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...The U.S. Attorney's Office in Dallas announced Wednesday that Hodge pleaded guilty in Dallas to fraud and false statements on an income tax return. She faces up to three years in prison, a $100,000 fine and restitution to the IRS. A sentencing date has not been set. Hodge has agreed never again to hold public office. The Dallas Democrat has been a state representative since 1996 and was running for re-election. According to court documents, Hodge received more than $32,000 in rental subsidies, utilities and carpeting from an apartment developer who built complexes in her district. She never declared the...

State Rep. Terri Hodge Accepted Thousands In Unreported Free Rent From Developer She Helped to Win Federal Subsidies Lawmaker Stopped Accepting Hidden Rent, Utility Supplements After CBS 11 Raised Questions For the past three and a half years, Texas State Rep. Terri Hodge accepted rent breaks worth at least $700 a month from a low-income housing developer for whom she helped gain state approval to build at least a half dozen lucrative apartment projects, CBS 11 has learned from interviews and internal company records. Since April 2002, the four-term Dallas Democrat has been living in the Rosemont at Arlington Park...