SALT LAKE CITY — The FBI has concluded an investigation of Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, apparently ending the hailstorm of accusations that erupted earlier this year between the mayor and now former state lawmaker Justin Miller.
"The FBI investigation into McAdams' matter has been concluded, and we found no evidence of wrongdoing," FBI agent Todd Palmer said Friday.
In May, McAdams accused Miller — who worked as the mayor's campaign manager in 2012 — of embezzling more than $20,000 from his campaign accounts.
But Miller fired back, accusing the mayor of making corrupt government contracts with campaign firms.
"We're not surprised," said McAdams' spokeswoman Alyson Heyrend. "We've known, and we've said for a long time, that there has been no wrongdoing on the part of Mayor McAdams."
Heyrend said several months ago the FBI came to the county and asked for documentation from the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office, as well as information from McAdams regarding his allegations against Miller.
In October, Miller pleaded guilty to communications fraud, a second-degree felony, for embezzling nearly $25,000 from McAdams' campaign funds and resigned from his position representing District 40 in the Utah House of Representatives.
According to charging documents, Miller wrote checks to himself off of McAdams' campaign account for owed amounts, then he would use his personal American Express credit card to pay the campaign bills.
When a catering company declined his credit card, Miller wrote another campaign check and he never repaid the funds.
He is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 18 and faces a possible maximum sentence of one to 15 years in prison.
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