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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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1976-01-01 |
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| Name | Al Benedict |
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Erie, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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March 05, 1929
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| Died | August 31, 2003
(74 years)
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Modifed | David
Mar 05, 2022 10:31am |
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Married - Convicted - Catholic -
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| Info | Jan. 14, 1988: Former Auditor General Al Benedict pleads guilty to federal racketeering and tax charges in a job-selling scheme in his office and the awarding of no-bid contracts in exchange for bribes. Benedict, a Democrat, is sentenced to 6 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
From a benediction...
"A former Erie City Controller and broadcast personality, Benedict burst into state politics in 1976, elected statewide to his first of two terms as Auditor General. Milton Shapp was finishing his tenure as governor, Jimmy Carter was entering the White House, and Al Benedict looked too many like a future governor.
It was not to be. Instead, he became embroiled in an infamous job selling racket and other influence peddling schemes that eventually got him a six-year federal prison sentence. Benedict pleaded guilty in 1988 to multiple counts of tax evasion and racketeering. His plea agreement required him to acknowledge participation in a job-selling scheme, as well as to authorizing no bid contracts in exchange for bribes and kickbacks.
Al Benedict was a corrupt official. About that, there is no dispute. Nevertheless, what was remarkable about the 1980's Benedict case was the banality of it all. In Benedict's time, it was far from unusual for a Pennsylvania public official to be caught in some slick influence peddling scheme or other act of official corruption." [Link]
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