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Former Cleveland City Council member sentenced to prison

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Court records show Basheer Jones, 40, defrauded multiple community stakeholders out of more than $200,000.

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Former Cleveland City Council member sentenced to prison

Court records show Basheer Jones, 40, defrauded multiple community stakeholders out of more than $200,000.

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Ex-Cleveland councilman Basheer Jones sentenced on fraud scheme

Editor's Note: Previous coverage in the video above. CLEVELAND (WJW) -- Former Cleveland City Council member Basheer Jones was sentenced Tuesday in connection with federal fraud charges. Jones was accused of using his position as a council person for personal financial gain and defrauding community stakeholders out of more than $200,000. Summit County inmate dies following medical emergency In December of 2024, he pleaded guilty to the fra…

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Former Cleveland Councilman Basheer Jones sentenced to 28 months in prison for fraud

A former Cleveland city councilman is headed to federal prison for crimes investigators say he committed while in office.Judge J. Philip Calabrese sentenced Basheer Jones, who previously served as Cleveland's Ward 7 councilman, to 28 months behind bars and ordered him to repay more than $100,000 to two nonprofits he's accused of defrauding.Jones's attorney called what happened just a sliver of the former councilman's life, saying the good outwei…

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Former Cleveland City Councilman Basheer Jones sentenced after pleading guilty to federal wire fraud charges

Jones was sentenced to 28 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and honest service wire fraud. He will also be on probation for three years.

9 days ago·Cleveland, United States

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Former Cleveland City Council Member Sentenced to Prison | Office of Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development

Former Cleveland City Council Member Sentenced to Prison KHall2023 Wed, 04/02/2025 - 09:33 CLEVELAND – Basheer Jones, 40, of Cleveland, Ohio, has been sentenced to 28 months in prison by U.S. District Judge J. Philip Calabrese, after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud and honest services fraud by using his role as a public official for personal financial gain by seeking to defraud multiple community stakeholders out of more than …

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