Category: Shen Zhen New World

Chinese Company Fined $4 Million for Bribing Ex-Los Angeles Councilman Huizar

May 12, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A Chinese real estate company was fined $4 million and placed on five years probation May 12 for bribing former Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar with more than $1.5 million in cash, gambling trips, and escorts in exchange for the then-councilman’s support of a planned downtown hotel project. Although he was also charged,…

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Former Los Angeles Councilman Pleads Guilty to Racketeering, Tax Evasion

January 20, 2023
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Former Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar pleaded guilty Friday to two federal charges stemming from a City Hall-based bribery and money laundering scheme in which he took more than $1.5 million in cash, gambling trips, and escorts in exchange for his support of a planned downtown hotel project. Huizar pleaded guilty in downtown Los…

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