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U.S. Congressman Facing Indictment Tied to Separate Money Laundering Scheme, Says AP
printFederal investigators have tied a money laundering case against a Louisiana state senator to a U.S. Congressman facing a separate indictment for soliciting bribes to advance the business deals of Nigerian officials, according to the Associated Press. Federal prosecutors have said that Derrick Shepherd, a Louisiana state Democrat, helped unlicensed bond broker Gwendolyn Moyo hide the profits of her illegal insurance business. Lawyers cited an unnamed public official and a relative of the official as facilitators of the scheme. Lawyers for Shepherd said that prosecutors told them that the unnamed pair was U.S. Representative William Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat, and...
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