Ex-Fla. GOP chairman charged with felony theft

[MissMillie]

Source: Worcester Telegram (via Associated Press)

ORLANDO, Fla. — The former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida has been arrested for allegedly running a scam bilking money from the party.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement took Jim Greer into custody Wednesday at his Orlando-area home. Florida statewide prosecutor William Shepherd says the 47-year-old Greer has been charged with one count of organized scheme to defraud, four counts of felony grand theft and one count of money laundering.

Greer resigned in February after reports surfaced that he used party funds on ritzy hotels, gourmet restaurants and private jets.


Read more: http://www.telegram.com/article/20100602/APA/306029821

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hmmmmm.......

[Solly Mack]

1. To be fair, republicans don't know that bilking money is a crime.

They call it "politics"

[tanyev]

5. Or "pulling themselves up by their bootstraps"

[Solly Mack]

6. lol! Snort. Good one!

[denverbill]

2. Cue the 'rehab' in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.....

[Union Yes]

3. Practicing for a future in elected GOP party politics? knr nt

[Blue_Tires]

4. another Randian, rugged individualist who just LOVES spending other people's $$$$

[LeighAnn]

7. Ex-Florida GOP chair Greer leaves jail after being indicted for grand theft, money laundering

Source: Palm Beach Post

State agents and Seminole County deputies walked into ousted Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer's Oviedo mansion Wednesday morning while he was shaving and hauled him off to jail on corruption charges, alleging that he pocketed at least $125,000 in party funds.

A statewide grand jury indicted Greer, 47, of Oviedo, on six felony counts of grand theft, money laundering and running an organized scheme to defraud, charges that could carry a maximum of 75 years in prison.

According to state investigators, Greer devised a scheme to siphon off a cut of the donations from major Republican donors after he had fallen on hard financial times, despite a party salary of $130,000 a year.

Statewide Prosecutor William Shepherd said Greer used a company called Victory Strategies LLC to launder the money, pocketing a total of $125,161.50. Greer's hand-picked executive director and partner in Victory Strategies, Delmar Johnson, collected another $65,093, according to an affidavit that accompanied a search warrant sought by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.


Read more: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime/ex-florida-gop-chair-greer-leaves-jail-after-722532.html?cxtype=rss_crime

[tinymontgomery]

8. Another crooked repub

and this would be news why?

:sarcasm:

[tsuki]

9. "grand theft, money laundering and running an organized scheme to defraud"

I thought that was just being a Republicon in good standing.