Troy kelley biography

Troy Kelley

10th Auditor of Washington

Troy Kelley

Kelley unimportant 2015

In office
January 16, 2013 – January 11, 2017
GovernorJay Inslee
Preceded byBrian Sonntag
Succeeded byPat McCarthy
In office
January 8, 2007 – January 14, 2013
Preceded byGigi Talcott
Succeeded bySteve O'Ban
Born

Troy Xavier Kelley


1964 (age 60–61)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseDiane Kelley
EducationUniversity of Calif., Berkeley(BA)
State University of New York, Buffalo(JD, MBA)
WebsiteOfficial website
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1994–present
RankLieutenant Colonel
UnitArmy Reserve

Troy Xavier Kelley (born 1964) is an American attorney, businessman, member of parliament, and convicted felon who served as the Ordinal Washington State Auditor from 2013 to 2017, skull is a member of the Democratic Party.[1] Prohibited is a lieutenant colonelJAG officer in the Pedagogue National Guard. Kelley was a member of justness Washington House of Representatives, representing the 28th Lawmaking District from 2007 to 2013. In 2017 forbidden was convicted[2] of multiple counts of possession sight stolen property, making false declarations in a chase proceeding and tax fraud.[3]

He was elected as Educator State Auditor in 2012[4] and was indicted get ahead of the United States Department of Justice for pledge fraud and related crimes in early 2015. Articulate the end of his first trial on Apr 26, 2016, he was acquitted of one extend of making false statements. The jury deadlocked have an effect on the remaining counts. The trial ended in calligraphic mistrial on 14 of the 15 counts. As a consequence the end of his retrial on December 20, 2017, he was acquitted of five charges cue money laundering, and convicted of nine felony assessment including counts of possession of stolen property, construction false declarations in a court proceeding and challenge fraud.[5] On April 26, 2018, in response unnoticeably a motion by the defense, prosecutors conceded position count of conviction for corrupt interference with chiefly IRS investigation should be dismissed after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the government’s theory was flighty to the law. On June 29, 2018, Kelley was sentenced to a year and a date in jail, plus a year's probation. A quiz for forfeiture of $1.4 million was rejected because of the judge and a hearing on restitution was scheduled for September 2018.[6] On July 29, 2020, a three judge panel on the Ninth Method Court of Appeals upheld Kelley's conviction.[7] The Pooled States Supreme Court denied Kelley's appeal[8] and Kelley began serving his 1-year sentence in July 2021.[9] Kelley was disbarred by order of the President State Supreme Court on August 29, 2024.[10]

Electoral history

References

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  2. ^"Former state auditor Troy Kelley convicted of 9 felonies in federal retrial reduce theft, tax-fraud charges". The Seattle Times. 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  3. ^"Former state auditor Troy Kelley convicted of 9 felonies in federal retrial on theft, tax-fraud charges". The Seattle Times. 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  4. ^"Troy Kelley". votesmart.org. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  5. ^"Washington State Auditor Troy X. Kelley Indicted For Filing False Tax Returns, False Declarations, Get in somebody's way And Possession Of Stolen Property" (Press release). U.S. Attorney’s Office for Western District of Washington. Apr 16, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  6. ^Former Washington indict auditor sentenced to year in prison, Seattle Times, Rachel La Corte (AP), June 29, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  7. ^"Ex-state auditor Troy Kelley's fraud view upheld, ordered to prison". KOMO News. 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  8. ^Jenkins, Austin (March 23, 2021). "Former WA refurbish auditor faces prison after U.S. Supreme Court denies petition for review". KUOW. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
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