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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: bijou on March 27, 2009, 01:46:48 PM
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3/27/2009, 2:04 p.m. EDT
The Associated Press
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A prominent Texas Democratic Party donor and fundraiser was sentenced to a year in jail for falsely presenting himself as a lawyer to collect millions of dollars in attorneys fees.
A state judge on Thursday sentenced Mauricio Celis to a term exceeding the 10 years of probation recommended by a jury that convicted him of 14 counts in February. The judge also ordered Celis to pay restitution that will likely total about $1.35 million. ...
link (http://www.silive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/national-120/1238164756284840.xml&storylist=topstories)
Most amazing is that AP put the word 'democratic' in the headline.
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If that were the case, most of Congress should be locked up for impersonating responsible adults.