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  • Real Estate Developer Pleads Guilty to Funneling Money to LA Politicians to get Project Approved

    Greg Risling, LA District Atty Media Relations|Dec 7, 2020

    A 70-year-old man pleaded guilty today to illegally donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to the campaigns of eight local politicians that led to the approval of an apartment complex to be built in the Harbor-Gateway area, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Samuel Leung (dob 10/13/50) entered his plea to one felony count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. He was immediately sentenced to formal probation for five years and must perform 500 hours of community...

  • Pair Charged with Illegally Attempting to Register 8,000 Homeless to Vote this Fall

    Greg Risling, LA District Attorney Office|Nov 21, 2020

    Two men have been charged in a 41-count criminal complaint for allegedly submitting thousands of fraudulent voter registration applications on behalf of homeless people, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Montenegro (dob 9/9/67), aka Mark Anthony Gonsalves, and Marcos Raul Arevalo (dob 3/15/86) were each charged in case BA491333 with one count of conspiracy to commit voter fraud, eight counts of voter fraud, four counts of procuring and...

  • Rap Artist Tory Lanez aka Daystar Peterson Charged with Shooting at a Woman in Hollywood Hills

    Greg Risling, Media Relations, LA County District Attorney|Oct 14, 2020

    The rap artist known as Tory Lanez has been charged with assaulting a female friend in the Hollywood Hills earlier this year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Daystar Peterson aka Tory Lanez (dob 7/27/92) was charged today in case BA490599 with one felony count each of assault with semiautomatic firearm – personal use of a firearm – and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. The defendant also faces a gun allegation and that he personally inf...