Public Corruption Scandal

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission General Manager Harlan Kelly has been charged with honest services wire fraud, federal prosecutors in San Francisco announced Monday.

In the latest twist in the city’s public corruption scandal, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission General Manager Harlan Kelly was charged by the federal government Monday with wire fraud for allegedly taking bribes and free trips from an implicated local businessman who is cooperating with federal officials. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

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.

The report, which is the first in a series of upcoming assessments, comes as six people have now been charged in federal court in connection with misconduct and a series of money laundering schemes.

A long time permit consultant in San Francisco was accused Wednesday of fraud and money laundering, and has agreed to cooperate with the FBI in its probe of the city’s ongoing corruption scandal. Walter Wong, 70,  is the latest figure to be caught up in the ever-growing scandal that led to the ouster of San Francisco Public Works Director,...

A long time permit consultant in San Francisco was accused Wednesday of fraud and money laundering, and has agreed to cooperate with the FBI in its probe of the city’s ongoing corruption scandal. Jaxon Van Derbeken 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.

Nick Bovis, appearing via video conference wearing a black and white Adidas track jacket, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal wire fraud charges and officially agreed to cooperate with the FBI’s ongoing probe into San Francisco’s public corruption scandal.

A financial accounting obtained under the California Public Records Act shows that contractors, a non-profit, and other large firms contributed nearly $1 million over the past five years to an undisclosed fund that Public Works officials spent on everything from ballcaps to employee parties to a treadmill for the DPW operations yard. Documents obtained by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit…

Quietly, without a lot of fanfare, the public corruption investigation of San Francisco’s Public Works Department has been progressing during the pandemic. NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has uncovered an “off the books” account within a non-profit that was used to pay for parties and other perks for DPW. Investigative Reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

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.