Saturday, July 9, 2011

The FBI has conducted searches at the office and home of African-American Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price

Federal documents allege possible violations including theft or bribery concerning programs receiving federal dollars; attempt to evade taxes; fraud and false statements; structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements; laundering of money instruments; and conspiracy. Federal investigators also had search warrants for Price's home in Oak Cliff, the DeSoto house belonging to his assistant Dapheny Fain and other locations, personal and professional, linked to him. Three search warrants - two for Price's cars and one for his person - concerned any electronic storage devices, including things like personal computers, mobile phones, personal data assistants, iPhones, iPads, disks and thumb drives. The warrants covered all those items and computer cookies and passwords dating back to 2001, in addition to safety deposit box keys and sums of cash found worth $500 or more.

Hat tip, James Edwards!

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