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Eugene

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Wed Jun 20, 2018, 04:47 PM Jun 2018

W.Va. Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry Is Charged With 22 Counts, Including Fraud

Source: NPR

June 20, 2018 11:30 AM ET
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A federal grand jury has indicted West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry on a number of serious charges, from fraud to making false statements and witness tampering.

The indictment says the FBI investigated Loughry under suspicion that for years, he had engaged in a scheme to defraud the government of West Virginia — and that he lied to FBI agents when he was questioned in March.

Loughry, 47, has been suspended without pay, the state Supreme Court says.

West Virginia has five Supreme Court justices, who are elected to 12-year terms. Loughry took office in 2012 and became the court's chief justice – a rotating position — in January of 2017.

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Read more: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/20/621836487/w-va-supreme-court-justice-allen-loughry-is-charged-with-22-counts-including-fra

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W.Va. Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry Is Charged With 22 Counts, Including Fraud (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2018 OP
He's a Republican. deurbano Jun 2018 #1
He's a crooked politician. marble falls Jun 2018 #2
That's what he said. nt Rincewind Jun 2018 #3
Lol. Nice! bsiebs Jun 2018 #4
K&R Scurrilous Jun 2018 #5
From the DoJ PR nitpicker Jun 2018 #6

nitpicker

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6. From the DoJ PR
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 06:05 AM
Jun 2018
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/federal-grand-jury-indicts-west-virginia-supreme-court-appeals-justice-1

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Loughry is accused of using a government vehicle and submitting mileage claims for reimbursement; using a government vehicle and credit card on personal trips; and unlawfully converting to his own use a historically significant piece of furniture – a Cass Gilbert desk. Justice Loughry was also indicted for attempting to corruptly obstruct and influence testimonial evidence of a Supreme Court employee in an imminent grand jury investigation.
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“For the past several weeks, public officials across West Virginia have been quick to condemn Justice Loughry, perhaps with the hope that the crisis in public confidence with the Supreme Court could be expediently resolved by lodging all culpability on just one person – Justice Loughry,” said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. “That may or may not, however, be the case. Our work continues on many fronts, including additional areas of corruption. I urge public officials and the public to respect this process and allow the process to play out.”
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The 22-count Indictment charges Loughry with sixteen counts of mail fraud (Counts 2, 3, 4-17), which carry a penalty of up to 20 years for each count; two counts of wire fraud (Counts 1 and 18), which carry a penalty of up to 20 years for each count; three counts of making false statements to a federal agent (Counts 19-21), which carry a penalty of up to 5 years for each count; and one count of witness tampering (Count 22), which carries a penalty of up to 20 years. If convicted on all counts in the Indictment, Loughry faces a possible sentence of up to 395 years in prison, a fine of $5.5 million, and a term of supervised release of up to 3 years.
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