Here are the nonprofits tied to Edmund Ford Jr.'s alleged bribery scheme
Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. (top) attends a committee session Dec. 11, 2024. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. was indicted this week for one count of alleged bribery and six counts of alleged tax fraud.
The indictment, unsealed Friday, Feb. 28, alleges three unnamed nonprofits received taxpayer-funded grants from the Memphis City Council and Shelby County Board of Commissioners while Ford was on the bodies and then paid Ford by either buying computers from one of his companies or by disguising payments in some other way.
While the indictment does not name the nonprofits, The Daily Memphian analyzed meeting minutes from the County Commission and the City Council to determine which nonprofits received grants from those bodies on the given dates and whether the organization’s mission matches the description given in the federal indictment.
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Samuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He is a native Rhode Islander who lives Downtown. He has covered Memphis since 2018.
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