- F. Joseph Loeper
Infobox State Senator
name = F. Joseph Loeper
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state = Pennsylvania
state_senate = Pennsylvania
district = 26th
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term_start = 1979
term_end = 2000
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successor =Edwin Erickson
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party = Republican
birth_date =Birth date and age|1961|9|18|mf=y
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occupation = Lobbyist, former State Senator
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website =F. Joseph "Joe" Loeper is an American politician who represented the 26th senatorial district from 1979 through 2000in the
Pennsylvania State Senate . He resigned his seat in 2000 after pleading guilty to falsifying tax documents.Political career
Loeper served as Republican Leader from 1989 through 2000, and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 through 1992 and again from
March 14 1994 throughDecember 31 2000 . [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1294&&SortOrder=40&level=3&parentid=1291&css=L3&mode=2&in_hi_userid=94664&cached=true PA Manual ] ]Guilty Plea
In 2000 he pleaded guilty in federal court of falsifying tax-related documents to conceal more than $330,000 in income he received from a private consulting firm while serving in the Senate. [http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/loeper/loeperplea.pdf] [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_538541.html Shadows of greed darken state capital - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ] ] He resigned his senate seat on
December 31 ,2000 .He was released from federal prison at Fort Dix, NJ after serving 6 months. [ [http://www.zwire.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=6997335&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18171&rfi=8 DelcoTimes - Loeper cashes out account, gives $200G to Philly GOP pol ] ]
Lobbying career
He is currently working as a lobbying through his lobbying firm Loeper and Associates representing the
Pennsylvania Turnpike , [ [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08022/851139-85.stm Turnpike pays high toll for Pennsylvania, D.C. lobbying ] ]Drexel University , and others.References
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