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Former Arizona Governor Sentenced
Loaded on July 15, 1998
by O'Neil Stough
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1998, page 18
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Government Misconduct,
Criminal Prosecution,
Crime.
Location:
Arizona.
In September, 1997, Republican Governor J. Fife Symington, III, was convicted in federal court of seven counts of fraud related to fabrications and misrepresentations he made on financial statements in securing loans. Following his conviction, he resigned as Governor.
On February 2, 1998, Symington was sentenced by Federal Judge Roger …
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