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  • Abramoff gets 70 months for Florida fraud (SunCruz Casinos fraud case)

    03/29/2006 10:39:53 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 26 replies · 1,002+ views
    Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 3/29/06 | Reuters
    MIAMI (Reuters) - Jack Abramoff, a disgraced lobbyist at the heart of a Washington influence-peddling scandal that has rattled top Republicans, was sentenced to nearly six years in prison on Wednesday for fraud in the purchase of a Florida casino cruise line. Abramoff, who is cooperating in a federal investigation into whether Washington politicians gave his clients favorable treatment in exchange for campaign contributions, Super Bowl tickets and other illegal gifts, was sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in prison. Abramoff, along with co-defendant Adam Kidan, was ordered to pay $21.7 million in restitution. Kidan was also sentenced to...
  • Abramoff to Be Sentenced for Wire Fraud (SunCruz Casinos fraud case)

    03/29/2006 10:30:29 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 14 replies · 434+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/29/06 | Curt Andersen - ap
    MIAMI - Disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff arrived in court several hours early Wednesday, avoiding the media before his sentencing in a Florida fraud case. He and former partner Adam Kidan pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud stemming from the ill-fated purchase in 2000 of the SunCruz Casinos gambling fleet. They now face between just under six years and more than seven years in federal prison, though the sentences won't start immediately so they can continue cooperating in a Washington corruption investigation and a Florida probe into the murder of former SunCruz owner Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis. Before the hearing,...