'I think we are all disappointed': Former Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal chairman convicted PART 1

 

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'I think we are all disappointed': Former Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal chairman convicted

Sarah Carlon     Cape Cod Times 

Published May 6, 2022 

Former Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council Chairman Cedric Cromwell was convicted by a jury on bribery charges on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Boston. 

Cromwell, 55, of Attleboro, former chairman and president of the tribe's Gaming Authority, was convicted on two counts of accepting bribes as an agent of an Indian tribal government official, three counts of extortion under color of official right and one count of conspiring to commit extortion, according to a press release from the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's office.

David DeQuattro, 54 of Warwick, Rhode Island, and owner of the architecture and design firm Robinson Green Beretta Corp., which was under contract with the tribe to act as "owner's representative" for construction of First Light Resort and Casino in Taunton, was found guilty on one count of paying a bribe to an agent of an Indian tribal government.

Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 9.

The indictment:Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council chairman indicted, removed from post

The pleas: Cromwell, DeQuattro plead not guilty to bribe, extortion, tax charges

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