KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ A former prosecutor and chairman of Missouri’s
Democratic Party is set to be sentenced next month for misusing campaign funds
for personal expenses and vacations.
The Kansas City Star reports Mike Sanders faces up to five years in prison
and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced Sept. 19 in federal court for
conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Sanders had been on a trajectory to run for statewide or congressional office
before resigning two years ago as head of Jackson County government. In his
guilty plea, Sanders acknowledged converting $62,000 in political campaign funds
into cash in a check-cashing scheme involving a disabled friend from high
school.
While some of that cash went for political purposes, Sanders admitted using
$15,000 to $40,000 of the cashed checks for personal use.
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