Friday, May 6, 2022

Former Mashpee Wampanoag Leader Cedric Cromwell CONVICTED of BRIBERY and EXTORTION

Yes, Cromwell was DIRTY. We've been posting on him since 2009.


Cedric Cromwell Former Leader
Mashpee Wampanoag

Photo: John Tlumacki Boston Globe


Cedric Cromwell, former leader of a Massachusetts Native American tribe was convicted Thursday of bribery and extortion charges related to the tribe's long-planned casino project, federal prosecutors said.

Cromwell,  was cleared by the federal jury in Boston of some charges, including one count of extortion and a count of bribery conspiracy, prosecutors said.

David DeQuattro, Cromwell's co-defendant and the owner of an architecture firm in Providence, Rhode Island, was also similarly convicted of bribery but cleared of other charges, according to the office of Rachael Rollins, U.S. attorney for Massachusetts.

Mashpee Wampanoag chair Brian Weeden said the case represents an "unfortunate chapter" for the roughly 3,000-citizen tribe.

Cromwell's predecessor as tribal chairman, Glenn Marshall, was also sentenced to federal prison in 2009 after pleading guilty to violating federal campaign finance laws, embezzling tribal funds and other fraud charges while working with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff as the tribe successfully pushed for federal recognition in 2007.

Indian Country Today has more

2 comments:

SandBox said...

These 2 thugs are low hanging fruit compared to the Gangsters at Foxwoods.

Anonymous said...

What about the Pala pig dishonorable robert “pig”smith?