Post by Logan on Jun 16, 2016 6:03:52 GMT -6
Ex-California senator Ron Calderon to plead guilty to mail fraud
Capping a wide-ranging corruption case brought by federal prosecutors, former state Sen. Ron Calderon will plead guilty to one count of “mail fraud through the deprivation of honest services.”
In an agreement filed Monday by the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, Calderon admitted to undertaking official acts in return for jobs for his children, trips to Las Vegas and tens of thousands of dollars for him and his brother. Several of those payments were sent via the U.S. Postal Service.
In exchange, the U.S. attorney will seek no more than a five-year, 10-month prison sentence for the 58-year-old Democrat from Montebello and drop the remaining charges against him.
The original 24-count indictment handed down in February 2014, which included counts of bribery, money laundering and aiding in the filing of false tax returns, had a maximum statutory sentence of 396 years in federal prison. Calderon’s maximum sentence is now up to 20 years’ imprisonment, three years’ probation and a $250,000 fine.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article83490162.html
Capping a wide-ranging corruption case brought by federal prosecutors, former state Sen. Ron Calderon will plead guilty to one count of “mail fraud through the deprivation of honest services.”
In an agreement filed Monday by the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, Calderon admitted to undertaking official acts in return for jobs for his children, trips to Las Vegas and tens of thousands of dollars for him and his brother. Several of those payments were sent via the U.S. Postal Service.
In exchange, the U.S. attorney will seek no more than a five-year, 10-month prison sentence for the 58-year-old Democrat from Montebello and drop the remaining charges against him.
The original 24-count indictment handed down in February 2014, which included counts of bribery, money laundering and aiding in the filing of false tax returns, had a maximum statutory sentence of 396 years in federal prison. Calderon’s maximum sentence is now up to 20 years’ imprisonment, three years’ probation and a $250,000 fine.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article83490162.html