Authorities: Ohio Republican ripped off investors to fund campaign and friend’s church

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/13/authorities-ohio-republican-ripped-off-investors-to-fund-campaign-and-friends-church/



Authorities: Ohio Republican ripped off investors to fund campaign and friend’s church
By Travis Gettys
Thursday, February 13, 2014 13:55 EST

An Ohio Republican already facing more than 100 years in prison on 16 felony charges was slapped Thursday with 53 additional counts.

Rep. Peter Beck, of Mason, has already pleaded not guilty to the previous charges, but the new charges handed up by a grand jury cover a longer period of time.

The charges are related to a startup software company, Christopher Technologies, where the 63-year-old Beck served as the chief financial officer.

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Authorities said Beck and others cheated investors out of $1.2 million that was used to help fund the lawmaker’s political campaign and donated to the Ark by the River.

[MisterP]

1. "it's 'Chicago All Saints Hospital,' but you can make the checks out to their abbreviation"