Person
Jack Abramoff
Former Washington lobbyist who pleaded guilty in 2006 to conspiracy, honest services mail fraud and tax evasion, and was sentenced in 2025 in a separate fraud case.
- Dates
- 1958 –
United States v. Abramoff
- Convicted by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia: conspiracy, aiding and abetting honest services mail fraud, and tax evasion (guilty plea) 1
- Convicted by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia: sentenced to 48 months in prison 2
Connections 5
convicted by
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 3 Jan 2006 conspiracy, aiding and abetting honest services mail fraud, and tax evasion (guilty plea) Primary record 1
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 4 Sep 2008 sentenced to 48 months in prison Primary record 2
involved in
- Abramoff investigation lobbyist who pleaded guilty Primary record 123
- The Abramoff and Scanlon tribal lobbying fees, 2001 to 2003 the committee found he secretly split with Scanlon the fees tribes paid Scanlon, without telling the tribes Primary record 4
- Named cases of money and Native nations lobbyist for tribes; pleaded guilty to conspiracy involving bribery, wire fraud and tax evasion Scholarship & press 5
Timeline 3 dates
- 1958 – Jack Abramoff
- 3 Jan 2006 Jack Abramoff convicted by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- 4 Sep 2008 Jack Abramoff convicted by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Proof 5 sources
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Former Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty to Charges Involving Corruption, Fraud Conspiracy, and Tax Evasion (press release 06-002), U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, 3 Jan 2006.
Primary record
Abramoff has pleaded guilty to a three-count information charging him with conspiracy, aiding and abetting honest services mail fraud, and tax evasion
Abramoff and Scanlon charged fees that incorporated huge profit margins and then split the net profits in a secret kickback arrangement.
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Former Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison on Charges Involving Corruption, Fraud, Conspiracy and Tax Evasion (press release 08-779), U.S. Department of Justice, 4 Sep 2008.
Primary record
sentenced today to 48 months in prison and ordered to pay $23,134,695 in restitution to victims
thirteen guilty pleas by various lobbyists and public officials
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Cancer Diagnosis Helps Keep Jack Abramoff Out of Prison for “AML Bitcoin” Fraud Scheme, Decrypt, 19 Nov 2025.
Scholarship & press
Abramoff and Andrade were charged in 2020 for fraud connected to the $5 million initial coin offering for the project.
Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay $2.2 million in restitution for his "AML Bitcoin" fraud scheme.
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"Gimme Five": Investigation of Tribal Lobbying Matters, S. Rept. 109-325, U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 22 Jun 2006.
Primary record
Abramoff and Scanlon had agreed to secretly split, between themselves, fees that the Tribes paid Scanlon from 2001 through 2003.
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Abramoff Sentenced to Four More Years, Roll Call, 4 Sep 2008.
Scholarship & press
Jack Abramoff, who was at the center of the capitals biggest lobbying scandal in decades, was sentenced Thursday to 48 months in federal prison for charges relating to defrauding American Indian tribes and corruption of public officials.
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