Alabama Dem accused of scamming youth nonprofit for cash.

Alabama State Representative Resigns After Being Charged in Kickback Scheme

A shocking scandal has rocked Alabama politics as a newly elected Democratic state representative, Fred Plump, has resigned from his seat after being charged with participating in a conspiracy to steal money from a nonprofit youth baseball league.

Plump has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of justice for his role in the kickback scheme, which involved state money allocated to the nonprofit. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

According to the charging document, another legislator received around $500,000 from the Jefferson County Community Service Fund, which directs state money to programs in Jefferson County. That representative gave $400,000 of the funds to the Piper Davis Youth Baseball League, a nonprofit that Plump oversaw as executive director. Plump then directed $200,000 of the funds back to the unnamed legislator’s assistant.

Plump even went so far as to text the assistant “red alert” after an interview with investigators, according to the charging document.

Another Democratic representative, John Rogers, has come forward and said he is the unnamed representative who gave funds to Plump’s organization. However, he maintains his innocence and denies receiving kickbacks for directing the money to the nonprofit.

The money was designated for children in Jefferson County, and the Act created the Jefferson County Community Service Fund, which was subsidized around $3.6 million annually from new taxes. The Act also created the “Committee,” which was responsible for ensuring that the Fund was used only for the purposes set forth in the Act.

The Fund’s Purposes Included:

• Supporting public entities and projects such as schools, libraries, museums, parks, zoos, neighborhood associations, athletic facilities, youth sports associations, road construction, the performing arts, police departments, the sheriff’s office, fire departments, and certain nonprofit entities.
• Each representative was given approximately $100,000 and each senator was given approximately $240,000 from the fund each fiscal year from 2018 to 2022.

This scandal has rocked the Alabama political landscape and serves as a reminder of the importance of transparency and accountability in government.

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