The former general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge for accepting bribes from a lawyer in exchange for his official action to secure a three-year, $30 million no-bid LADWP contract for the lawyer’s company, the …continue reading
Longtime politician Mark Ridley-Thomas and the former dean of the School of Social Work at a university in Southern California were indicted today on federal corruption charges that allege a bribery scheme in which a Ridley-Thomas relative received substantial benefits from the university in exchange for Ridley-Thomas supporting county contracts …continue reading
A Santa Ana Police officer was charged with accepting $128,000 in bribes from a crime figure seeking to thwart law enforcement activities against his illegally operating businesses. Steven Lopez, 28, of Chino, was charged with bribery in a single-count information filed today in United States District Court. In a plea …continue reading