Developer Sherman Roberts Indicted on Charges of Bribing Dwaine Caraway and Carolyn Davis
A federal indictment was unsealed Wednesday.
By Matt Goodman
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December 17, 2020
3:46 pm
Southern Dallas developer Sherman Roberts has been federally indicted for attempting to bribe two former city council members over a five-year period in return for votes that landed a low-income housing development nearly $2 million in loans and grants.
Roberts, the CEO of the low-income housing development company City Wide Community Development Corp., is charged with two federal bribery counts, one for a project receiving federal funds and another for a local government receiving federal funds. He has not entered a plea and could not be reached for comment.
Dallas City Hall corruption scandals continue with another developer accused of bribery scheme
Sherman Roberts is accused in a federal indictment of scheming with two former Dallas City Council members to get public money for his affordable housing projects in exchange for cash bribes and other promises.
Another alleged Dallas City Hall bribery scandal is detailed in a new federal indictment filed this week, charging a Dallas affordable housing developer with two criminal counts.(Jae S. Lee / Staff Photographer)
As Dallas city officials strive to restore confidence in their affordable housing programs, more federal bribery indictments are being filed as part of an ongoing probe into City Hall corruption in which, according to prosecutors, public money flowed to developers who paid bribes for their projects.