Former Commerce, Baldwin Park officials plead guilty in sprawling cannabis bribery scheme
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The sprawling bribery scheme shattered public trust in San Gabriel Valley politics and helped prompt the launch of a 2023 statewide audit aimed at curtailing bribery, conflicts of interest and other misdeeds in the marijuana licensing business.
According to the recently unsealed plea agreement, Cisneros provided $45,000 in bribes to Pacheco to secure a permit for a marijuana company. Cisneros was promised $235,000 in the deal.
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