Detroit Ex-Mayor Kilpatrick Indicted by Feds

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been indicted on federal fraud and tax charges.

Federal prosecutors say the alleged scheme is related to the Kilpatrick Civic Fund, a tax-exempt fund that was supposed to pay for voter education and other purposes.

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Instead, Kilpatrick is accused of using it as a slush fund to take cash payments for himself, friends and relatives.

An indictment was filed Wednesday.

Kilpatrick resigned as mayor as part of pleas in two criminal cases after he lied on the witness stand in a whistle-blowers' trial about an affair with his top aide. He's now in prison on a probation violation serving at least 14 months.

The married Kilpatrick was forced to resign in disgrace that year after sexually explicit text messages with his former top aide contradicted testimony each gave in a 2007 civil trial.