{"id":57548,"date":"2024-09-18T18:49:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T01:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57548"},"modified":"2024-09-18T18:50:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T01:50:19","slug":"former-louisiana-da-indicted-for-bribery-money-laundering-and-obstructio-of-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57548","title":{"rendered":"Former Louisiana DA Indicted for Bribery, Money Laundering and Obstruction of Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"node-body\">\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-56964 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tufted-black-chairs-inside-building-with-no-people-stockpack-unsplash-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"tufted black chairs inside building with no people\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tufted-black-chairs-inside-building-with-no-people-stockpack-unsplash-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tufted-black-chairs-inside-building-with-no-people-stockpack-unsplash-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tufted-black-chairs-inside-building-with-no-people-stockpack-unsplash-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tufted-black-chairs-inside-building-with-no-people-stockpack-unsplash-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tufted-black-chairs-inside-building-with-no-people-stockpack-unsplash-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tufted-black-chairs-inside-building-with-no-people-stockpack-unsplash-850x1133.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tufted-black-chairs-inside-building-with-no-people-stockpack-unsplash-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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companies, and then dismissing their charges once they completed and paid for the courses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The indictment also alleges that Haynes and his co-conspirators discussed ways to hide the kickback payments, including reactivating a defunct company to conceal the proceeds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Additionally, Haynes instructed a co-conspirator to alter, destroy, and hide documents to prevent them from being used in future proceedings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1381 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/irs2-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/irs2-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/irs2.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Haynes faces charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery involving federal funds, two counts of using his phone to aid bribery, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and obstruction of justice. If convicted, he faces up to 65 years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\">\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Franques pleaded guilty on Jan. 12 to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Guidry pleaded guilty on March 23, 2023, to two counts of conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds and one count of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Both Guidry and Franques are scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">The FBI New Orleans Field Office and IRS Criminal Investigation are investigating the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Trial Attorneys Steven Loew and Trevor Wilmot of the Criminal Division\u2019s Public Integrity Section and Assistant U.S. attorneys John Luke Walker and John Nickel for the Western District of Louisiana are prosecuting the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana, returned an indictment Wednesday charging a former Louisiana Assistant District Attorney with conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, using his cell phone in furtherance of 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