back from the dead.<\/a><\/p>\nCromwell\u2019s predecessor as Mashpee chairman, Glenn Marshall, was also convicted on corruption charges. He served three and a half years for making illegal campaign contributions, embezzling nearly $400,000 from the tribe, filing false tax returns, and fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits.<\/p>\n
Cromwell\u2019s successor, Brian Weeden, said the tribe could now put all this behind it and \u201cfocus on healing our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTribal members are disappointed in Cedric Cromwell,\u201d Weeden said in a statement. \u201cWe place a tremendous amount of trust in our elected officials. Cedric abused that trust.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cedric Cromwell, former chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts, was convicted of bribery and extortion charges by a federal court in Boston on Thursday. Cromwell was indicted in January 2021 and accused of extorting almost $60,000 from an architecture firm that was overseeing the development of the tribe\u2019s proposed First Light Casino in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":212355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,60,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Ex-Mashpee Chairman Convicted in Casino Bribery, Extortion Case<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n