UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Fumo convicted on all 137 counts

|
 
Published: March. 16, 2009 at 10:30 PM

PHILADELPHIA, March 16 (UPI) -- Former Pennsylvania state Sen. Vince Fumo was found guilty Monday of all corruption counts against him in federal court, officials said.

The Philadelphia Daily News reported Monday that Fumo, a Philadelphia Democrat, was found guilty of 137 counts of defrauding taxpayers, diverting money for his personal use from a non-profit he ran and obstruction of justice.

Co-defendant Ruth Arnao, who once headed the non-profit, Citizens Alliance for Better Neighborhoods, was found guilty of all 45 counts against her, the newspaper said.

U.S. District Judge Ronald Buckwalter could sentence Fumo, 65, to at least 10 years in prison.

© 2009 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Top News Stories
1 of 16
Flags-In Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery
View Caption
Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Roskos with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," participates in the annual Flags-In ceremony, May 23, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers place American flags in front of more than 260,000 gravestones in the cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
fark
Actual headline: "Police give patrol cars to civilians, hilarity immediately ensues"
Deaf Chinese orphan adopted by American audiologist scheduled to get new type of cochlear implant....
Zookeeper goes in to feed tiger. Succeeds
NJ Transit shuts down train line based on a sighting of a man armed with "a long barrel assault...
On this week's episode of Some People are Capable of Amazing Feats: 17-year-old homeless girl becomes...
Photoshop this intrepid photographer