Ex-Arkansas State Senator Indicted on Bribery, Fraud Charges

Friday, March 3, 2017
By Paul Martin

SputnikNews.com
03.03.2017

Former Arkansas State Senator Jonathan Woods was charged with 11 counts of honest services wire fraud, one count of honest services mail fraud and one count of money laundering, according to the US Department of Justice.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Former Arkansas State Senator Jonathan Woods and two other persons have been charged with bribery and mail fraud, the US Department of Justice said in a press release on Friday.

“Woods, 39, of Springdale, Arkansas, was charged with 11 counts of honest services wire fraud, one count of honest services mail fraud and one count of money laundering,” the release stated.

Two other defendants — college president Oren Paris and consultant Randel Shelton — were each indicted on nine counts of honest services wire fraud and one count of honest services mail fraud, the release added.

According to the indictment, the three men created a bribery scheme involving tens of thousands of dollars in illicit funds payed out to the senator and another legislator in exchange for directing nearly $600,000 in federal money to two non-profit organizations.

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