West Virginia Supreme Court justice indicted on 22 federal counts

[Swordsmyth]

A West Virginia Supreme Court justice was indicted on 22 federal counts of fraud, witness tampering and making false statements on Wednesday.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that Allen Loughry, who wrote a book on political corruption, was indicted on two counts of fraud by wire, radio or television, 16 counts of frauds and swindles, one count of witness tampering and three counts of making false statements.

The report says that a grand jury charged Loughry with purposefully lying to federal investigators, and that he acted "with intent to defraud, misused and abused his position, power and authority."

"Our Supreme Court must be a beacon of hope and not a safe place for the cancer of corruption," U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart said in a news conference after Loughry was arrested.
The indictment on Wednesday stems from a 32-count judicial complaint filed by West Virginia's Judicial Investigative Commission earlier this month. In the complaint, it alleged that Loughry made "false statements with the deliberate intent to deceive" and "gave disinformation with the intent to harm another person."

More at: http://thehill.com/homenews/393247-w...federal-counts

[angelatc]

Snitches get stitches...

[oyarde]

Sixteen counts of swindling , fraud , two counts wire fraud and one count witness tampering in the 22 counts brought . Obstructing and influence of testimonial evidence of court employees ,lying about a 360,000.00 renovation of his office , using the business credit card for personal items , stealing historical furniture . It appears he and another justice have spent one million dollars of the peoples money .The 47 yr old facing 395 years in Fed prison and 5.5 million in fines .

[Brian4Liberty]

Snitches get stitches...

The following quote would tend to question the motivations behind this case...

...Allen Loughry, who wrote a book on political corruption, was indicted...