Anonymous ID: 11f043 Oct. 14, 2021, 7:50 a.m. No.14783870   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4013 >>4265 >>4396

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>>14783864

 

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas and an ex-dean of USC's School of Social Work were indicted Wednesday on federal corruption charges alleging a bribery scheme in which prosecutors say his son received substantial benefits from the university in exchange for the politician's support of contracts while he served on the county Board of Supervisors.

 

The 20-count indictment filed in Los Angeles federal court alleges that Ridley-Thomas conspired with Marilyn Louise Flynn, who agreed to provide Ridley-Thomas' son with graduate school admission, a full-tuition scholarship, a paid professorship and a mechanism to funnel $100,000 in Ridley-Thomas campaign funds through the university to a nonprofit to be operated by the family member.

 

In exchange, the indictment alleges, Ridley-Thomas supported contracts involving the School of Social Work, including contracts to provide services to the county Department of Children and Family Services and Probation Department, as well as an amendment to a contract with the Department of Mental Health that would bring the school millions of dollars in new revenue.

 

Ridley-Thomas, 66, of Los Angeles, and Flynn, 83, of Los Angeles, were informed of the indictment Wednesday afternoon and have agreed to appear for their arraignments in Los Angeles federal court in the coming weeks, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

 

Representatives for Ridley-Thomas and Flynn could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

 

https://abc7.com/politics/la-city-councilman-mark-ridley-thomas-indicted-on-corruption-charges/11123073/

Anonymous ID: 11f043 Oct. 14, 2021, 7:56 a.m. No.14783902   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4013 >>4265 >>4396

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From back in 2018:

 

USC requests federal investigation into donation by county supervisor Ridley-Thomas

 

LOS ANGELES (KABC) – The highest official at the University of Southern California has confirmed that he has requested a federal investigation into a $100,000 donation from County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.

 

The money made stops at several entities including the school before landing at a nonprofit headed by the supervisor's son, Sebastian Ridley-Thomas.

 

In addition, USC hired Sebastian Ridley-Thomas as a part-time instructor and awarded him a scholarship to pursue a graduate degree.

 

The transactions were first reported by the Los Angeles Times.

 

Financial records obtained by Eyewitness News reveal that the supervisor wrote the six-figure check out of his campaign fund called Committee for a Better LA.

 

The money then went to USC's Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. Its dean, Marilyn Flynn, handled the next transaction.

 

Flynn then sent it to the next entity, United Ways California, designating it for a think tank called Policy Research and Practice Initiative. That is a nonprofit headed by Sebastian Ridley-Thomas.

 

Though the U.S. attorney has not opened a formal investigation the optics are not good for the supervisor according to Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.

 

"This is going to feed into the perception that politicians are in this to help themselves and in this to help their family and they are not in to help their constituents," said Levinson, a specialist in election law and campaign finance.

 

A statement released by the supervisor's attorney, Stephen Kaufman, says,"We do not believe that it raises any legal or ethical issues, and it had nothing to do with his son's scholarship or employment at the University."

 

The chair of USC's Board of Trustees, Rick Caruso, says in an internal letter that he alerted the U.S. attorney and disclosed that Marilyn Flynn is no longer dean of the School of Social Work.

 

"As a board, we are steadfast in the determination that we will not tolerate unethical behavior at USC and people will be held accountable."

 

The university also fired Sebastian Ridley-Thomas - a move which was swiftly condemned by his lawyer.

 

"We strongly believe USC's decision to terminate him was erroneous and precipitous. We are now actively considering legal remedies," stated the son's lawyer Lance Olson.

 

United Ways of California offered no response.

 

According to officials familiar with investigations of public funds, investigators will examine layers of transactions.

 

They will determine whether the donation was a legitimate effort by the supervisor to fund research into the needs of the African-American community conducted by his son or acts of concealment and potential corruption.

 

https://abc7.com/usc-university-of-southern-california-supervisor-mark-ridley-thomas-sebastian/3872461/

Anonymous ID: 11f043 Oct. 14, 2021, 9:18 a.m. No.14784262   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4281 >>4302

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUtczrwDUAs