Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been indicted by a federal grand jury on corruption, fraud and tax charges.
The 19-count indictment, handed down Wednesday afternoon, accuses the
already disgraced, criminally convicted former mayor of using his nonprofit organization, the Kilpatrick Civic Fund, to funnel money to family, friends and his own bank accounts.
Prosecutors say the money, which was supposed to go to voter education efforts, was instead spent on yoga and golf lessons for Kilpatrick and his family,
the Detroit Free Press reported.
If he is convicted of the new charges, he could face 20 years in prison.
But Kilpatrick is already behind bars. The son of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., is serving an 18-month sentence for violating his probation.
In 2008, Kilpatrick resigned from office after he pleaded guilty to falsely testifying under oath in a corruption trial.
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