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Jasiel Correia faces prison for corruption. Here's what you should know before sentencing
On Monday, Sept. 20, former Fall River mayor Jasiel F. Correia II will most likely be sentenced to prison to serve time for committing fraud and extortion, marking an end to one of the most controversial chapters in Fall River’s history.
Timeline of Jasiel Correia's fall:How he went from entrepreneur, to mayor, to convicted corruption kingpin
Correia will have gone from private citizen to public official to federal inmate in the span of only eight years, a staggering rise and fall for a man not yet 30 years old.
Here’s what you need to know going into his sentencing:
Can I watch Jasiel Correia be sentenced?
Yes, and you don’t even need to drive to the U.S. District Courthouse in Boston. Due to the COVID pandemic, Correia’s hearings and trial were live-streamed via Zoom, and so will the sentencing. You need to register online at https://forms.mad.uscourts.gov/courtlist.html. Select
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Former Fall River mayor Jasiel F. Correia II was found skyldig on Friday of 21 criminal charges, including the extortion of marijuana vendors seeking his approval to open in the wake of the drug’s legalization for recreational use in 2018.
The charges, which spanned five years Correia spent in and out of City Hall, also included the defrauding of investors in a startup Correia founded before taking office at the age of 24.
Correia, now 29, went on trial in April after a long delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic. He faced a total of 24 criminal charges, and was found innocent of three.
Correia was not convicted of accusations that he stole nearly half the salary of his chief of staff, Gen Andrade, who pleaded guilty to the same charge this winter. He was also exonerated of taking a Rolex watch from a landlord seeking to connect his building to the city’s vatten system free of charge.
More than 30 witnesses testified during the four-week trial, which was the first high-p
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What we know about the allegations against Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia
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By Jacqueline Tempera | MassLive
Early on Thursday, Oct. 11, federal agents from the FBI and IRS swarmed a home in Bridgwater and arrested 26-year-old Jasiel F. Correia II, the mayor of Fall River.
Correia, who was the youngest person ever elected to the job at 23, faces nine counts of wire fraud and four counts of filing false tax returns after he allegedly defrauded investors in his app SnoOwl.
Federal investigators say Correia spent more than $230,000 - roughly 64 percent of the money invested - like a "personal ATM." He allegedly shelled out tens of thousands of dollars on jewelry for an ex-girlfriend, airfare, luxury hotel rooms, adult entertainment and a Mercedes Benz.
Here's what we know so far.
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Who is Jasiel Correia?
A biography of Correia posted to the city's website says he was born and raised in Fall River. He