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Langford Indictment Unsealed

Posted by Danny, on December 1st, 2008, at 10:09 am

The 101 count federal indictment of Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford, William Blount, and lobbyist Albert LaPierre includes charges of “conspiracy, bribery, fraud, money laundering, and filing false tax returns in connection with a long-running bribery scheme related to bond and other financial transactions of Jefferson County, Alabama,” according to U.S. Attorney Alice Martin in a press conference just now.

The indictment was unsealed this morning, and you may read it here.

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