Ex-Mayor of Newark Indicted in Corruption Case

Sharpe James, the former mayor who towered over politics in this city for two decades, was indicted today on 33 counts of fraud and depriving government of honest services, chiefly relating to $58,000 in personal expenses he racked up on city credit cards.

He also faces charges of conspiring with a companion to defraud the city by selling her nine parcels of city land for $46,000 that she turned around and resold for $665,000.


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