The WBRE Investigative I-Team Sleuth, Andy Mehalshick is reporting that Jill Moran has cut a deal to co-operate with federal investigators into the ongoing drama at the Luzerne County Courthouse.
The U.S. Attorney's office filed the paperwork at federal court in Scranton around 10:30 this morning. It says that Moran has agreed to resign her position as Prothonatary and will cooperate with federal investigators.
The 12-page document details Moran's cooperation with investigators. Moran says she will work with investigators to prevent future fraud against the people of the United States. Moran has not been charged and will not face criminal charges, according to the agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office.
This comes one day after Moran announced that she would step down as of March 13th. She had not been charged by federal authorities but her name has come up in media reports, since she is the law partner of Attorney Bob Powell of Butler Township.
As of this posting there is nothing filed on the U.S. Attorney's website detailing the Luzerne County corruption prosecutions.
UPDATE: Here is the Times Leader link to the United States of America vs. Jill Moran document. In part it states:
The United States was voluntarily informed by JILL MORAN that individuals known to MORAN, who was then the Prothonotary for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, allegedly attempted, without MORAN’s full knowledge and consent, to use MORAN to facilitate frauds committed by these other individuals, frauds which deprived the people of Luzerne County of their right to the honest services of these other individuals.
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