Prosecutors this week accused Los Angeles Metropolis Councilmember Curren Value of getting a monetary curiosity in improvement tasks that he voted on and receiving tens of hundreds of {dollars} in medical advantages from the town for his now-wife whereas he was nonetheless married to a different girl.
He faces 10 counts of embezzlement, perjury and battle of curiosity. His spokesperson mentioned Value “seems to be ahead to defending himself as soon as he’s had a chance to handle these costs.”
The allegations come 4 years after a Instances investigation uncovered questions on Value’s votes on issues involving his spouse’s consulting firm.
Within the 2019 investigation, The Instances discovered Value had “repeatedly forged votes that affected housing builders and different companies listed as purchasers of his spouse’s consulting firm. Value voted on choices involving a minimum of 10 firms in the identical years they have been listed as offering a minimum of $10,000 in revenue to Del Richardson & Associates, in line with his annual monetary disclosures and council information reviewed by The Instances.” On the time, Value denied any wrongdoing.
In 2017, questions have been raised about whether or not his divorce grew to become ultimate earlier than he remarried.
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