NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Prosecutors say encrypted WhatsApp messages between Mayor LaToya Cantrell and former NOPD officer Jeffrey Vappie are key evidence in a years-long fraud and obstruction scheme alleged in a superseding federal indictment .

The filing claims the pair exchanged more than 15,000 messages, pictures, and audio clips in an eight-month period. Prosecutors say these communications were used to arrange private meetings, coordinate travel, avoid public detection, and, in some cases, intimidate subordinates and mislead investigators.

LATOYA CANTRELL INDICTMENT

Indictment accuses Cantrell, Vappie of years-long fraud scheme using city funds for personal relationship

A federal indictment alleges New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and former NOPD officer Jeffrey Vappie used ci

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