Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Charged With Taking Bribes, Quits
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Patrick Cannon, the mayor of Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina, was charged with taking bribes in an FBI sting in which agents posed as investors and real estate developers.
Cannon, 47, a Democrat, resigned yesterday as mayor of the city of 775,000 that’s home to Bank of America Corp. He is accused of soliciting and accepting more than $48,000 in cash, airline tickets and other items of value in meetings with at least seven undercover agents pretending to explore projects in Charlotte, federal prosecutors said in a statement.