Alltentown, Pennsylvania Mayor Convicted In Pay-To-Play Scheme

Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski, who took office in 2006 and was re-elected last year while under indictment, was convicted of 47 charges in the“pay-to-play” scheme and not guilty of seven, the Allentown Morning Call and the lehighvalleylive.com website reported. Pawlowski was convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud, making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and multiple counts of bribery, attempted extortion, mail fraud, wire fraud.