The Mayor of Atlantic City is headed to prison:
NEW YORK (CNN) — The former mayor of Atlantic City pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs out of nearly $25,000 for false claims about his military service during the Vietnam War, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey.
Robert Levy, who disappeared for two weeks before resigning October 10, admitted before U.S. District Judge Jerome Simandle that he made three false claims with Veterans Affairs in January 2003 to pocket $24,683.
The 60-year-old Democrat claimed he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Parachutists Badge and successfully completed the Airborne School with more than 100 jumps.
He claimed that he had twice been abandoned in the jungle by his troops for several weeks, which he cited as the basis for suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
According to documents filed by the U.S. Attorney, Levy will likely serve six months of a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison
You see, when I was growing up in Jersey, the Mayor of Atlantic City being indicted for corruption, convicted, and going to prison was something that happened pretty much every two to three years.
It’s good to see that some traditions don’t change.
November 4th, 2007 at 11:11 am
Hasn’t Atlantic City gone through an unusually high number of municipal indictments recently? I thought I read that somewhere.
November 4th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Ron,
Atlantic City has a history of stuff like this.