Ex-State Treasurer Hafer Gets Probation for Lying to FBI in Pay-to-Play Probe(lying don't pay)
Former Pennsylvania Treasurer Barbara Hafer has been sentenced to three years’ probation for lying to federal agents investigating pay-to-play politics in state and local government.
In June, Hafer pleaded guilty to charges that she hid from the FBI $675,000 in consulting fees she received from Chester County businessman Richard Ireland, who was himself charged for allegedly making “secret campaign contributions” to indicted ex-state Treasurer Rob McCord and promising to put McCord on his “payroll” in exchange for McCord’s decision to invest millions in state money into businesses affiliated with Ireland, prosecutors alleged. Ireland was later acquitted.
In addition to probation, U.S. District John E. Jones III of the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Oct. 31 ordered Hafer to pay a $50,000 fine.
https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2017/11/01/ex-state-treasurer-hafer-gets-probation-for-lying-to-fbi-in-pay-to-play-probe/?slreturn=20171001131022
