Raleigh, NC – Monday Ruffin Poole agreed to work with federal prosecutors investigating former governor Mike Easley.
Poole changed his plea to guilty in connection with a 57 count indictment of corruption. He admitted to just one of the 57 charges. It was an income tax evasion charge.
The government agreed to drop the remaining charges in exchange for Poole’s cooperation in its investigation of Easley.