The chiropractor husband of former DeKalb County Commissioner Elaine Boyer pleaded guilty Tuesday to orchestrating a scheme that defrauded taxpayers of more than $80,000.
John Boyer admitted to a mail fraud conspiracy charge, and a judge will sentence him May 6.
Prosecutors wrote in court documents that he devised the kickback plan that ended the political career of his wife. Elaine Boyer resigned in August and pleaded guilty to similar charges. She is scheduled to be sentenced March 20.
As the couple was facing financial difficulties in 2009, Elaine Boyer hired a family friend as a political adviser, according to prosecutors. An investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last year found that the adviser, an evangelist named Rooks Boynton, did no work for the county.
Boynton was not named in court Tuesday and has not been charged with a crime.
John Boyer instructed the adviser to deposit money that he received from DeKalb County into a bank account used by the couple, prosecutors wrote in their summary of the scheme.
The adviser funneled $60,000 into the account, which the Boyers used to pay personal living expenses, according to prosecutors.
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