San Leandro councilman Bryan Azevedo faces federal charges including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and lying to a government agency. Prosecutors allege he accepted a $2,000 cash bribe and sought a percentage of future earnings from a housing company pursuing a city contract. Federal prosecutors signaled that Azevedo may be nearing a plea deal and said substantive hearings likely will await a change-of-plea or sentencing. The case was publicly linked to a broader Oakland corruption probe involving former mayor Sheng Thao and associates. Charging documents allege Azevedo formed an LLC in his wife's name and opened a bank account to receive payments.
"Bryan Azevedo, the San Leandro city councilman recently charged in a federal corruption probe last week, may be nearing a plea deal, federal prosecutors have signaled. The two-term councilmember is close to reaching a resolution of his case, which accused him of accepting a $2,000 cash bribe and a cut of future earnings from a fledgling housing business that had been seeking a lucrative city contract, federal prosecutors wrote in a court filing on Tuesday."
"The specter of a plea deal emerged as prosecutors for the first time publicly linked Azevedo's case to a sprawling corruption case in Oakland, which ensnared the city's former mayor, Sheng Thao, along with her romantic partner, Andre Jones, and the father-and-son business duo of David and Andy Duong. The two cases concern overlapping events and entities, the prosecutors' filing said."
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