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Perata kickback investigation ends

By Richard Binder

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Federal prosecutors on Wednesday declined to file corruption charges against former state Senate leader Don Perata, clearing the way for his campaign for Oakland mayor next year.

The U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento announced its decision 2 1/2 months after federal prosecutors in San Francisco reached the same conclusion.

The case began in 2004, when federal agents raided the homes of Perata and his son, Nick. The son's political consulting firm had been paid tens of thousands of dollars from his father's campaigns.

The investigation widened and focused on Perata's relationship with campaign donors and whether any of that money was diverted to family members and eventually kicked back to him.

Full story here.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on May 27, 2009 (boomark / email).

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