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"R.I. legislator used friend’s funds to pay bills, affidavit says; Stands accused of misusing life insurance money" September 03, 2011|By Erika Niedowski, Associated Press
PROVIDENCE - A state legislator charged with misappropriating funds from a life insurance policy on his friend’s deceased daughter told investigators he used some of the money to pay his business’ bills, according to court papers.
State Representative Leo Medina, a freshman Democrat from Providence, is accused of pocketing $28,000 from a life insurance policy that he was helping his friend cash in. Medina told investigators he paid Alejandro Nico $6,200 to $6,400 but used some of the money to pay bills for his struggling business, according to an affidavit written by a State Police detective....
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Also see: Release of child’s killer from R.I. prison delayed
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