A federal grand jury has returned a 34-count indictment against Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, alleging he accepted bribes, concealed income, evaded taxes and lied to investigators.
Huizar was chair of the city's powerful Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
The indictment alleges the councilman received about $800,000 in benefits from the billionaire, described by the U.S. Attorney's office as a multinational developer who owns a hotel in Huizar's district.Prosecutors alleged in last month's criminal complaint that Huizar received “direct and indirect financial benefits” on more than a dozen trips to Las Vegas casinos, which included rides on private jets and stays at posh villas.
The FBI raided Huizar's home and office in November 2018, and he was subsequently stripped of his committee assignments. "During the search of his home, agents seized approximately $129,000 cash that was stashed in Huizar’s closet and which, according to the indictment, he received from a Chinese billionaire and another businessperson seeking favors from him," federal prosecutors said in their statement Wednesday.The indictment is part of a wider probe of City Hall corruption in Los Angeles that has seen five people charged.
pleaded guilty earlier this month to charges of scheming to falsify facts about trips, funded by a businessman, he took to Las Vegas and Palm Springs.
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