U.S. Department of Justice Marcos Daniel Jiménez United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida
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FORMER MONROE COUNTY MAYOR INDICTED

Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Brian J. Wimpling, Special Agent in Charge, Miami Field Office, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging John L. “Jack” London, 67, of Key West, Florida, with subscribing a false tax return and making false statements to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(1), and Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001. The defendant faces a statutory maximum sentence of 3 years’ imprisonment and 100,000 fine on the false tax return charge and 5 years’ imprisonment and 250,000 fine on the false statement charge.

The indictment is based upon London’s receipt of $29,000, while serving as Mayor of Monroe County, from a consultant who had been hired by a real estate developer to assist with obtaining building permits from the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners. London allegedly used these monies to satisfy an outstanding lien against a residential property London owned in Cork, Ireland. According to the indictment, when agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation confronted him about his receipt of the $29,000, London misled the investigators regarding the origin of the funds.

Mr. Jiménez commended the investigative efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations Division. This case is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Christopher J. Clark and Brenda K. Morris, Trial Attorney with the Public Integrity Section, U.S. Department of Justice.

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