Basheer Jones faces prison time for schemes to enrich himself while in office

• Jones pleaded guilty in December to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit honest service wire fraud and has agreed to pay $143,598 in restitution.
• Jones has admitted wrongdoing, expressed remorse and is pleading for probation, Cleveland.com reports. He is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday.

Flashback: Jones, who unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2021, orchestrated multiple schemes during his lone term representing the east side neighborhoods of Hough, St. Clair Superior and Asiatown (2018-2021), according to court records.

• He secured a no-show job for his partner, Sinera McCoy, at the nonprofit Famicos Foundation, for which she was paid $40,500.
• He also took $50,000 from Famicos, ostensibly for gift cards and backpacks, but pocketed the money.
• He and McCoy concealed their relationship as they acquired a vacant property and sold it to an area nonprofit.

What they're saying: "Every day, I carry the weight of knowing I betrayed the trust of those who looked up to me," Jones wrote in a letter to U.S. District Judge J. Philip Calabrese.

• "I am not here to ask for forgiveness lightly, but I stand before you to make it clear that I fully accept the consequences of my actions."

McCoy was charged Wednesday in the same corruption probe, per Cleveland.com.