June 22, 2009
Former adviser and chief fundraiser for impeached Gov Rod Blagojevich, Christopher Kelly was given a 37 month out of a 48 max sentence. He plead guilty in January to federal tax fraud — he used his roofing company money to cover $500K in gambling debts…before first paying the IRS. And he was scummy about it – making checks out in his children and friends’ children’s name while he paid the bookie with cash. It’s one thing to gamble, another thing to cheat the government, but it’s a whole nother thing to involve not only your children but somebody else’s and not just once. His lawyer tried to mitigate things by saying he only failed to pay less than 10% of his taxes. He should have mentioned he would have qualified for barry’s cabinet if he had just paid up when he got caught.
Things aren’t nearly over for Kelly. His charges came out of blago’s undercover investigation and he will most likely testify against his former good buddy just like it appears Rezko will. Rezko also has outstanding charges in Las Vegas for unpaid gambling debts – I think around $600K.
Kelly has also been charged in attempted extortion of United and American Airlines at O’hare – again through his roofing business – and the trial is slated to begin in September. Which may be why the judge set his surrender date as Nov 2nd.
Source: Chicago Breaking News’ JEFF COEN
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