Ex-SC State board chairman to be sentenced for kickbacks

Jonathan Pinson
Jonathan Pinson

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The former chairman of the board of trustees at South Carolina State University is set to be sentenced for his role in a kickback scheme.
Greenville businessman Jonathan Pinson on Wednesday potentially faces more than a decade in prison on dozens of counts including racketeering and money laundering.
Authorities say the former board chairman skimmed federal money going to a low-income housing project in Columbia and a diaper factory in Marion County, then filed false paperwork to get more money from the government.
Prosecutors said Pinson used his influence at the historically Black Orangeburg school to make money off a homecoming concert and tried to get the college to buy land from a Florida developer.
In return for helping with the sale, the developer promised Pinson a new Porsche.
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