SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
For a few very profitable years, Vanessa and Mario Perez made more than $322,000 by clearing up the blemished credit reports of people with bad bill-paying histories, almost as if by magic.
Federal authorities say the Perezes had a secret weapon: a network of dirty Miami-Dade County, Florida police officers, who wrote 215 falsified police reports. The Perezes used these falsified police reports to claim their customers were victims of identity theft when the customers were not.
The false ID theft claims provided the Perezes' clients with an official excuse for their bad credit histories so they could get negative items removed from their reports. In turn, the customers could boost their credit scores with reporting agencies such as Equifax and obtain credit cards, loans and other financing again.
Vanessa Perez was previously convicted of absentee ballot fraud (along with dozens of others) after Miami's infamous 1997 election.
(Score: 5, Funny) by FatPhil on Friday May 22 2015, @09:23AM
Vanessa Perez was previously convicted of absentee ballot fraud (along with dozens of others) *benefitting a Republican-affiliated candidate* after Miami's infamous 1997 election.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 22 2015, @09:42AM
Yeah! We need some more Ethanol-gewg_ for his deliciously gay bullshit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 22 2015, @06:29PM
Vanessa Perez was previously convicted of absentee ballot fraud (along with dozens of others) *benefitting a Republican-affiliated candidate* after Miami's infamous 1997 election.
I don't think that is correct. The linked article does not mention party affiliation. But it seems to say the fraud was in favor of Xavier Suarez against Joe Carollo [wikipedia.org] who seems to be a republican. Maybe they are both republican? Local politics is often much less party-oriented than national politics.
(Score: 2) by Hartree on Friday May 22 2015, @07:40PM
I've seen him listed both ways. The Examiner lists him as losing a 5 way Republican primary ( http://www.examiner.com/article/ex-miami-mayor-xavier-suarez-has-eyes-set-on-county-seat [examiner.com] ).
But, worldstatesman.org list him as being a Democrat for his two (one notably shortened by the mentioned fraud) mayoral terms. ( http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_Mayors2.html#Miami [worldstatesmen.org] )
Maybe someone from Miami can jump in with a definite answer.
Given that he was called Mayor Loco for good reason, I think he's correctly classified as belonging to the Loon Party. ;)