A suspended LA councilman is going to trial for federal corruption charges over an alleged wire fraud scheme involving USC's social work school.
Mark Ridley-Thomas is going to trial for federal corruption charges over an alleged wire fraud scheme involving USC's social work school.The trial for suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas is set to begin Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.
Ridley-Thomas has been suspended since October 2021 after he was indicted on federal corruption charges including conspiracy, bribery, mail fraud and wire fraud. According to prosecutors, back in 2018, Ridley-Thomas had an arrangement with the former dean of USC's social work school in which he allegedly had her wire $100,000 from his campaign fund through the school to his son's non-profit.
Ridley-Thomas also conspired to get his son, who resigned from the State Assembly due to a sexual harassment probe, a full tuition scholarship and graduate school admission, prosecutors allege. In exchange, the former dean Marilyn Flynn received help getting a lucrative contract between the school and the county.Ridley-Thomas has plead not guilty, setting up Tuesday's trial.
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