A Democrat mayor from Massachusetts was arrested Thursday for embezzling over $230,000 from investors and spending the money on his lavish lifestyle.
Mayor of Fall River, Jasiel Correia, was considered a “rising star” within the Democratic party. According to investigators, he illegally spent $231,447 to pay for his lavish lifestyle and pay off his student debts.
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A Democrat mayor from Massachusetts was arrested on Thursday after a federal investigation found that he allegedly stole over $230,000 from investors and spent the money on himself.
Foxnews.com reports: The app, SnowOwl, received $360,000 from investors but federal authorities say that most of that money was spent by Correia.
He allegedly spent tens of thousands of dollars on designer clothing, a Mercedes-Benz and jewelry for an ex-girlfriend. He also used the money for personal travel, adult entertainment and campaign funds, and even paid down his student debt.
FBI agent Hank Shaw called Correia “shameless and greedy.”
“Mr. Correia blurred the lines between public business and private duties, using investor funds as his own personal ATM, systemically looting almost a quarter-million dollars,” he continued.
He is charged with wire fraud and filing false tax returns – something prosecutors allege he did as soon as he learned he was under federal investigation.
Correia was elected as city councilor in 2013 as a Democrat and then he was elected as mayor of Fall River in 2015, just one term later. He easily won reelection.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors said at the time he was the youngest mayor to run a city as large as Fall River, with a population of roughly 87,000.
In a statment to Fox News, Correia denied any wrongdoing saying he is “innocent of all the allegations and charges made against” him, adding he will “absolutely not” resign from office.
“I look forward to my day in court to share my side of the story and to clear my name.”
Fall River is most famous for Lizzie Borden, who was accused but later acquitted of killing her father and stepmother with an ax in 1892.
Sean Adl-Tabatabai
No surprise and also not surprised that he doesn’t seem to be a home-grown American. How did her really become mayor? More massive voter fraud so the cabal/dems could get their people into positions of power? Sure looks like it.
It’s Massachusetts after all. The home of Fauxahontas. We call the voters Massholes.
We’ll see how the legal system works. I doubt if any time will be served. Just probation with 50 hours of community service and gets to keep the stolen taxpayers money and all of the employment benefits.
Its called hitting the Government Lottery. And then the GOFUNDME group sends the reward money for doing a great job ripping off taxpayers.