December 06, 2024
The older brother of former Los Angeles City Councilor José Huizar on Friday avoided prison for lying to investigators about his role laundering bribes for the disgraced politician, with a California federal judge crediting the defendant's cooperation after he "finally decided to tell the truth."
November 14, 2022
A California federal jury has convicted a real estate company owned by a fugitive Chinese developer of paying a former Los Angeles councilor more than $1 million in bribes and other perks to secure approval to build a 77-story skyscraper downtown, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
October 13, 2022
The brother of disgraced Los Angeles City Councilor Jose Huizar has agreed to plead guilty in California federal court to lying to federal investigators about accepting envelopes of cash from his younger brother, and will cooperate in the sprawling corruption probe and testify against him next year.