Detroit Strip Clubs: Riddle, Former State Rep Indicted

July 15, 2009 at 9:36 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments

In addition, Riddle is charged with making false statements to FBI agents and mail fraud. 
The seven-count indictment claims between March 2006 and December 2007 Riddle conspired with Conyers and other individuals to interfere with commerce through extortion.
View the court documents (.pdf format)
Riddle and Conyers allegedly forced businessmen and consultants to pay money in order to win support for projects and plans. 
In one case, the indictment alleges that Riddle and Conyers extorted $20,000 from the owner of a technology company seeking a multi-million dollar investment from the General Retirement System.
Documents show Riddle and Conyers allegedly worked together to extort $20,000 from a Detroit restaurant owner who
had business before the City Council and $25,000 from a company operating strip clubs seeking a change in licenses from the City Council.

See the full article from “WWJ”

No Comments yet

»

RSS feed for comments on this post.

Leave a comment

XHTML: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Pool theme.
Entries and comments feeds. Valid XHTML and CSS. ^Top^