Home > Blog > Archives > 2006 > January > 27 > Entry
DEL.ICIO.USProsecution cites cash payments
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
With its second witness of the day, the prosecution in the federal corruption trial of former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell turned to cash and credit card purchases he made during a period when he allegedly relied little on his own personal funds.
In its opening statement to the jury last week, the prosecution mentioned Campbell’s purchase of a TV set as being among a number of established cash expenditures during years when Campbell had very little activity in his personal banking account.
To track how much Campbell depended on what it called illegal gifts, Assistant U.S. Attorney Sally Yates said last week that the year before he started getting money from contractors, Campbell withdrew $20,000 out of his personal account. After getting money from contractors, he relied on his personal accounts very little, withdrawing as little as $69 in 1999.
But after the federal investigation began, prosecutors say Campbell once again relied on his personal accounts, withdrawing $17,000 in 2001.
On Friday, Jan Jones, an employee of Hi Fi Buys in Buckhead, testified about cash and credit card purchases by Campbell at the store. The witness recalled that in one 1999 transaction, Campbell paid $1,500 in cash toward the purchase of a 36 inch Sony TV set.
The prosecution dismissed the witness without explaining for the jury why these transactions were significant to its case.
Permalink | | Categories: Bill Campbell trial
