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Judge orders Norfolk Treasurer Anthony Burfoot to forfeit position

Posted at 4:04 PM, Apr 24, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-24 16:04:47-04

NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk City Treasurer Anthony Burfoot turned himself in to authorities at the Norfolk Federal Court on April 19 to begin serving his six-year prison sentence.

On Monday a Norfolk Circuit judge ordered Burfoot to forfeit his Treasurer position.

In December, a jury found Burfoot guilty of six of the eight charges he was facing for public corruption and perjury.

He was facing 4 perjury charges but was found guilty of two of those charges.

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