# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-j-cafaro
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:40:06.199Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-j-cafaro"
name: "John J. Cafaro"
slug: "john-j-cafaro"
description: "John J. \"J.J.\" Cafaro is an American businessman and convicted felon best known for his business ventures in Northeast Ohio and his controversial political involvement with U.S. president Donald Trump. He pleaded guilty to bribing U.S. Representative James Traficant in 2001."
tagline: "American businessman"
gender: "male"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           53.43
  momentum:             25
  historical:           2.740773333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  19
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140299731"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Cafaro"
    title: "John J. Cafaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views