Jury selection begins in Veon corruption case
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Jury selection is under way in a state corruption case against a former top Democratic lawmaker in Harrisburg and his one-time aide.
Former Rep. Mike Veon of Beaver County and Annamarie Perretta-Rosepink are facing trial on corruption charges related to allegations they misused public grant money for Mr. Veon's nonprofit organization, Beaver Initiative for Growth.
Jury selection began Monday in a Dauphin County courtroom. Mr. Veon already is serving a prison sentence after being convicted on separate corruption charges in 2010.
The state attorney general's office charges that the pair illegally diverted millions of taxpayer dollars through the Beaver Initiative for Growth to hire consultants who did little or no work, rent office space that the nonprofit hardly used and perform political tasks.
The charges originally were filed in 2009.
First Published February 14, 2012 12:00 am
