Cash-flush developer gets 6 years in prison for 'unique and infectious crime' of public corruption

The Bel Air multimillionaire paid a $500K bribe to ex-Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar to try to avoid an appellate delay in a downtown real estate development.

Jul 22, 2023

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Dae “David” Yong Lee (center) and his wife, Soni Lee, (right) leave the Los Angeles federal courthouse on Friday, July 21, 2023, with friends and family. (Photo by Meghann M. Cuniff)

A federal judge on Friday sentenced a commercial real estate developer to six years in prison for bribing ex-Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar in a corruption conspira…

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Cash-flush developer gets 6 years in prison for 'unique and infectious crime' of public corruption

The Bel Air multimillionaire paid a $500K bribe to ex-Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar to try to avoid an appellate delay in a downtown real estate development.

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