Topic: Al Lapierre
The article reports on the judgment of District Judge Scott Coogler on the bribery conspiracy case of Montgomery bond dealer Bill Blount and lobbyist Al Lapierre in Alabama. Prosecutors said both men participated in a bribery conspiracy with former Coun- ty Commission ...
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Larry Langford, the former mayor of Birmingham, Ala., was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined $360,000 by a federal judge after his conviction on bribery charges ...
Ala. banker pleads guilty to paying bribes to Birmingham mayor, will help prosecutorsAn investment banker pleaded guilty Tuesday to bribing Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, the second co-defendant to admit funneling cash and gifts to Langford in ...
Indicted Birmingham, Ala., mayor told federal investigators he had debts from fancy clothesThe always flamboyant and well-dressed mayor of Alabama's largest city told federal investigators last year that he had big debts, in part from buying expensive attire, and he had ...
Feds arrest Birmingham, Ala., mayor on bribery, fraud, other charges linked to sour bondsThe mayor of Alabama's largest city was arrested Monday on charges of steering millions of dollars of bond work to a friend in exchange for more than $230 ...
The mayor of Alabama's largest city, Larry Langford, was arrested Monday on charges of steering millions of dollars of bond work to a friend in exchange for more than $230,000 in bribes that paid his debts for flashy clothes, jewelry ...