Read MoreShelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. on Friday voluntarily surrendered to the FBI after he was indicted with bribery and tax evasion over a 2019 scheme that allegedly involved the Democratic politician being paid to consult for three nonprofits that sought access to federal grant money distributed by Shelby County.
Three instances of Ford engaging in such behavior are detailed in the federal indictment, the result of a grand jury which was made public Friday, claim that nonprofit organizations either paid Ford directly or through his businesses, E&J Computer Services and Repair and Precise Solutions and Consulting, to obtain access to federal money.
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