Jury finds Wright guilty of fraud

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on April 7, 2008 - 11:35am.
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A jury has convicted former Rep. Thomas Wright of three counts of obtaining property by false pretenses.

He was acquitted of a fourth count.

Update: According to the Associated Press, Wright was charged with pocketing $8,900 in donations to his Community's Health Foundation and fraudulently obtaining a $150,000 loan to buy a building for health care offices and a museum. The charge on which he was acquitted related to a donation of $1,500 from AT&T. 

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