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Former Columbus City Hall lobbyist John Raphael pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Columbus Wednesday morning to a single count related to accepting a bribe in 2015 from a firm seeking a Greater Columbus Convention Center food contract while he sat on the center's board. Raphael pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Norah McCann King to one count of honest services wire fraud. King asked Raphael if he understood that he faced up to 20 years in federal prison, followed by up to three years of probation, could be ordered to forfeit $144,000 he gained from the scheme, pay a fine up to dou...

File Former Columbus City Hall lobbyist John Raphael pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges on Wednesday. Federal investigators allege Raphael accepted bribes from a food vendor in exchange for securing a favorable contract with the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Raphael served on the Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority board and operations committee, and as treasurer. In these roles, the complaint reads, Raphael had access to confidential information that he was prohibited from using for “private or personal gain, including by providing confidential information to ...

Updated: 1:05 PM EST February 3, 2021 COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Columbus lobbyist could spend up to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty in a bribery case. The U.S. Attorney's Office said John Raphael entered a guilty plea Wednesday to honest services wire fraud in connection to a contract with the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Raphael was the treasurer for the Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority (FCCFA) and also served on its board. That agency ran the Greater Columbus Convention Center. In 2014, he became a consultant for one of four companies that ...

John Raphael, the former influential Columbus City Hall lobbyist and one-time political ally to several high-ranking local Democrats, has again agreed to plead guilty to federal corruption charges for billing clients "success fees" that were really intended as bribes in return for securing public contracts, court documents show. And for the second time since 2016, Raphael is facing prison — this time for up to 20 years — for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme he devised and carried out between 2013 and 2015 as a member of the Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority, the pu...

Skipper Bocco out again as Tanzania faces Namibia Tanzania Taifa Stars will have to face Namibia Brave Warriors Saturday in their second game of the Total CHAN, Cameroon 2020 without their inspirational skipper John Raphael Bocco. After losing their opening match 2-0 to Zambia with Bocco watching from the stands, the bad news continued as the striker is set to miss the second game too due to injury. In the absence of Bocco, coach Etienne Ndairagije has made it clear that he has other players who should be able to do a fantastic job in this important match. “It is a very im...