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Cleveland councilman charged with stealing $127K in false expense report scheme
nypost ^ | 02/23/2021 | Joshua Rhett Miller

Posted on 02/23/2021 12:45:49 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

A veteran Cleveland councilman was busted Tuesday on charges of bilking the city out of more than $127,000 over an eight-year span, federal prosecutors said.

Democrat Kenneth Johnson, who was elected in 1980, was arrested by FBI agents in Cleveland after a federal grand jury named him in a 15-count indictment with violations related to federal program theft, the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced Tuesday.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: cleveland; coucilman; scheme; stealing
He is black and a democrat. Nothing to see here.
1 posted on 02/23/2021 12:45:49 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That’s why I’m surprised this was even investigated and charged. That and the fact that the fact that it averaged less than $16k/year. He must have got on the wrong side of someone connected


2 posted on 02/23/2021 12:48:18 PM PST by z3n
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To: ChicagoConservative27

[Democrat Kenneth Johnson, who was elected in 1980, was arrested by FBI agents in Cleveland after a federal grand jury named him in a 15-count indictment]

Wow, one time that Democrat privilege didn’t work. Good.


3 posted on 02/23/2021 12:53:18 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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[ He must have got on the wrong side of someone connected ]

That would make sense.


4 posted on 02/23/2021 12:54:14 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He’d fit right in with Pelosi’s House of Rpes.


5 posted on 02/23/2021 12:54:53 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Sniffer pardon list is getting longer. Sniffer, just pardon all Bolshekrats, save paper.


6 posted on 02/23/2021 12:56:51 PM PST by depressed in 06 (63 in '22. Now, more than ever! (I didn't take into account Mittens, Collins and Murkowski.))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He’s a Democrat? What the heck? Aren’t Democrats honest and trustworthy, and concerned about education and healthcare and such?


7 posted on 02/23/2021 12:56:59 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: z3n

He was stealing about $1,300 per month for 8 years. He probably pulled out the corporate credit card every time he went into a restaurant. This type of graft is very common at gubmint funded “non profit” corporations. I am shocked that this guy is being prosecuted. I saw worse when I worked at a crooked non profit corporation.


8 posted on 02/23/2021 12:59:22 PM PST by forgotten man
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9 posted on 02/23/2021 1:02:33 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He’s Black, it was due to the oppression he experienced under the White Crackers!

This will go away very quickly.


10 posted on 02/23/2021 1:04:23 PM PST by Artcore
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He’s a Democrat? What the heck? Aren’t Democrats honest and trustworthy, and concerned about education and healthcare and such?

Also the poore. Don't forget how much they care about the poore.

11 posted on 02/23/2021 1:04:51 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: ChicagoConservative27
He is black and a democrat. Nothing to see here.

I had made that assumption upon reading the headline...and boom. I was right.

S.S.D.D.

12 posted on 02/23/2021 1:17:04 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (If liberals had a conscience, they wouldn't be liberals. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Chicken feed.
Let OBiden show him where the real money is.


13 posted on 02/23/2021 1:17:14 PM PST by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

In the private sector, inflating your expenses is the quickest way to get fired. I’ve seen C-level employees walked out the door over this.


14 posted on 02/23/2021 1:19:45 PM PST by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He only stole $27k? He is an embarrassment and a laughingstock to Democrats across the country.


15 posted on 02/23/2021 1:37:53 PM PST by Max_850
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Yeah, he’s a piker compared to Congress.


16 posted on 02/23/2021 4:07:20 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (In a free world, nobody is equal. In an equal world, nobody is free. )
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Democrat Kenneth Johnson

Shocking. To see that in the media.

17 posted on 02/23/2021 4:41:01 PM PST by PAR35
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He will not get to try any of the new cicada recipes.


18 posted on 02/23/2021 4:47:46 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Keep the record. When reparation comes, subtract from it


19 posted on 02/23/2021 4:48:47 PM PST by Lee25 ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A touch over $43 a day?

Go big or go home!


20 posted on 02/23/2021 4:55:03 PM PST by W. (Autocorrect must die!)
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