his military record to receive $25,000 worth of benefits.
In 1991, former mayor James Usry admitted to a campaign finance violation
of accepting $6,000 in exchange for supporting an ordinance that would
benefit the company that offered the money.
Atlantic City mayor resigns after admitting to stealing $87,000 from youth basketball team
Obama’s dad?
Stealing $87,000 from youth basketball, while mayor? He’s a Democrat. They have different laws than mere civilians.
Slime like this are the only people interested in being in government these days.
We are so screwed.
If this were China, this guy would have already been executed and his family charged for the price of the bullet.
“I’m not seeing party affiliation so he’s got to be a dem.”
I thought the same thing, but then I read that he apologized. Hard to reconcile.
In six months he will be eligible for Trump’s “First Step” early release program.
“faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted”
Go to jail.Go directly to jail.
Do not pass Go...
>>Monopoly...the board game based on the real-life streets of Atlantic City was “born” on March 19, 1935, when Parker Brothers acquired the rights to it.
Wasn’t the Black guy who ran for governor of Florida a Gillam?
I guessed right... again.
Remember recently, Biden sad nobody should be in prison for a non violent crime? Presumably that would include someone committing this type of crime.
The lucrative midnight basketball racket, eh? I wouldna think it!
Corruption and RATS go together like fish and water.
And here I was thinking there were no corrupt politicians in New Jersey.
No need for a picture.
Wasn’t clever enough to sell children’s books to the local medical center for $500,000 like the Baltimore mayor.
“Obama’s dad?”
Too light!
Well WHY run for office?
So the skeletons (and EVERYONE has them) can be found and then you are a slave to the deep state?
I’m no fortress of virtue either.
They WILL entice you with women and money and for the sickos even children.
Women and money can make a man do crazy things.
And then they own you.
No thanks to that job.
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