"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."
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.
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