New charges filed against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
December 16th, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Detroit, Dec 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is in trouble again.
This time the jailed former mayor has been indicted on racketeering charges. A grand jury decided that charges should be brought against the former mayor and four other people including his father, Bernard Kilpatrick on Wednesday.
The other people indicted in the 38-count, 89-page indictment document are city contractor Bobby Ferguson, former top Kilpatrick aide Derrick Miller and former water department chief Victor Mercado.
The document says that the indicted men received kickbacks and received bribes from individuals and organizations in the city.
Kwame’s defense attorney said that the allegations against his client are false. He said that his client was confident that the charges will not wash against his client. He said that, “We look forward to fighting this case. I’ve talked to my client who is upbeat and is up for the fight. We expect that he’s going to be vindicated at trial as well.”
Details of the indictment document were obtained by the Free-Press. The paper reported that the document accused Kwame of receiving more than $424,000 in kickbacks that was received by Ferguson.
Kwame’s father, Bernard is also accused of depositing more than $600,000 into his personal account.
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