Former L.A. Councilman Jose Huizar will plead guilty to widespread corruption, accused of taking $1.5M in bribes.
Jose Huizar, the poster boy of alleged corruption that has swept through Los Angeles City Hall, with bags of cash allegedly shifting from billionaires to city officials, has agreed to plead guilty to racketeering, conspiracy and tax evasion, according to court documents filed Thursday, Jan. 19.
Prosecutors said billionaire developer Wei Huang, now on the lam, allegedly gave Huizar $1.5 million, including $250,000 in casino chips and a loan Huizar never paid back.after Huang’s Chinese real estate company was convicted on Thursday, Nov. 10, of federal charges for bribing Huizar with vast amounts of cash and numerous gambling trips in exchange for his support to get approval for a towering downtown L.A. skyscraper that was never built.
Federal prosecutors have convicted nine defendants as a result of “Operation Casino Loyale,” a broad corruption investigation into Los Angeles City Hall by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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