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Convicted for corruption, Blagojevich gets 14 years in federal prison

On behalf of Hinkle, Jachimowicz, Pointer & Emanuel posted in White Collar Crime on Thursday, December 8, 2011

Rod Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for charges of trying to sell Obama's U.S. Senate seat after Obama moved to the White House as president. Blagojevich denied wrongdoing and refused to step down as governor. He was later impeached. At his sentencing on Wednesday, Blagojevich apologized for trying to sell the Senate seat and said he accepted responsibility for his crimes.

The federal judge, however, felt that this apology, if it was sincere, should have come sooner. Blagojevich's wife and children had written letters asking the judge to be lenient in the sentencing, but the judge said he felt Blagojevich should have had his family in mind when he committed the federal crimes. He said that if it was consolation to Blagojevich's two children he was not being convicted of being a bad father, according to the Chicago Tribune.

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FBI: Politician Caught With $80k Cash in her Underwear

On behalf of Hinkle, Jachimowicz, Pointer & Emanuel posted in White Collar Crime on Monday, November 15, 2010

Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson and his wife, Leslie Johnson, who was recently reelected to Prince George's County Council, were charged with witness tampering, evidence tampering and destruction, alteration and falsification of records. These charges stem from a 5-year old investigation of real estate developers bribing county officials in exchange for personal and business favors.

The FBI had the Johnsons' phones under surveillance, and while they were knocking on the door, the Johnsons were on the phone, being recorded. Jack Johnson told his wife to destroy a check and flush it down the toilet. Since cash is more difficult to flush, he told his wife to hide a large amount of cash in her underwear. When FBI agents entered the home, they searched Leslie Johnson and discovered $79,600 hidden in her underwear.

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