Vernon Thompson is an American politician. Thompson was a member of the

Missouri House of Representatives The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections ...

from 1987 to 2000, when he was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison on two counts of fraud, "for his role in stealing almost $305,000 from Kansas City and federally subsidized apartment projects." The sentence was later reduced to seven months and fifteen days. After he was released from prison, Thompson returned to the state legislature as an aide.

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