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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts) Mon Apr 28, 2014, 11:49 AM Apr 2014

FBI agents' sting tried to lure more S.F., Oakland officials

The feds who snagged state Sen. Leland Yee and former San Francisco school board President Keith Jackson on corruption charges are casting an even wider net - reaching all the way to San Francisco and Oakland city halls.

Multiple sources tell us that an FBI operative posing as an Atlanta developer approached at least two San Francisco supervisors and two Oakland City Council members in recent months, saying he was looking for business opportunities.

The undercover operative showed up in the Bay Area waving around a multimillion-dollar letter of credit and bragging that he had access to even more money, according to sources connected to the case.

The operative said he was looking to land any number of development deals - including rehab work for Section 8 housing in San Francisco and possibly a five-star hotel near the Coliseum complex in Oakland.

Read More: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/FBI-agents-sting-tried-to-lure-more-S-F-5433978.php

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FBI agents' sting tried to lure more S.F., Oakland officials (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 OP

When does a "sting" become entrapment? Bandit Apr 2014 #1

when a politician you support gets pinched name not needed Apr 2014 #4

Offering the opportunity to commit a crime is not entrapment. LanternWaste Apr 2014 #5

Get them all. geomon666 Apr 2014 #2

Where's the sting targeted at Wall Street and Banking execs? Auggie Apr 2014 #3

Bandit

(21,475 posts)

1. When does a "sting" become entrapment?

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 12:56 PM

Apr 2014

name not needed

(11,660 posts)

4. when a politician you support gets pinched

Reply to Bandit (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 01:50 PM

Apr 2014

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

5. Offering the opportunity to commit a crime is not entrapment.

Reply to Bandit (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 01:56 PM

Apr 2014

Merely offering the opportunity to commit a crime is not entrapment. Entrapment is a legal defense by which a defendant may argue that he or she should not be held criminally liable for actions which broke the law, because they were induced (or entrapped) by the police to commit said acts. When a person is predisposed to commit a crime, offering opportunities to commit the crime is not entrapment.

geomon666

(7,512 posts)

2. Get them all.

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 01:47 PM

Apr 2014

These corrupt shits all need to be put behind bars.

Auggie

(31,170 posts)

3. Where's the sting targeted at Wall Street and Banking execs?

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 01:50 PM

Apr 2014

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