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Philly Imam Sentenced for Corruption |
2005-09-19 |
![]() The investigation of the so-called "pay to play" culture in Philadelphia's city government has led to the convictions and guilty pleas for more than a dozen people, including a former city treasurer, two bank executives and several business owners seeking city contracts. The probe became public when police discovered an FBI bug in Mayor John F. Street's office. The mayor has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged. Ali, the leader of a west Philadelphia mosque, was charged with 34 counts. After six days of deliberations, jurors convicted him in June of 22 counts, including racketeering. According to prosecutors, he and his wife, Faridah, used the Muslim school they ran as a private piggy bank, soliciting donations and public education funds for adult education classes that were never held. The Alis had at least five family members on the payroll, including two adult children who lived out of state. Faridah Ali was convicted and sentenced to a year of house arrest on related charges. |
Posted by:Seafarious |
#2 No pics found by Google. How about some maps? http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?&Pyt=Tmap&addr=4700+Wyalusing+Ave&csz=Philadelphia+PA+19131 http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4700+Wyalusing+Ave+Philadelphia,+PA+19131-5231&spn=0.019653,0.032656&t=h&hl=en |
Posted by: Parabellum 2005-09-19 18:35 |
#1 Do we have a picture of the "mosque"? Might it be located in the the old "Golden Pagoda" location right next store to ""Vinny's Check Cashing" perhaps? |
Posted by: tu3031 2005-09-19 17:04 |