FORMER ST. LOUIS BUILDING INSPECTOR ADMITS $1.6 MILLION FRAUD

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

ST. LOUIS - A former building inspector with the City of St. Louis on Tuesday admitted steering $1.64 million meant for the repair of decrepit buildings in St. Louis to himself and relatives.

Adebanjo "Banjo" Popoola, 57, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to three counts of wire fraud. Popoola was a building division inspector with the City of St. Louis at the time and was responsible for managing important aspects of two programs designed to aid in the stabilizing and rehabilitating of city properties, Stable Communities STL and Prop NS. Stable Communities STL was funded through ...