money laundering

From the News and Observer

Titan Barksdale, Staff Writer

As a federal prosecutor, Sam Currin spent six years prosecuting drug dealers, pornographers and other criminals. Now, he will spend nearly the same amount of time in prison himself.

Currin, 58, whose career included stints as a judge and as chairman of the state's Republican Party, became the latest North Carolina leader to be sent to jail when he was sentenced this week in federal court to 70 months behind bars on money laundering and obstruction charges.

His attorney, Mark Calloway, would not comment about the sentence.

The rumor mill is abuzz this morning. Apparently the North Carolina Homeowner's Association (recently established to help builders get rich by electioneering protect American families) has been engaged in what most people would call money laundering.

In this case, the Realtor's PAC apparently "loaned" a shitload of money to the electioneering scheme, which may account for the fact that there are no contributions listed on the organization's filing. All of this, of course, brought to you by the Puppetmaster and the Money Laundering Watchdogs at the State Board of Elections!