Landis in plea deal on donor fraud
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August 26, 2012, Sunday
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FLOYD Landis, who implicated teammate Lance Armstrong in a doping scheme, agreed to a plea deal in federal court in San Diego on Friday, admitting he defrauded supporters out of nearly US$500,000 by claiming that he himself had not doped, prosecutors said.
Landis was in court on the same day Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from professional cycling after dropping his challenge to United States Anti-Doping Agency charges against him.
Prosecutors said the timing was coincidental and that the case against Landis, who won the Tour de France in 2006 but was disqualified for doping, had been in the works for months.
As part of the plea agreement, Landis, who has acknowledged using performance-enhancing drugs during his career, agreed to repay US$478,354 in funds he raised for the "Floyd Fairness Fund" while battling the USADA.
He did not plead guilty but acknowledged wrongdoing under a "deferred prosecution agreement" that calls for prosecutors to dismiss wire fraud charges against him in three years if he lives up to his end of the deal.
Landis was in court on the same day Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from professional cycling after dropping his challenge to United States Anti-Doping Agency charges against him.
Prosecutors said the timing was coincidental and that the case against Landis, who won the Tour de France in 2006 but was disqualified for doping, had been in the works for months.
As part of the plea agreement, Landis, who has acknowledged using performance-enhancing drugs during his career, agreed to repay US$478,354 in funds he raised for the "Floyd Fairness Fund" while battling the USADA.
He did not plead guilty but acknowledged wrongdoing under a "deferred prosecution agreement" that calls for prosecutors to dismiss wire fraud charges against him in three years if he lives up to his end of the deal.
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