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Brett Favre Also Sought Miss. Welfare Money for a Football Facility, Texts Show
New court documents show retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre texted the Mississippi governor in 2019 to ask about getting money from the state’s welfare agency to build an indoor practice facility for the University of Southern Mississippi’s football team
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Former San Francisco Public Works Head Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charge
The lead figure in the San Francisco Public Works corruption scandal, Mohammed Nuru, pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal fraud charge.
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Former San Francisco Public Works Head Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charge
The lead figure of the San Francisco Public Corruption Scandal, Mohammed Nuru, pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal fraud charge.
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Key Figure Admits to ‘Staggering' Corruption in SF City Hall Scandal
Federal prosecutors announced Friday that former San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru has agreed to plead guilty to fraud in the city’s ongoing corruption scandal, a deal that involves dropping charges of lying to the FBI and money laundering, and prosecutors seeking no more than a nine-year prison term.
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Former SF Public Works Director to Plead Guilty in City Hall Corruption Probe
Former San Francisco Department of Public Works director Mohammed Nuru agreed Friday to plead guilty to wire fraud in a federal investigation into public corruption at City Hall.
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Former SF Public Works Director to Plead Guilty in City Hall Corruption Probe
Former San Francisco Department of Public Works director Mohammed Nuru agreed Friday to plead guilty to wire fraud in a federal investigation into public corruption at City Hall.
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SF Audit Critical of Non-Profit in Public Corruption Scandal
A new audit questions San Francisco’s ties to a non-profit organization that’s embroiled in the middle of a public bribery scandal. Federal prosecutors say it was being used by Public Works as, essentially, a $1 million slush fund.
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SF Audit Critical of Non-Profit in Public Corruption Scandal
A new audit questions San Francisco’s ties to a non-profit organization that’s embroiled in the middle of a public bribery scandal. Federal prosecutors say it was being used by Public Works as, essentially, a $1 million slush fund. Jaxon Van Derbeken shows us why even auditors can’t tell exactly where all the money came from.
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Recology Firms to Pay $36 Million in SF Corruption Probe
Three subsidiaries of San Francisco garbage contractor Recology agreed Thursday to pay $36 million in criminal fines for conspiring to bribe now-ousted public works director Mohammed Nuru over a five-year period.
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Former Recology Official to Plead Guilty in SF Corruption Scandal
A former top official with San Francisco’s garbage hauling contractor Recology has agreed to plead guilty in exchange for his testimony in the city’s ongoing public corruption scandal, according to court documents prosecutors filed in a related case.
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Former SF Public Works Manager Faces Perjury Counts in Corruption Scandal
A former San Francisco Public Works manager is facing five felony charges for allegedly hiding his role in a company that reaped more than a quarter of a million dollars in no-bid contracts to provide T-shirts and other swag to San Francisco Public Works employees.
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Former San Francisco Public Works Manager Faces Perjury Counts in Corruption Scandal
A former San Francisco Public Works manager is facing five felony charges for allegedly hiding his role in a company that reaped more than a quarter of a million dollars in no-bid contracts to provide T-shirts and other swag to San Francisco Public Works employees. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.
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‘Worried' Judge Orders Evaluation of Former SF Official Nuru
A federal judge ordered former San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru to undergo a mental evaluation following a bizarre incident last week at a local foodbank that led to his arrest but no criminal charges. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.
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‘Worried' Judge Orders Evaluation of Former SF Official Nuru
Saying she was worried about his mental state, a federal judge ordered former San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru to undergo a mental evaluation following a bizarre incident last week at a local foodbank that led to his arrest but no criminal charges.
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Permit Expediter in SF Corruption Agrees to $1.7 Million Settlement
San Francisco has reached a $1.7 million civil settlement with a major figure in the ongoing public corruption scandal, long-time permit expediter and contractor Walter Wong.
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Top SF Public Works Official Retires Amid $100 Million Overcharging Scandal
Julia Dawson, the chief financial officer at the San Francisco Department of Public Works, retired Friday amid the still ongoing investigation into what city officials knew about $100 million in overcharges by the Recology garbage hauling firm.
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Second Recology Exec Charged in Corruption Probe
A former top Recology official is the latest in a string of city officials and contractors to be arrested in the federal San Francisco public corruption investigation.
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Second Recology Exec Charged in Corruption Probe
A former top Recology official is the latest in a string of city officials and contractors to be arrested in the federal San Francisco public corruption investigation. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.
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Former Top Official to Cooperate in SF Corruption Scandal
A former member of San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s staff has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and will cooperate with federal prosecutors in San Francisco’s widening corruption scandal, court records filed Tuesday show.
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SF Public Works Finance Head Was Alerted to Recology Overcharge: Documents
Documents obtained by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit indicate that top Public Works financial officials were alerted back in 2018 that Recology had been overcharging garbage collection customers by millions of dollars.