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How a Dunkin' Donuts bag full of cash led to the downfall of a Florida mayorThe Washington Post Cleve Wootson On Thursday, Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper vowed to “vigorously fight†corruption accusations, including the claim that she was on the receiving end of a Dunkin’ Donuts bag filled with $8,000 in soon-to-be-laundered cash.A day earlier, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, she had cleaned out her city hall office, then reported to the jail in downtown Fort Lauderdale.Cooper, a 57-year-old Democrat who has been mayor of the city 20 miles north of Miami since 2005, is charged with several corruption charges: money laundering, official misconduct and exceeding the limit on campaign finance contributions — all felonies that carry a maximum five-year prison sentence each. She’s also accused of soliciting contributions in a government building — that same now-vacant city hall office.Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/how-a-dunkin-donuts-bag-full-of-cash-led-to-the-downfall-of-a-florida-mayor/ar-BBIjs5s?OCID=ansmsnnews11