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Posts tagged as “Federal Corruption Probe”

O’Leary gives shocking corruption details

BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR Washington Township Supervisor Dan O’Leary went into detail at the July 17 board of trustees meeting about his involvement in a federal corruption probe that led to the conviction of an…

Jury convicts Khan of bribery

BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR A federal jury last week convicted a civil engineer of bribing Washington Township officials. Fazullah Khan, president of Sterling Heights-based engineering firm Khan & Associates, was convicted of attempting to bribe…

Maechtle pleads guilty

Robert Maechtle, a manager at Motor City Electric in Sterling Heights, plead guilty on Jan. 11 to charges of conspiring to give a $2,000 cash bribe to the late Washington Township public works superintendent Steven…

New year brings new federal corruption charges

BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR A fifth person with connections to Washington Township has been charged with bribery by federal prosecutors. Robert Maechtle, a manager at Motor City Electric in Sterling Heights, is accused of conspiring…

Bribery suspect dies

BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR A former Washington Township employee and a suspect in a bribery scandal died Wednesday, Oct. 4. According to the Shelby Township Police Department, former Washington Township Public Works Superintendent Steven Hohensee,…

Another one pleads guilty

BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR Nearly three weeks after being charged, James Pistilli pled guilty Sept. 27 to his part in bribing a Washington Township official. Federal prosecutors accused the 68 year-old resident of Holly of…

Fed’s net catches a 4th

BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR A federal grand jury indicted a fourth person last week in the ongoing Washington Township bribery scandal. Also last week, one of the four people charged with bribery pled guilty as…

Feds nab a third person

BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR   A third person connected to Washington Township has been charged with bribery by federal prosecutors. James Pistilli was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Thursday, Sept. 7 for…

Feds charge another one

BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR The federal government is pursing bribery charges against Steven Hohensee, the former superintendent of the Department of Public Works in Washington Township. Hohensee was charged on July 28 by the U.S.…

Bribery scandal in Washington

BY LARRY SOBCZAK EDITOR A Troy man with connections to Washington Township as an engineer and as a developer has been accused of bribing a public employee according to federal law enforcement officials. Paulin Modi,…

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