Bush fundraiser Noe Indicted on 53 Felony Counts

[kerrygoddess]

Noe Indicted on 53 Felony Counts
February 13th, 2006 @ 12:34 pm

Thomas Noe, coin dealer and Republican fundraiser was indicted today on 53 felonies, including theft of more than $1 million. Noe’s “$50 million state coin investment sparked one of the biggest scandals in Ohio state government history.”

The charges include engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, 11 counts of theft, 11 of money laundering, 8 of tampering with records and 22 of forgery. He could be sentenced to a maximum 175 years in prison, although such a sentence is considered unlikely.

However, Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said Noe faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years behind bars if he is convicted of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, a first-degree felony patterned after the federal racketeering law often used against suspected mobsters.

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[brentspeak]

1. When Noe rats out his fellow Repubs for a plea deal, they can't complain

After all, the Republican motto is "Every man for himself!"

[tsuki]

2. I am so happy about this.

[Doctor_J]

3. The Resident has never met Tommy Boy-er, Mr. Noe

and anyone who says he has is a terrorist.

[snowbear]

4. LOL...

Never met Abramoff..

Never met Lay...

Never met Noe..

Sure George... Sure.