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Saturday, November 17, 2018

[Bang] spent six years diverting economic development funds to a sham company, getting caught only after federal tax authorities began investigating the massive cashier’s checks he brought to casinos

Montgomery official pleads guilty to charges related to embezzlement from county


...“He was always impeccably dressed. And he spoke with great precision. He projected an image that was very careful and credible,” Leventhal said. “Oh my God, it’s a Hollywood movie — it’s incredible. It’s impossible to believe. We’re all reeling.”
Yet the county’s economic development system also had been without tight transparency and rules that allowed Bang, who lived in Germantown, freedom from scrutiny.

“There should have been clearly more oversight, a combination of it, that’s clear,” County Executive Isiah Leggett (D), who took office in 2006, said Friday...

3 comments:

  1. Who is running this County anyway?

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  2. "The fraud was discovered after the Internal Revenue Service reviewed reports of suspicious activity made by several casinos." And now our legal eagles take on the role of Monday morning quarterbacks.

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  3. “You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
    Know when to walk away and know when to run. . .” -Kenny Rogers

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