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BRIBERY * USA - Cash, concerts and joyrides: St. Louis cops embroiled in towing scandal
St. Louis,MO,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -November 10, 2009: ... Since 2008, a federal investigation has revealed multiple instances of fraud and other bribery between a towing company and St. Louis police... The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported on findings of its own investigation into the Police Department and St. Louis Metropolitan Towing, including police admitting that the daughter of former police chief, Joe Mokwa, and other officers were allowed to drive towed cars, and that the to wing company didn’t pay $700,000 it owed the city for towing revenue... The investigators also have hinted that police were allegedly bribed with concert tickets and cash gifts included in Christmas card mailings... In August, former detective, Kevin Shade, pleaded guilty to mail fraud tied to the towing scandal. Shade reportedly admitted he accepted cash in order to help S&H Parking Systems obtain normal titles for seized cars and trucks rather than salvage titles...
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