LA Public Corruption: Englander, Ridley-Thomas, and Price Face Federal Charges

Mitchell Englander and Mark Ridley-Thomas faced federal prison for public corruption, bribery, and leveraging political positions. 'Cost' is accused of embezzling city funds, guiding grants to linked non-profits, and undisclosed conflicts of interest, highlighting ongoing LA political scandal.

Mitchell Englander was punished to 14 months in federal prison for blocking a public-corruption investigation tied to gifts and $15,000 in cash money he got during 2017 journeys to Las vega and Hand Springs.

High-Profile Political Misconduct

Prosecutors additionally allege Rate guided city lease arrangements and more than $2 million in federal COVID-19 grants to the non-profit Home at Last, which utilized the services of Urban Healthcare Task, where Cost functioned as CEO.

In 2023, Mark Ridley-Thomas was sentenced to 42 months in government jail in what was defined by a judge as a ‘shakedown’; leveraging his political position to secure benefits for his child from a college dean for area service.

Allegations Against ‘Cost’

Cost is additionally accused of embezzling roughly $33,800 in city funds by positioning Richardson on his taxpayer-funded health-insurance strategy in between 2013 and 2017, while incorrectly asserting she was his partner– regardless of being lawfully wed to an additional woman at the time, prosecutors declare.

Under wondering about, district attorneys highlighted problems in that process, including statement that problem information was shared using a flash drive supplied by Richardson’s firm, upgraded vocally instead of in writing, and talked about on individual phones as opposed to city tools.

Cost sustained a $30 million Metro funding motion, a $35 million government give, and a $252 million state give application for the Real estate Authority without divulging the supposed disputes, prosecutors say.