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and her boyfriend to a Democratic political operative and wealthy local family who allegedly hatched a scheme to sway the 2022 mayoral election.Mayor Sheng Thao’s home in June. The federal public corruption scandal has dominated Oakland City Hall politics for nearly half a year and contributed to residents recalling Thao in November. FILE – Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaks during a news conference at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023.
County prosecutors alleged Juarez, who in recent years has come under multiple criminal investigations for his business dealings, channeled tens of thousands of dollars from his business checking account into his daughter’s high school checking account in an effort to dodge paying for the pro-Thao campaign mailers. Checks he wrote for mailers, totaling nearly $54,000, bounced.
FBI agents raid a home on Maiden Lane where Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao allegedly lives in Oakland, Calif. Thursday, June 20, 2024. Jones had been employed by the California Bureau of Cannabis Control until 2021. Prior to that, he was the chief of staff to Oakland City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan. While working at City Hall, he met Thao, who was working there as an intern. She was the first Hmong American woman to become the mayor of a major American city when she was elected two years ago.
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