The co-defendant of a suspended Philadelphia Traffic Court judge pled guilty in federal court Wednesday to 37 separate charges related to a scheme to defraud the state Department of Community and Economic Development out of state grant funds awarded to nonprofits.
Lorraine Dispaldo pled guilty to 30 counts of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, four counts of filing false personal income tax returns, and one count of bankruptcy fraud. Dispaldo appears to have pled guilty to all the charges with which she was indicted.
