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U.S. Attorney Jim Letten announced this afternoon that 4th District Assessor Betty Jefferson, an elder sister of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, has been indicted on a host of fraud-related charges by a federal grand jury. Also indicted were Jefferson’s daughter, Angela Coleman, and her brother, the previously indicted Mose Jefferson. The charges are the culmination of a probe into charities run by members of the Jefferson family and their allies. – Times-Picayune [New Orleans, LA], by Gordon Russell