The explosive new court filing accuses the Duong family — under FBI investigation for months — of supporting outgoing Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao to “preserve and enhance” acce…
US Postal Inspectors Jeff Fitch, left and Matthew Norfleet exit David Duong’s home, whose family runs California Waste Solutions during multiple raids in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 20, 2024. Also, the homes of his son David Duong and Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao were raided in the morning by the FBI. Sheng Thao’s successful run for mayor in 2022 with the expectation that they’d get something in return: lucrative government contracts for their recycling company.
The motion centers on a grand theft case against a political operative named Mario Juarez, a former candidate for Oakland City Council who is accused of bouncing checks for mailers designed to attack Loren Taylor, Thao’s biggest opponent in the 2022 election.
As one example, the motion noted how two checks totaling $7,500 were written by Juarez to Thao’s longtime romantic partner, Andre Jones, immediately after the election. Jones met Thao while the two worked for Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan more than a decade ago. Jones later worked for the state’s Bureau of Cannabis Control until 2021, but details of his employment since then are unclear.
ABC Security Services is owned and operated by Ana Chretien, an East Bay businesswoman who has had extensive business dealings with Juarez. She has a history of donating heavily to East Bay politicians — particularly during the 1990s and early 2000s — and her company has repeatedly won contracts to provide security guards for the city’s buildings. Most recently, the Oakland City Council approved a contract extension in September that called for ABC to receive up to $9.2 million through mid-2025.
Juarez’s attorney has not formally asked for the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office to be recused from the case. Even so, Price’s former office appears to be proceeding as though it’s at risk of being tossed off of it., on the day the two attended the funeral for slain Oakland police Officer Tuan Le. In a sworn declaration included in Monday’s motion, Price’s bodyguard supported the denial that Price had discussed anything with Juarez that day.
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