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Sunday, February 22, 2009

 
JUDGE GUILTY IN KICKBACKS IS ACCUSED OF FIXING SUIT

The New York Times has reported "a judge who pleaded guilty last week to taking part in a kickback scheme has been accused by a Wilkes-Barre newspaper of fixing an unrelated defamation case in which he ordered the paper to pay $3.5 million.” The newspaper has also reported that William Sharkey, Judge Conahan’s cousin, who was the Court Administer, helped steer the case to Judge Conahan by ignoring case assignment procedures, and that, in a separate case, Mr. Sharkey pleaded guilty this week to stealing $70,000 in illegal gambling proceeds that were to be turned over to the county treasurer’s office.

When it rains it pours. It makes us wonder who else is going to go down in the South Carolina DSS Embezzling Scheme and the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office Embezzling Scheme.

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