Jasiel F Correia II was born on December 11,1991 and is an American politician who served as mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts from 2016 to 2020.
20 Facts About Jasiel Correia
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Jasiel Correia was arrested twice on charges related to fraud and extortion while in office.
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In May 2021, Correia was convicted of multiple federal charges in a trial held in Boston; on September 21,2021, Correia was sentenced to six years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release.
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In 2013, Jasiel Correia ran for a seat on the Fall River City Council, placing 10th in a field of 18, where the top nine finishers are elected.
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Jasiel Correia filled the vacancy on January 6,2014, the regular inauguration date, as the next-highest finisher in the previous election.
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Jasiel Correia took office in January 2016, becoming the city's 44th mayor.
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On October 11,2018, Jasiel Correia was arrested and charged with wire fraud amounting to $231,000, and filing false tax returns.
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The charges against Jasiel Correia accuse him of using funds from his company, SnoOwl, "as his own personal ATM" in defrauding investors.
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In February 2019, Jasiel Correia made an offer to reimburse seven investors in his company a total of $306,000; the offer was withdrawn the following month.
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On December 26, Jasiel Correia said that he would not resign; the City Council met on January 2,2019, and set March 12,2019, as the date for the recall election.
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Nomination papers became available to candidates on January 4,2019, and Jasiel Correia obtained these papers on the same day.
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Voters were next asked to choose from the five candidates; Jasiel Correia received the most votes, 4,808.
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Jasiel Correia was therefore entitled to serve the remainder of his original term, until January 2020, with the next biennial election slated for November 2019.
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On September 6,2019, Jasiel Correia was arrested by the FBI for allegedly extorting cannabis vendors and a building owner for payments totaling $600,000 and items such as a "Batman" Rolex watch.
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Andrade additionally "admitted to helping Jasiel Correia extort a Fall River business owner" and "admitted to kicking back half of her salary to Jasiel Correia on a bi-weekly basis".
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On May 14,2021, Jasiel Correia was convicted of 21 out of 24 counts, including demanding bribes for thousands of dollars from four area businessmen who were looking to open marijuana dispensaries and larceny of thousands of dollars from various investors in SnoOwl, a mobile app he helped to launch in 2013 while attending college.
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Jasiel Correia was released on GPS monitoring pending a sentencing hearing scheduled for September 20,2021.
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On September 21,2021, Jasiel Correia was sentenced to six years in federal prison after being convicted of taking thousands of dollars in bribes from marijuana companies competing to open dispensaries in Fall River.
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Jasiel Correia's parents immigrated to Fall River when they were children.
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Jasiel Correia's father is from Cape Verde, and his mother is from the Azores.