Triads, Moro insurgents, guns and good old fashioned corruption :Dancing-Banana:
That said as we all know the Libyan SA-7s turned out to be merely a rumor.
California's senator Yee indicted on gun, corruption charges
By Sharon Bernstein
SACRAMENTO, California Fri Apr 4, 2014 4:37pm EDT
California's senator Yee indicted on gun, corruption charges | Reuters
(Reuters) - A prominent Democratic California state senator and gun-control advocate was indicted by a San Francisco grand jury on charges of corruption and conspiracy to traffic in firearms, according to court documents released on Friday.
The indictment adds to the troubles facing state Senator Leland Yee, who was arrested last week and criminally charged along with two dozen others in the same case. He has since been suspended with pay.
Yee, 65, is the third California state senator to face criminal charges this year in separate cases that have cost Democrats a cherished two-thirds legislative majority in an election year and prompted them to cancel a major fundraiser planned for this weekend.
In a 31-page indictment that sharpens but does not materially change the allegations against Yee, he is charged with six counts of corruption and one count of conspiracy to traffic in firearms. His lawyer said he plans to plead not guilty.
Among the allegations contained in the indictment is that the one-time San Francisco mayoral candidate accepted cash from an undercover FBI agent seeking to purchase illegal weapons.
The indictment says Yee and his campaign consultant, Keith Jackson, sought to enrich themselves and pay off debt from Yee's failed mayoral campaign by accepting bribes, both in cash and by check, from undercover FBI agents.
In one instance, Yee wrote a letter on behalf of a technology company that an undercover FBI agent claimed to represent, and in another he helped an undercover FBI agent who said he was working to legalize marijuana in the state, the indictment says.
The indictment also accuses the two men of offering to help another undercover FBI agent obtain illegal guns.
Yee was arrested along with more than two dozen others last week in a broad sweep of suspected organized crime and corruption activity in San Francisco. Among those charged in the indictment is Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, a Chinatown figure who is accused of money laundering and conspiracy.
An indictment is likely to make it more difficult for his attorney to argue that the charges should be dismissed, because the process for fighting an indictment is different than the process for fighting a simple criminal charge.
Yee is scheduled to appear in court in San Francisco next week to be arraigned on the charges, according to court documents.
(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Gunna Dickson)
By Sharon Bernstein
SACRAMENTO, California Fri Apr 4, 2014 4:37pm EDT
California's senator Yee indicted on gun, corruption charges | Reuters
(Reuters) - A prominent Democratic California state senator and gun-control advocate was indicted by a San Francisco grand jury on charges of corruption and conspiracy to traffic in firearms, according to court documents released on Friday.
The indictment adds to the troubles facing state Senator Leland Yee, who was arrested last week and criminally charged along with two dozen others in the same case. He has since been suspended with pay.
Yee, 65, is the third California state senator to face criminal charges this year in separate cases that have cost Democrats a cherished two-thirds legislative majority in an election year and prompted them to cancel a major fundraiser planned for this weekend.
In a 31-page indictment that sharpens but does not materially change the allegations against Yee, he is charged with six counts of corruption and one count of conspiracy to traffic in firearms. His lawyer said he plans to plead not guilty.
Among the allegations contained in the indictment is that the one-time San Francisco mayoral candidate accepted cash from an undercover FBI agent seeking to purchase illegal weapons.
The indictment says Yee and his campaign consultant, Keith Jackson, sought to enrich themselves and pay off debt from Yee's failed mayoral campaign by accepting bribes, both in cash and by check, from undercover FBI agents.
In one instance, Yee wrote a letter on behalf of a technology company that an undercover FBI agent claimed to represent, and in another he helped an undercover FBI agent who said he was working to legalize marijuana in the state, the indictment says.
The indictment also accuses the two men of offering to help another undercover FBI agent obtain illegal guns.
Yee was arrested along with more than two dozen others last week in a broad sweep of suspected organized crime and corruption activity in San Francisco. Among those charged in the indictment is Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, a Chinatown figure who is accused of money laundering and conspiracy.
An indictment is likely to make it more difficult for his attorney to argue that the charges should be dismissed, because the process for fighting an indictment is different than the process for fighting a simple criminal charge.
Yee is scheduled to appear in court in San Francisco next week to be arraigned on the charges, according to court documents.
(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Gunna Dickson)
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