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Grand jury lies get Wash. exec 45 days in prison

The Columbian
Published: October 8, 2010, 12:00am

SEATTLE (AP) — A former Washingon state business executive has been sentenced to 45 days in prison and a $30,000 fine for lying to a grand jury when he said he never engaged in sex acts at a Seattle strip club.

Not only did Intelius co-founder John Kenneth Arnold engage in sex acts with dancers at the club, but he also posted online reviews of those sex acts.

Investigators questioned him as part of a racketeering investigation into strip clubs run by Frank Colacurcio Sr., who died this year, and his son, Frank Jr.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle says the sentence was 15 days longer than prosecutors recommended, and that U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman told Arnold that people must tell the truth for the criminal justice system to be respected.

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