Mohammed Nuru

A former manager for San Francisco’s garbage collection agency Recology has been charged with bribery and money laundering for allegations of assisting embattled former Department of Public Works director Mohammed Nuru launder over $1 million, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

A report by the San Francisco City Controller’s Office released Thursday concludes the city’s top executive, City Administrator Naomi Kelly, “was aware” that now-ousted Public Works head Mohammed Nuru was urging contractors to make donations for a Public Works holiday party last year, payments that the report concluded had violated ethics rules.

San Francisco’s public corruption scandal has now touched the city’s highest executive — the city administrator. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

The president and vice president of an Oakland construction management firm are the latest figures to be implicated in San Francisco’s widening public corruption scandal, according to newly filed federal documents.

The president and vice president of an Oakland construction management firm are the latest figures to be implicated in San Francisco’s widening public corruption scandal, according to newly filed federal documents.

A city report issued Monday identified major gaps in oversight it said fueled corruption at the Department of Public Works, including a 2011 decision by the then-mayor Ed Lee to give the now ousted DPW director complete authority to approve contracts.

A new report out Monday traces the roots of San Francisco’s public corruption scandal, to find out where things went wrong. Jaxon Van Derbecken reports.

A top member of Mayor London Breed’s staff, Sandra Zuniga, faces charges of money laundering and conspiracy. Federal authorities say she was a long-time girlfriend of the central figure in the case — ousted Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru.

A San Francisco restaurant owner who has agreed to cooperate in an ongoing criminal case against the city’s former public works director is due to plead guilty to two counts in federal court Thursday afternoon.

Emails obtained by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative unit reveal that two figures in San Francisco’s public works corruption scandal traveled together to Africa.

NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has uncovered more information about San Francisco’s Public Works Director as the corruption scandal around him widens. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

San Francisco bought $5 million’s worth of garbage bins from a vendor with ties to ousted Public Works director Mohammed Nuru, according to documents obtained by NBC Bay Area.

San Francisco bought $5 million’s worth of garbage bins from a vendor with ties to ousted Public Works director Mohammed Nuru, according to documents obtained by NBC Bay Area. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Thursday issued 14 more subpoenas tied to the public corruption probe involving former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru and restaurateur Nick Bovis. Thursday’s announcement is the second round of subpoenas issued by Herrera. On Feb. 12, the city attorney issued 10 subpoenas to several companies and organizations, including PG&E, the San Francisco Parks…

A San Francisco contractor is now alleging that it lost millions of dollars in work with the city after it refused to engage in “pay to play” politics with a key official at the center of the federal corruption and bribery investigation. An attorney for Synergy Project Management Inc. says the company was “scapegoated”  — denounced by then San Francisco…

Another claim of wrongdoing in the ongoing corruption scandal in San Francisco. A contractor says he lost work with the city for refusing to play ball with city leaders to get the contracts. Investigative reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Friday admits she previously dated Mohammed Nuru 20 years ago. Nuru, who earlier this week resigned from his post as San Francisco Public Works Director, is at the center of a public corruption investigation. “The last couple weeks have been difficult for our City,” Breed wrote in a tweet. “We must continue to hold…

Some high-profile city leaders are calling for Mayor London Breed to resign. Who she dated is now impacting her political life. Jean Elle reports.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Friday admits she previously dated Mohammed Nuru 20 years ago. Melissa Colorado reports.