Former LADWP chief information security officer David Alexander has agreed to plead guilty to one felony charge of making false statements, prosecutors said Monday.
Former Department of Water and Power official David Wright has agreed to plead guilty to a bribery charge, the U.S. attorney’s office said Monday.Alexander used his role at Southern California Public Power Authority, a group of several utilities, including the DWP, to help give a $17-million contract focused on cybersecurity work to three companies, including one associated with Paradis.
Alexander also solicited and agreed to accept from Paradis a future job as the chief administrative officer of the company, an executive-level annual salary, a sign-on bonus and $60,000 a year for 30 years for his early retirement penalty from DWP, prosecutors said. The charge Alexander agreed to plead guilty to carries a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison, prosecutors said.Monday’s announcement marks the third tentative plea agreement in the DWP scandal.to a bribery charge, admitting that he took bribes in exchange for supporting a $30-million, no-bid DWP contract to Paradis’ company, prosecutors said. Wright also admitted in the plea agreement that he participated in several other corrupt schemes while serving as head of the DWP.
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