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DC Councilman Kwame Brown Charged and Plead Guilty to Federal Bank Fraud

The chairman of the District of Columbia Council Kwame R. Brown was charged Wednesday for providing misleading information about his income on loan applications.

Kwame R. Brown is considered one of the most-influential leaders in D.C. government but has been charged with a single count of bank fraud and accused of overstating his income by tens of thousands of dollars. He was accused in a criminal information, a document that generally signals that a defendant has agreed to plead guilty, says news reports.