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The case against former Milwaukee County employee Freida Webb and contractor Homer Key is a prime example of “get what you can.”
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Read More »Convicted contractor to appeal 5-month sentence
Homer Key, the Milwaukee contractor sentenced to 5 months in prison for his role in a federal money kickback scheme, will appeal his conviction.
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Read More »Key sentenced to 5 months in DBE kickback scheme
Homer Key on Tuesday became the second person to be sentenced for his role in a scheme to steal federal grant money from Milwaukee County’s disadvantage business enterprise program.
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Read More »Milwaukee contractor to be sentenced in kickback scheme
Homer Key, a Milwaukee contractor convicted in May of felony forgery and conspiracy, will be sentenced June 10.
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Read More »Contractor guilty of felony forgery, conspiracy
A jury Thursday found contractor Homer Key, accused of colluding to steal federal grant money from Milwaukee County, guilty of felony forgery and conspiring to commit the crime of having a private interest in a public contract.
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Read More »Key testifies in felony theft trial
Contractor Homer Key was particular about his choice of words during his felony theft trial Wednesday, insisting that “retroactive” differs from “backdated” and “units” are not the same as “hours.”
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Read More »Expert testimony disputed in contractor trial
A Milwaukee County Circuit judge blocked a portion of testimony Tuesday from an expert witness in the felony theft trial of contractor Homer Key.
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Read More »Court denies motions to dismiss Key felonies
Milwaukee County Circuit judge William Brash denied motions Monday to dismiss four felony charges against contractor Homer Key.
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Read More »Sides dispute contract meaning in Milwaukee contractor suit
“Time” and “materials” do not appear in Homer Key’s contracts to run a Milwaukee County education program, but the county’s chief auditor said Monday omitting the words did not justify the contractor’s pattern of billing.
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Read More »Auditor testifies to red flags in Key trial
Milwaukee County’s lack of competitive bidding for a disadvantaged business education program created an opportunity, the county’s director of audits testified Friday, for a former county employee to funnel federal grant money to a favored colleague.
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