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RPOF Jim Greer fundraising fraud: No prison time for former state GOP executive - OrlandoSentinel.com
By the way, note to the editor: 65 is 52% of 125, last time I checked, 52% was OVER half.
A commission? Is there any written agreement signed by the Florida GOP, signed by someone like a treasurer of the party who received no benefits from the deal, and Victory Strategies providing for a commission?
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Immie
What kind of deal did Delmar Johnson III, the former executive director of the Florida GOP, get from prosecutors to provide evidence against his boss, former state party chairman Jim Greer?
No prison. No probation. No fine. No criminal record.
Johnson, from Winter Garden, must repay the $65,000 that prosecutors say he stole from the party. That's just under half the amount — $125,000 — prosecutors say Greer stole.
And Johnson must appear anywhere, any time at the demand of the Office of Statewide Prosecution demands so he can tell what he knows, according to the agreement.
Otherwise, Johnson faces no punishment, according to the deal which was disclosed this afternoon by the Office of Statewide Prosecution, part of the Florida Attorney General's Office.
By the way, note to the editor: 65 is 52% of 125, last time I checked, 52% was OVER half.
Greer, 48, of Oviedo, is free on bond, awaiting trial on six felony counts. A statewide grand jury indicted him on corruption charges, including grand theft, money laundering and running an organized scheme to defraud.
He faces up to 75 years in prison.
One of his lawyers, Damon Chase, has said that Greer committed no crime.
Prosecutors and their investigators — the Florida Department of Law Enforcement — allege Greer secretly controlled a company, Victory Strategies LLC, that handled all major fundraising for the party and kept 10 percent of each gift.
Greer calls that percentage a commission.
The statewide grand jury called it theft.
Party officials say they knew that Victory Strategies was raising money for the party but allege that Greer kept secret his 60-percent ownership stake.
According to prosecutors, $125,000 of state party funds wound up in Greer's personal bank accounts. Some of the money went to Victory Strategies for work that was never done, according to investigative records.
At the time, Greer also was earning a $130,000 salary as party chairman. He left that job this year after months of infighting among party officials who accused him of extravagant overspending.
Greer, 48, of Oviedo, is free on bond, awaiting trial on six felony counts. A statewide grand jury indicted him on corruption charges, including grand theft, money laundering and running an organized scheme to defraud.
He faces up to 75 years in prison.
One of his lawyers, Damon Chase, has said that Greer committed no crime.
Prosecutors and their investigators — the Florida Department of Law Enforcement — allege Greer secretly controlled a company, Victory Strategies LLC, that handled all major fundraising for the party and kept 10 percent of each gift.
Greer calls that percentage a commission.
The statewide grand jury called it theft.
Party officials say they knew that Victory Strategies was raising money for the party but allege that Greer kept secret his 60-percent ownership stake.
According to prosecutors, $125,000 of state party funds wound up in Greer's personal bank accounts. Some of the money went to Victory Strategies for work that was never done, according to investigative records.
At the time, Greer also was earning a $130,000 salary as party chairman. He left that job this year after months of infighting among party officials who accused him of extravagant overspending.
A commission? Is there any written agreement signed by the Florida GOP, signed by someone like a treasurer of the party who received no benefits from the deal, and Victory Strategies providing for a commission?
More at site.
Immie
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