Urban League Training Director Guilty of Extortion, Tax Fraud

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), November 15th, 1997

A Maplewood man pleaded guilty in Minneapolis federal court Friday to stealing thousands of dollars in federal funds while serving as training director for the St. Paul Urban League.

Thomas Cotroneo acknowledged in court that he gave providers of job training seminars a choice of paying him or risk losing future seminar contracts, according to the U.S. attorney's office. He collected about $28,000 by forcing them to cash their payment checks at a check-cashing business operated by his brother, Frank Cotroneo.

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