LARRY P. LANGFORD, 62, Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, and former President of the Jefferson County, Alabama, Commission, WILLIAM B. BLOUNT, 55, a Montgomery, Alabama, investment banker, and ALBERT W. LAPIERRE, 58, a lobbyist in Birmingham, Alabama, have been indicted on charges of conspiracy, bribery, fraud, money laundering, and filing false tax returns in connection with a long-running bribery scheme related to bond and other financial transactions of Jefferson County. The 101 count federal indictment was unsealed this morning in U.S. District Court according to U.S. Attorney Alice H. Martin, Special Agent in Charge Carmen Adams of the Birmingham Division of the FBI, and Reginael D. McDaniel, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations. This indictment supersedes an indictment returned in June that has remained under seal while the investigation continued.

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