USA v. Cromwell, et. al.
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1:20-cr-10271
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May 05, 2022
Tribal Chair, Architect Guilty On Some Counts In Bribe Case
A Massachusetts federal jury convicted the former Mashpee Wampanoag chairman and an architect of some bribery and extortion charges Thursday over an alleged scheme to protect the design firm's multimillion-dollar contract for the tribe's $1 billion casino development.
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May 03, 2022
Tribal Bribe Plot Didn't Need Notes, Feds Say In 'Wire' Homage
A Boston federal prosecutor turned to a quip from HBO's "The Wire" on Tuesday as the government made its final pitch to a jury that the Mashpee Wampanoag's former chairman had a criminal quid pro quo with the architect he hired for the tribe's proposed $1 billion casino project.
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April 28, 2022
Feds Rest Tribal Bribe Case After FBI Agent Tells Of Payments
Boston federal prosecutors rested their case on Thursday in the Mashpee Wampanoag bribery and extortion case after an FBI agent testified that an architect admitted to giving a tribal chairman about $40,000 in political donations allegedly tied to a casino deal.
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April 27, 2022
Mass. Tribal Bribery Witness Doesn't Spell Out Quid Pro Quo
A key witness in the Mashpee Wampanoag bribery and extortion trial stopped short of testifying Wednesday that the more than $50,000 paid by an architect to the tribe's chairman were necessary to protect a multimillion-dollar casino contract.
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April 22, 2022
Architect Tells Jury Tribal Bribery Case Has 'Fatal Hole'
An architect accused of bribing the chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe with $54,000 and luxury gifts to protect his firm's multimillion-dollar casino contract told a Boston federal jury Friday the government's theory of a criminal quid pro quo has a "fatal hole."
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October 05, 2021
Tax Charge Off Limits In Tribal Bribery Trial, Court Hears
An architect accused of paying bribes to keep a design contract for a Massachusetts tribal casino urged a federal judge Monday not to muck up his upcoming trial with a co-defendant's tax charges that were previously split off into a separate proceeding.
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