Updated: 3:59 PM CST December 17, 2020
A Dallas developer has been indicted on bribery charges for his dealings with two former Dallas City Council members who, prosecutors claim, supported his tax-credit housing projects in exchange for money and promises of future payments.
Sherman Roberts, president and chief executive officer of City Wide Community Development Corporation, is charged with two crimes: conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, and bribery concerning a local government receiving federal benefits.
If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in federal prison.
His attorney, Douglas Greene, of Arlington, said Roberts will be making his initial appearance in federal court at 10 a.m. Friday in Dallas.
Dallas City Hall corruption scandals continue with another developer accused of bribery scheme
Sherman Roberts is accused in a federal indictment of scheming with two former Dallas City Council members to get public money for his affordable housing projects in exchange for cash bribes and other promises.
Another alleged Dallas City Hall bribery scandal is detailed in a new federal indictment filed this week, charging a Dallas affordable housing developer with two criminal counts.(Jae S. Lee / Staff Photographer)
As Dallas city officials strive to restore confidence in their affordable housing programs, more federal bribery indictments are being filed as part of an ongoing probe into City Hall corruption in which, according to prosecutors, public money flowed to developers who paid bribes for their projects.