Collection

A sin is a sin: Black, white collar crime

By Dr. Andre M. Perry, Contributing Columnist June 25, 2007

Federal prosecutors indicted former New Orleans School Board member, Ellenese Brooks-Simms, for her role in a pay-to-play scheme that landed JRL Enterprises a multimillion dollar contract and potentially a minimum security retirement home for Brooks-Simms. The 67-year-old former teacher, principal, and school board president admitted to accepting bribes. The man suspected of delivering them to her is Mose Jefferson, brother of embattled U.S. Rep. Bill Jefferson.