Trayon White’s lead lawyer, Gary Kohlman, said the councilmember “has been targeted.” News4’s Mark Segraves sat down with Kohlman for an exclusive, one-on-one interview. The U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. announced last week it intends to seek a…
Oakland’s former city administrator on Thursday recalled mixed feelings during his early 2024 tour of the little-known housing company that now sits at the center of a sprawling federal corruption trial involving his old boss, ex-Mayor Sheng Thao. The statements by…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is providing residents with resources to report suspected election fraud. According to a release, Coleman is reminding the state of an Election Fraud Hotline at (800) 328-VOTE or by visiting the election fraud website.
Jurors in the federal corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and three co-defendants heard some evidence Wednesday that had not been made public previously. Thao had apparently made a promise to the Duongs to have the city of…
A former Oakland city employee is testifying against former Mayor Sheng Thao in her federal corruption trial Thursday. The defense is cross-examining Latonda Simmons, Oakland's former assistant city administrator, who is testifying on behalf of the government. The defense is…
Metro Councilman LaMont Cole speaks at an East Baton Rouge Parish School Board meeting on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. A new indictment was filed against former Metro Councilman LaMont Cole earlier this month, reducing the total number of charges against him in…
Federal prosecutors have accused a former California mayor of prioritizing her own financial interests over her duties to the public Thao Trial Opens With Fiery Allegations, Strenuous Disavowals Federal prosecutors sought to portray former Mayor Sheng Thao as a greedy…
Jurors heard secret recordings Wednesday in the corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. Prosecutors believe the recordings help prove that David and Andy Duong, the father-and-son co-defendants, were part of a bribery and corruption scheme involving Thao and…
Four people have been jailed pending trial in Turkey over an alleged sports betting fraud in which a data analyst delayed live match updates by seven seconds, allowing associates to place wagers after the outcome of a point was already…
Following a closed-door City Council meeting in April 2019, then-Oakland councilmember Sheng Thao was concerned and wanted to strategize about what she had heard. She dialed Andy Duong, the well-connected scion helping to run the city’s recycling contractor, and allegedly revealed…
U.S. officials charged with corruption: mayors, lawmakers, sheriffs, city and state officials, and their bribery trials.
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