UPDATE:: Former Arkansas State Senator Sentenced To 220 Months In Federal Prison For Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud And Money
Former Arkansas State Senator Johnathan Woods was sentenced today to 220 months in prison for organizing and leading a bribery scheme in which state funds were directed to non-profit entities in exchange for kickbacks, many of which were funneled through a consultant’s business, announced U.S. Attorney Duane “DAK” Kees for the Western District of Arkansas, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, FBI Special Agent in Charge Diane Upchurch and IRS Special Agent in Charge Tamera Cantu.
The president of a Christian college in Springdale pleaded guilty to a fraud charge Wednesday, admitting he took part in what prosecutors called a kickback scheme involving his school.
Oren Paris III had faced a trial Monday with former state
Sen. Jon Woods and consultant Randell Shelton. Instead, the president
of Ecclesia College pleaded guilty in federal court.
Prosecutors say Paris paid kickbacks to Woods and
then-Rep. Micah Neal in return for $550,000 in state grants in 2013-14,
using Shelton's consulting firm as a go-between. Neal pleaded guilty
last year but has not been sentenced.
College President Pleads Guilty Before Arkansas Fraud Trial | Arkansas News | US News
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