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Chaka Fattah Jr. appeals fraud conviction

Chaka "Chip" Fattah Jr. is appealing his conviction last year on bank and tax fraud charges. The decision, announced Friday in a one-sentence filing in federal court, comes three days after a judge sentenced Fattah to five years in prison and ordered him immediately taken into custody.

Chaka "Chip" Fattah Jr. is appealing his conviction last year on bank and tax fraud charges.

The decision, announced Friday in a one-sentence filing in federal court, comes three days after a judge sentenced Fattah to five years in prison and ordered him immediately taken into custody.

In November, a federal jury found that Fattah, the 33-year-old son of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), had cheated banks, clients of his many businesses and the Philadelphia School District out of a total of $1.1 million over several years.

Fattah, who acted as his own lawyer at trial, indicated in his filing Friday that he intends to continue representing himself through the appeals process.

-Jeremy Roebuck