Three executives of a San Francisco-based construction planning firm were charged Thursday for allegedly bribing employees of the city's Department of Building Inspection, federal prosecutors said.
SAN FRANCISCO â Three executives of a San Francisco -based construction planning firm were charged Thursday for allegedly bribing employees of the city's Department of Building Inspection, federal prosecutors said.One of the executives, Siavash 'Sia' Tahbazof, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California said in a statement.
Beginning in 2012, he allegedly conspired to pay bribes to DBI plan checkers for expediting building plan permits, prosecutors said.Bahman Ghassemzadeh, 38, was also charged with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud. The U.S. Attorney's Office said that beginning in 2014, Ghassemzadeh allegedly paid bribes to former DBI plan checkers and a DBI building inspector for approved building permits.
San Francisco Construction Planning Firm Bribery Department Of Building Inspection Executives Charges
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