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Steve Lopez on Bell verdict: It wasn’t a clean sweep
L.A. NOWIt wasn’t a clean sweep. And it was only the preliminary round, with bigger fish still in the pond. But the word “guilty” was uttered over and over again as verdicts were read Wednesday in the “corruption on steroids” trial..... -
Bell corruption trial: Mixed verdicts, 1 ex-councilman acquitted
L.A. NOWBell verdict: A jury returned a mixed bag of verdicts Wednesday in the trial of six ex-Bell City Council members accused of misappropriating public funds.... -
Former official with San Diego County Indian tribe admits embezzling $57,000
L.A. NOWA former official with the La Posta Band of Mission Indians in San Diego County pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to embezzling $57,000 from the tribe.... -
Nonprofit group names key strategist for Greuel, Feuer in lawsuit
L.A. NOWThe legacy of the infamous Kinde Durkee, the convicted campaign treasurer who mishandled funds for many prominent California Democratic candidates and causes, continues to reverberate in Los Angeles political circles. A group that lost $1.5 million in the... -
D.A. to jurors: Nobody is above the law, not even in Bell
L.A. NOWSix former Bell council members believed they were above law as they pocketed extraordinary salaries for their part-time work as leaders in one of Los Angeles County’s poorest cities, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday during closing arguments in... -
Bell corruption trial gets nasty, prompting warning from judge
L.A. NOWA former Bell city leader accused of plundering the town's treasury by taking an oversized salary continued to trade barbs with a prosecutor Friday, bringing an admonishment from the judge presiding over the municipal corruption case. George Cole, a... -
Ex-San Diego mayor who gambled away $1 billion remorseful
L.A. NOWMaureen O'Connor was the first female mayor of San Diego. But when she left public life, she spent countless hours seated in front of video-poker machines, authorities said. Over a nine-year period, she wagered an estimated $1 billion, including millions.... -
Ex-mayor's lawyer ties her gambling addiction to brain tumor
L.A. NOWThe lawyer for former San Diego Mayor Maureen O'Connor suggested that a brain tumor may have caused her to lose massive sums gambling on video poker games. Over a nine-year period O'Connor wagered an estimated $1 billion, including millions from...... -
Man convicted of embezzling $100,000 from O.C. Girl Scouts
L.A. NOWA former foreign exchange student from Ghana has been convicted in Orange County of embezzling more than $100,000 from the Girl Scouts while he worked for the non-profit, prosecutors said Thursday.... -
Backyard bones: Man accused of stealing dead father's benefits
L.A. NOWA Santa Ana man was charged with fradulently collecting more than $100,000 of his deceased father's Social Security benefits Tuesday after bones believed to be that of his father were found in the backyard of his former home, officials said.... -
Former SEIU union local president convicted of embezzlement
L.A. NOWThe former president of California’s largest union local was found guilty by a federal jury in Los Angeles on Monday of stealing from the low-wage workers he represented. Tyrone Freeman, who led Local 6434 of the Service Employees International... -
Somali lawmakers elect academic and civic activist as president
World NowLawmakers overwhelmingly elected an academic and civic activist as president of Somalia on Monday, in a United Nations-backed effort to put the country's lawless past behind it and forge the first stable central government in more than two decades....
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