today, jefferson county is debt over $4 billion. we are in bankruptcy. the largest bankruptcy in the history of a local government in the united states. did wall street really take jefferson county for a ride here? i leave they did. a federal criminal investigation of the sewer deal found that was the case. but wall street got a number of help from a number of people with their hands out. we had 21 people that either plead guilty or went to prison. commissioners, employees and contractors. that included former commissioner and birmingham mayor larry langford. sentenced to 15 years for accepting thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from one of the bankers. former commissioner gary white. ten years for accepting bribes from an engineering company that worked on the sewer lines. mary buckaloo probangs after lying to the grand jury. chris mcnair serving five years for bribery and conspiracy to solicit bonds. bond underwriter jp morgan
the largest bankruptcy in the history of a local government in the united states. did wall street really take jefferson county for a ride here? i leave they did. a federal criminal investigation of the sewer deal found that was the case. but wall street got a number of help from a number of people with their hands out. we had 21 people that either plead guilty or went to prison. commissioners, employees and contractors. that included former commissioner and birmingham mayor larry langford. sentenced to 15 years for accepting thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from one of the bankers. former commissioner gary white. ten years for accepting bribes from an engineering company that worked on the sewer lines. mary buckaloo probangs after lying to the grand jury. chris mcnair serving five years for bribery and conspiracy to solicit bonds. bond underwriter jp morgan settled with the sec, paying
the largest bankruptcy in the history of a local government in the united states. did wall street really take jefferson county for a ride here? i leave they did. a federal criminal investigation of the sewer deal found that was the case. but wall street got a number of help from a number of people with their hands out. we had 21 people that either plead guilty or went to prison. commissioners, employees and contractors. that included former commissioner and birmingham mayor larry langford. sentenced to 15 years for accepting thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from one of the bankers. former commissioner gary white. ten years for accepting bribes from an engineering company that worked on the sewer lines. mary buckaloo probangs after lying to the grand jury. chris mcnair serving five years for bribery and conspiracy to solicit bonds. bond underwriter jp morgan settled with the sec, paying
today, jefferson county is debt over $4 billion. we are in bankruptcy. the largest bankruptcy in the history of a local government in the united states. did wall street really take jefferson county for a ride here? i leave they did. a federal criminal investigation of the sewer deal found that was the case. but wall street got a number of help from a number of people with their hands out. we had 21 people that either plead guilty or went to prison. commissioners, employees and contractors. that included former commissioner and birmingham mayor larry langford. sentenced to 15 years for accepting thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from one of the bankers. former commissioner gary white. ten years for accepting bribes from an engineering company that worked on the sewer lines. mary buckaloo probangs after lying to the grand jury. chris mcnair serving five years for bribery and conspiracy to solicit bonds. bond underwriter jp morgan
over $4 billion. we are in bankruptcy. the largest bankruptcy in the history of a local government in the united states. did wall street really take jefferson county for a ride here? i leave they did. a federal criminal investigation of the sewer deal found that was the case. but wall street got a number of help from a number of people with their hands out. we had 21 people that either plead guilty or went to prison. commissioners, employees and contractors. that included former commissioner and birmingham mayor larry langford. sentenced to 15 years for accepting thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from one of the bankers. former commissioner gary white. ten years for accepting bribes from an engineering company that worked on the sewer lines. mary buckaloo probangs after lying to the grand jury. chris mcnair serving five years for bribery and conspiracy to solicit bonds. bond underwriter jp morgan