Ex-DC nightclub owner found guilty of bribing officials to avoid paying taxes

WASHINGTON – A former nightclub owner in the District was found guilty on Thursday of bribery, conspiracy and wire-fraud. Investigators say Davoud Jafari, 72, could face a maximum sentence of forty years in prison arising from a scheme that lasted several years in which he bribed former D.C. tax official Vincent Slater in order to avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in business-related taxes.

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