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Businessman Sentenced In Corruption Scandal

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published April 2, 2013 at 12:24 PM EDT

One of the last key figures in the Cuyahoga County corruption scandal is heading to prison.A federal judge has sentenced businessman Michael Forlani to eight years behind bars after he was convicted of bribery and racketeering. Forlani paid former county Commissioner and former county Democratic Party chair Jimmy Dimora thousands of dollars in bribes in order to win government contracts. Dimora is appealing his sentence.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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