Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao , who was recalled in November and whose home was raided by the FBI last year, has been criminally indicted by a federal grand jury on bribery, corruption, and fraud charges, federal officials announced on Friday.
Charged alongside her was her longtime boyfriend, Andre Jones, as well as David and Andy Duong, owners of a local recycling company, California Waste Solutions.
“The indictment returned by the grand jury describes a corrupt scheme in which the defendants used bribes, mail fraud, wire fraud, and other illegal practices to manipulate and corruptly influence the levers of local government,” said Patrick Robbins, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, during a news conference…