Jimmy Dimora

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Political Bio
Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, a lifelong resident of Cuyahoga County, has dedicated thirty-five years to public service as a city employee, city councilman, mayor, and county commissioner. Commissioner Dimora began serving in elected office as a two-term councilman in the City of Bedford Heights.  In November 1981 he was elected to the first of five consecutive terms as the city’s mayor, serving for a total of seventeen years.  In 2000, The Jimmy Dimora Community Center in Bedford Heights was named in his honor. First elected a Cuyahoga County Commissioner in 1998, he was re-elected in 2002 and again in 2006. Commissioner Dimora and his colleagues on the Board of County Commissioners oversee more than 8,500 employees and a $1.4 billion budget that provides a safety net for our most fragile citizens while also contributing to the region’s economic and workforce development needs.

Racketeering Charges

Guilty Counts

• Count 1: RICO (racketeering)
• Count 2: Conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud
• Count 3: Hobbs Act (prohibits extortion affecting interstate or foreign commerce) conspiracy
• Count 4: Conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds
• Count 5: Bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds
• Count 6: Bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds
• Count 7: Hobbs Act - Bribery
• Count 8: Hobbs Act - Bribery
• Count 9: Conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud
• Count 10: Hobbs Act conspiracy
• Count 11: Hobbs Act - Bribery
• Count 12: Hobbs Act conspiracy - Bribery
• Count 13: Hobbs Act - Bribery
• Count 14: Hobbs Act conspiracy - Bribery
• Count 15: Hobbs Act -- Bribery
• Count 16: Conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud
• Count 17: Conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds -- Bribery
• Count 18: Bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds
• Count 19: Bribery
• Count 20: Hobbs Act -- Bribery
• Count 21: Hobbs Act conspiracy -- Bribery
• Count 22: Hobbs Act conspiracy -- Bribery
• Count 23: Hobbs Act -- Bribery
• Count 24: Hobbs Act conspiracy -- Bribery
• Count 25: Hobbs Act -- Bribery
• Count 26: Hobbs Act conspiracy -- Bribery
• Count 27: Hobbs Act -- Bribery
• Count 28 : Conspiracy to obstruct justice
• Count 29: Destruction, alteration or falsification of records in federal investigations
• Count 34: False statements on tax returns
• Count 35: False statements on tax returns
• Count 36: False statements on tax returns
• Count 37: False statements on tax returns

Not Guilty

• Count 30 : Mail fraud -- For defrauding his campaign fund out of money

Other Counts (not specific to Dimora)

• Count 31: Conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud (Gabor only)
• Count 32: Mail fraud and honest services mail fraud (Gabor only) -- Bribery
• Count 33: Hobbs Act bribery (Gabor only) Bribery