Chris Mintz, a Republican activist who switched to the Democratic Party to run for office, pleaded guilty this month to embezzling more than a million dollars from two elderly clients.
Mintz, a financial advisor, is a former chairman of the Wake County Republican Men's Club. He switched to the Democratic Party in 2005 and ran unsuccessfully in that party's primary for the N.C. House of Representatives in district 41 against Ty Harrell, who resigned Sunday. Mintz considered a run for state treasurer in 2007.
Mintz, 34, pleaded guilty to fraud by an investment adviser on Sept. 9. He moved securities from his clients' accounts to his own, selling the securities and wiring the money to his personal account, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 7 in U.S. District Court in New Bern.




Re: GOP activist-turned-Democrat pleads
Concerned much?