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Former Dunkirk mayor pleads guilty to wire fraud
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- A former mayor of Dunkirk, New York, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for pocketing over $54,000 in campaign contributions.
Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. says 85-year-old Richard L. Frey pleaded guilty on Wednesday.
He was Dunkirk mayor from January 2002 to January 2012.
Authorities say he solicited large contributions from businesses and business people between January 2003 and June 2012, then used the money for himself.
Read more: http://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2017/02/former_upstate_ny_mayor_pleads_guilty_to_wire_fraud.html