Vince Fumo, a state senator (not U.S. Senator) from Philadelphia was recently convicted on all 137 counts of corruption in federal court. He organized his own charity, which he funded with state dollars. The charity's main purpose was to line the senator's pockets. He also strong armed a subsidiary of an energy company into donating more than $15 million to the "charity", and suddenly the senator changed his stance, and voted for deregulation of utility companies.
Fumo also used state personnel to oversee the construction of his mansion, partly funded by campaign contributions. He also used state workers to spy on his ex-wife. He and aides were also convicted of destroying documents and electronic communications that detailed his improper dealings with the energy company.
Funny thing is that he replaced a senator in his district, who was convicted of bribery, racketeering and obstruction of justice. He had helped that senator to arrange the payment of more than 30 "ghost employees" of the State years ago, but that conviction was overturned on procedural issues.
