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Apr 8, 2024 · Mark Ridley-Thomas was convicted for bribery and honest services fraud for making a $100,000 donation from his ballot committee to the University of Southern California for use by a nonprofit organization, PRPI, run by his son to hire a staffer to conduct polling.
Apr 2, 2024 · Two state legislators are questioning the legality of the Los Angeles City Council’s move to suspend Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas and potentially appoint a voting member to represent his district after the councilman was indicted last year on federal bribery charges.
Mar 27, 2024 · Meanwhile, a jury convicted former Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas of bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud charges last year. He has appealed the verdict.
Apr 8, 2024 · Mark Ridley-Thomas was convicted for bribery and honest services fraud for making a $100,000 donation from his ballot committee to the University of Southern California for use by a nonprofit organization, PRPI, run by his son to hire a staffer to conduct polling.
Apr 12, 2024 · Mark Ridley-Thomas’ guilty verdict in Los Angeles in March 2023 was like Jon Woods’ guilty verdict in Santa Ana in August 2022. Both were for fraud and bribery. Ridley-Thomas was a highly successful and popular Los Angeles politician, and a recent City Councilman; and Woods was a veteran workers’ compensation applicants’ attorney.
Apr 12, 2024 · On Friday, a federal court judge in Los Angeles, U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer, denied Mark Ridley-Thomas’s motion to dismiss his guilty verdict that came forth from a jury in late March 2023. Ridley-Thomas’s defense had moved for a dismissal or else to be granted a new trial. But the court upheld the conviction…
