Former Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam was sentenced today to 30 days in prison after previous pleading guilty to wire fraud in connection to defrauding contributors to a youth basketball team out of more than $86,000.
Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced that in addition to the prison sentence, Gilliam will also be under supervised release for three years, he was ordered to perform 200 hours of community service, and was ordered to pay restitution to his victims in the amount of $86,790.
According to Honig s office,
Gilliam was the co-founder of AC Starz Basketball Club (AC Starz), a non-profit that he incorporated to operate a youth basketball team. While serving as a member of the Atlantic City Council and later, as mayor of Atlantic City, Gilliam solicited donations for AC Starz from various individuals and entities under the false pretense that the contributions were for a youth basketball team and/or school supplies for underprivileged children. Gilliam instead use
Atlantic City’s council held its first meeting Wednesday since the mayor’s home was raided by the FBI and the ATF. The mayor was also accused of being involved in a fight outside an Atlantic City casino. Councilman Jeffree Fauntlreoy II, who was also accused of being involved in the fight, attended the meeting. Now city leaders are working on. Reporter Dec 12, 2018
Ex-Atlantic City mayor gets 30 days in charity theft case January 28, 2021 at 4:32 pm FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2019, file photo, Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam Jr., leaves the North Wildwood Municipal Court in North Wildwood, N.J. Gilliam, the former mayor of Atlantic City, was sentenced Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, to 30 days in prison and 11 months of house arrest for stealing $87,000 from a youth basketball program he founded.(David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) A tearful former mayor of Atlantic City was sentenced Thursday to 30 days in prison and 11 months of house arrest for stealing $87,000 from a youth basketball program he founded.
CAMDEN - A former mayor of Atlantic City was sentenced to spend 30 days in prison for defrauding supporters of a youth basketball team.
Frank Gilliam, 49, also must spend 11 months on home confinement, said the U.S. Attorney s Office for New Jersey.
Graham helped found a nonprofit that ran the team, AC Starz, and solicited donations as an Atlantic City councilman and later, as mayor, the federal prosecutor s office said in a statement.
Donors believed their money would help support the team and/or buy backpacks for needy children, the statement said. Gilliam instead used most of the money for personal expenses, including luxury clothing, expensive meals, and trips, it added.
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