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Fumo Confidante Agrees To Plead Guilty And Cooperate With Prosecutors

By Mark Jakubik

Not a good news day for Vince Fumo. As discussed in the below article from The Philadelphia Inquirer, longtime Fumo aid Howard Cain has agreed to plead guilty to tax related charges and to cooperate with the feds: State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo’s legal predicament worsened today when federal prosecutors disclosed that a longtime Fumo confidant, jammed up with his own criminal tax problem, had agreed to cooperate with the government. Howard J. Cain, 60, is expected to take the stand this fall as a key prosecution witness when Fumo stands trial in a sweeping federal corruption case. Cain has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of tax evasion. In return for his cooperation, prosecutors have pledged to ask a judge for a reduction in Cain’s sentence for failing to pay any income taxes for 16 years...continue to full post

Full post as published by Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog on June 05, 2008 (boomark / email).