ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his dad indicted again

"This indictment alleges an audacious and far-reaching abuse of the public trust by a group of high-level city officials and their close associates," McQuade said.

Federal officials refer to the defendants under the racketeering conspiracy count in the 89-page indictment as the "Kilpatrick Enterprise, whose objective was "financially enriching Enterprise members, associates and their families. They did that, the indictment alleges, by using the power and authority of Kwame Kilpatrick's position" as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives and Detroit mayor "to commit extortion, bribery and fraud."