Cedric Cromwell, a former leader of Mashpee Wampanoags, a tribe from Massachusetts, was sentenced to three years in prison because of bribery and extortion.
BOSTON (AP) The former leader of a Massachusetts Native American tribe sentenced to prison for accepting exercise equipment, a luxury hotel stay and other bribes from an architectural firm working with the tribe on a casino has to pay back nearly $210,000, a judge ordered.
Cedric Cromwell, former chair of Massachusetts' Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, was ordered to pay back almost $210,000 after being convicted in a bribery scheme.
The former leader of a Massachusetts Native American tribe sentenced to prison for accepting exercise equipment, a luxury hotel stay and other bribes from an architectural firm working with the tribe on a casino has to pay back nearly $210,000, a judge ordered.