J.J. Cafaro arraignment set March 17 in federal court

AKRON — John J. Cafaro, the recently retired vice president of the Cafaro Co., will be arraigned at 10 a.m. March 17 before U.S. District Judge John R. Adams on a charge of falsifying campaign contribution information.

Cafaro’s lawyer, Ralph E. Cascarilla of Cleveland, said Cafaro, 58, of Hubbard, intends to plead guilty to making a materially false statement concerning a contribution to the unsuccessful 2004 congressional campaign of his daughter, Capri Cafaro.

The elder Cafaro caused an official of his daughter’s congressional campaign to falsely report he had given only $2,000 to her campaign, when, in fact, he gave an additional $10,000 in the form of a loan to an unidentified campaign staff member for the campaign’s benefit, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.

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