Chinese firm Shen Zhen New World I found guilty of bribing LA City Councilman Jose Huizar with $1.5M and Vegas trips.
A Chinese real estate company was convicted on Thursday, Nov. 10, of federal charges of bribing former Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar with cash and gambling trips in exchange for his support in getting approval for a towering downtown L.A. skyscraper.
A thick trial memo written by federal prosecutors recently unveiled dramatic new fireworks, alleging that Huizar was so entangled with Huang that he traveled with the billionaire Huang to Las Vegas 19 times. Rios, who did note face charges, said she was called to a meeting with her husband, and then-Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan who is also accused of wrongdoing, and the billionaire Huang — known in Huizar’s circle as “Chairman Huang.”“They wanted to know if I was going to stay in the marriage and would I stand with ,” Rios, 53, told the jury.
Opening statements began Thursday, Oct. 27 in the federal trial against Huang’s company and ended on Nov. 10 with his company found guilty. The defense said that L.A. city officials “universally loved” Huang’s proposed project, so “there was no reason to bribe anyone” to approve it. “I think what are really trying to show is closeness and coziness and the possibility of favors and favoritism and preferential access,” Levinson said.
On the opening day of the trial, federal prosecutors said that Huang allegedly provided Huizar and his special assistant George Esparza with a “lineup of prostitutes for their choosing” during the trips, adding that “It would become a recurring theme of their trips together.”
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