Melvyn R. Paisley

Politician

1924 –

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Who is Melvyn R. Paisley?

Melvyn R. Paisley was United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1981 to 1987 and was prosecuted in Operation Ill Wind in which he, numerous other government employes and 60 private citizens were arrested. In 1991, he admitted that while in office he had accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes and was sentenced to four years in prison.

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Born
Oct 9, 1924
Portland
Also known as
  • Melvyn Paisley
Profession
Education
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Died
Mar 28, 2024

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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