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Ex-Cleveland Councilman Basheer Jones used sway to swindle nonprofits, feds say
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Basheer Jones championed progressive ideals, fighting as an activist to get high schoolers registered to vote and urging people to become more involved in their communities.
As a one-term Cleveland councilman, he pushed against what he believed were establishment politicians who long ignored the needs of residents on the city’s East Side. He often sought to pair businesses, nonprofits and the city to funnel money into Ward 7, which includes some of the poorest neighborhoods in Cleveland.
Federal prosecutors on Monday, however, said Jones used his sway and connections to funnel some $135,000 straight into his and his girlfriend’s pockets. He failed at another scheme that would have added $65,000 to the total, according to prosecutors.
Jones — who once ran a doomed mayoral campaign — was charged in U.S. District Court in Cleveland with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to
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Subpoena: Former Cleveland Councilman Basheer Jones Subject of FBI Investigation
Subpoena: Former Cleveland Councilman Basheer Jones Subject of FBI Investigation
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Elected in November 2017, Basheer Jones became Cleveland’s first Muslim council representative. He represents Ward 7, an area which includes the historic Hough district, as well as the St. Clair-Superior, Midtown and Asia Town neighborhoods. For many years before his official role as councilman, Basheer Jones has served the nation as an activist and grassroots community leader seeking to create social change for the betterment of humanity.
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Basheer Jones is an impassioned leader, motivational speaker, and spoken word artist with a positive message of empowerment and change. Born in Brooklyn, NY on October 25, 1984 and later transplanted to Cleveland, OH as a child. He graduated Cum Laude from the distinguished Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA in 2006 with a degree in African-American Studies. He later pursued graduate studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Basheer understands that true success is giving back, which is why he d