Jury convicts ex-Fall River mayor Jasiel F. Correia II of extortion, wire fraud, filing false tax returns
By Shelley Murphy Globe Staff,Updated May 14, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Jasiel F. Correia II (center) left Moakley Federal Court on Friday.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
More than five years after gaining national attention when he became mayor of Fall River at 24, Jasiel F. Correia II was convicted Friday of what federal prosecutors described as âold school corruption,â including extorting bribes from four marijuana companies vying for dispensaries and stealing from investors in a smartphone app he helped create.
Correia, 29, a Democrat who served as Fall Riverâs mayor from 2016 to 2019, was found guilty of 21 of 24 charges after 22 hours of deliberations over four days by a jury of nine women and three men.