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New information from federal indictments reveals that PACE, or Police Athletics for Community Engagement, is a small part in an otherwise extensive case involving an Omaha city council member, two former Omaha Police officers, and a fundraiser.

Prosecutors allege that an Omaha city councilman accepted free trips to cities like San Diego, Houston and Denver, where he would socialize with the other co-defendants in a fraud case.

In phone calls and texts, the men indicted this week in Omaha talked of illegal sex services, vacation trips and allegations of "kickbacks" — and the FBI was listening.

Besides the 41 total federal charges, prosecutors made new allegations Monday — including the claim that Omaha City Councilman Vinny Palermo had called himself “the Al Capone of South Omaha.”

One day after two former Omaha police officers were arraigned in federal court for fraud charges, Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said the department is committed to the "highest standards of policing."

Two former Nebraska police officers and a councilman from Omaha have been indicted in a federal investigation. The investigation is into the misuse of funds from multiple groups.

Three members of the Omaha City Council have requested a resolution removing Vinny Palermo as vice president.

Federal prosecutors alleged that a former Omaha police officer was allegedly moving drugs with two Omaha gangs.

One indictment, which includes more than 15 counts of wire fraud and other charges, details the case, which is an alleged scheme of more than seven years — involving misused donation money flooded into personal funds.

The three want him removed Tuesday as Omaha City Council Vice-President.