Baldwin Park City Attorney Robert Tafoya allegedly came up with the idea for the bribery scheme orchestrated by former Councilman Ricardo Pacheco and sat in on a meeting where the elected official ...

Gabriel Chavez, a former San Bernardino County planning commissioner, served as the intermediary — or the “fundraising guy” as Pacheco called him — and collected at least $170,000 through ...

Ex-Planning Commissioner Gabriel Chavez kept a running tally of the bribes, which totaled at least $170,000, in a draft email with the subject line “Dodge Truck,” federal prosecutors sa… ...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office has revealed that Baldwin Park’s former city ... Baldwin Park City Councilmember Ricardo Pacheco and former San Bernardino County Planning Commissioner Gabriel ...

Pacheco’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for February. Chavez is expected to be sentenced in April. In September 2023, Galvan and his consulting client, Yichang Bai, were arrested on a federal ...

Pacheco’s plea agreement, unsealed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Oct. 7, alleges the original idea for one of the schemes came from Tafoya, who suggested Pacheco could personally profit by ...

According to the recently unsealed plea agreement, Cisneros provided $45,000 in bribes to Pacheco to secure a permit for a marijuana company. Cisneros was promised $235,000 in the deal.

Isaac Jacob Galvan, 36, of Compton, who served on the Compton City Council from 2013 until May 2022, was arrested at his home on a 10-count indictment unsealed Monday, according to the U.S ...

Pacheco's sentencing hearing is scheduled for February. Chavez is expected to be sentenced in April. In September 2023, Galvan and his consulting client, Yichang Bai, were arrested on a federal ...