Fattah and four other individuals involved with his campaign are currently still under the indictment of criminal charges. Chaka Fattah and his co-conspirators have been in the United States House Representatives since 1994, and apparently the allegations are only showing from the 2007 election onward. Fattah illegally obtained a million dollars during the mayor race in 2007 which was utilized improperly. The defendant has been indicted of using the charitable funds which came from the campaigning money, for personal use. False billing statements were created by Fattah and his co-conspirators to cover up the stolen money from the campaigning season. Those who were co-conspiring with Fattah, is also being indicted and being held responsible for misusing the money. The congressman is also responsible for accepting bribery money from a former mayor of Philadelphia, by the name of Herbert Vederman. Chaka Fattah was very careful while treading his tracks in the money using system. The Fattah campaign and staff members of his office were also responsible for creating a fake charity in order to collect more illegal money for personal usage. Fattah would use family member’s bank accounts to utilize the extra money which was not his, so nobody would catch on …show more content…
Money laundering includes the movement of money coming into and leaving the United States in an illegal manner. The elements must show proof by the government that the defendant transferred or transported money in and out of the country, whether that be physically or electronically. Chaka Fattah used other bank accounts to receive money, covering up his tracks with other people’s spending and the campaigns money. Bribery was heavily involved in this case, especially with the former mayor giving illegal money to Chaka Fattah in order to win the election in Pennsylvania. The elements of bribery include, the defendant receiving or being offered money, the act had intended corruption, which means the receiver (the defendant) was being offered something in return of the money. Chaka Fattah took bribery money from the former mayor and later took that mayors girlfriend as an employee/staff member at the mayor’s office. The defendant was indicted for false filing statements, with the loan money coming from the campaign, which was falsely billed by the mayor to hide the money. According to the statue of false declarations, the government must be able to prove that the defendant was under oath while doing such