{"id":298,"date":"2025-07-28T14:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sourceforterminals.com\/?p=298"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:15:19","slug":"former-tribal-chair-who-allegedly-took-177k-in-bribes-for-casino-work-pleads-guilty-in-tax-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sourceforterminals.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/former-tribal-chair-who-allegedly-took-177k-in-bribes-for-casino-work-pleads-guilty-in-tax-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Tribal Chair Who Allegedly Took $177k in Bribes for Casino Work Pleads Guilty in Tax Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The former chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Nation in Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns between 2014 and 2017 by not reporting over $177,000 in income.<\/p>\n

Cedric Cromwell allegedly set up a corporate entity with the supposed intent of getting funds for a planned casino project. Prosecutors alleged that he instead used this as a shell company to accept bribes from firms that wanted to work on the planned First Light Resort and Casino in Taunton.<\/p>\n

This included $57,549 from an architecture company, $45,023 from another architect, and $74,281 from a firm or firms that would be creating and supplying forest carbon offsets.<\/p>\n

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original trial in 2022 resulted in a conviction for extortion and bribery<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Cromwell had originally pleaded not guilty in the case. The original trial in 2022 resulted in a conviction for extortion and bribery<\/a>, which came with a three-year prison sentence. He fought this conviction, ultimately failing to get the case heard in the Supreme Court. The 60-year-old initially said that the funds weren\u2019t bribes, that they were campaign contributions or gifts.<\/p>\n

Sentencing for Cromwell for the four counts of filing a false tax return will take place on November 5, with each charge carrying up to three years in prison.<\/p>\n

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