Cincinnati city council member arrested, charged with accepting $40k in bribes  

CINCINNATI – FBI agents arrested a Cincinnati city council member this morning after a federal grand jury charged him in a sealed indictment yesterday.

 

Alexander (also known as P.G.) Sittenfeld, 36, of Cincinnati, allegedly accepted eight checks totaling $40,000 in exchange for specific action in his role as a city official.

 

According to the six-count indictment, Sittenfeld accepted bribe money in 2018 and 2019, while promising to “deliver the votes” and perform other official action with respect to a development project before city council.

 

It is alleged that Sittenfeld corruptly solicited and received payments to a PAC he controlled.

 

Specifically, in November and December 2018, Sittenfeld promised he could “deliver the votes” in city council to support a development project in exchange for four $5,000 contributions to his PAC. It is alleged that Sittenfeld again corruptly accepted four $5,000 checks in September and October 2019.   https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/cincinnati-city-council-member-arrested-charged-accepting-40k-bribes