Ron Sailor (born Walter Ron Sailor Jr.; c. 1975), also known as Walter Ronnie Sailor Jr., is a former State Representative in the Georgia General Assembly from the 93 District. He represented parts of DeKalb and Rockdale counties [1] from 2001 to 2006.
Sailor resigned his office in March 2008 after pleading guilty to charges of money laundering and attempted laundering of what he believed were proceeds from the sale of cocaine, but what was actually a government sting operation. [1] He received a sentence of five years imprisonment. Sailor then tried to cover the crime by laundering $250,000 through false loans using as collateral property belonging to the Greater New Light Missionary Baptist Church of which he was the pastor. He was sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison. [2] [3]
Sailor Jr. is the son of the late African-American television and radio broadcast journalist, Walter Ron Sailor Sr. [4]
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization.
William Jennings Jefferson is an American former politician from Louisiana whose career ended after his corruption scandal and conviction. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms from 1991 to 2009 as a member of the Democratic Party. He represented Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, which includes much of the greater New Orleans area. He was elected as the state's first black congressman since the end of Reconstruction.
Thomas Bailey Murphy was an attorney and American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. Murphy was the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1973 until his defeat in the general election of 2002, making him the third longest serving House Speaker of any U.S. state legislature, behind only Michael Madigan of Illinois and Solomon Blatt of South Carolina. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Francis Colacurcio Sr. was an American mobster and boss of the Seattle crime family known for running strip clubs in Seattle, Washington. He was a subject of ongoing federal investigations into organized crime in the city and was suspected of being an organized crime boss.
The Black Mafia Family (BMF) is a drug trafficking and money laundering organization in the United States. It was founded in 1985, in Southwest Detroit by brothers Demetrius Edward "Big Meech" Flenory and Terry Lee "Southwest Tee" Flenory. By 2000 it had established cocaine distribution sales throughout the United States through its Los Angeles-based drug source and direct links to Mexican drug cartels. The Black Mafia Family operated from two main hubs: one in Atlanta for distribution run by Demetrius Flenory and one in Los Angeles to handle incoming shipments from Mexico run by Terry Flenory.
Patrick Lynn Swindall was an American politician, attorney, and businessman who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 4th congressional district, based in Atlanta's eastern suburbs, from 1985 to 1989.
Joseph "Jo Jo" Corozzo, Sr. is a New York mobster who was the reputed consigliere of the Gambino crime family.
Phillip E. Hill Sr. was the ringleader of the largest mortgage fraud scheme ever prosecuted in the State of Georgia.
Jack Tarpley Camp Jr. is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. A Republican, he was nominated by Ronald Reagan, and retired from the bench in November 2010 after pleading guilty to drug related charges, including a felony count for giving a stripper cocaine even though he knew she was a convicted felon.
Operation Bid Rig was a long-term investigation into political corruption in New Jersey conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, and the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2002 to 2014.
Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Coleman refers to either of two separate and distinct FCIs housing male offenders, namely Federal Correctional Institution, Coleman Low or Federal Correctional Institution, Coleman Medium. Both institutions form part of the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) Coleman and are operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Corruption in Illinois has been a problem from the earliest history of the state. Electoral fraud in Illinois pre-dates the territory's admission to the Union in 1818. Illinois had the third most federal criminal convictions for public corruption between 1976 and 2012, behind New York and California. A study published by the University of Illinois Chicago in 2022 ranked Illinois as the second most corrupt state in the nation, with 4 out of the last 11 governors serving time in prison.
Tyrone Leon Brooks Sr. is an American politician and civil rights activist from Wilkes County, Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, Brooks served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1981 to 2015.
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