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On Thursday, FBI agents raided the home of Oakland, California Democrat Mayor Sheng Thao.
According to ABC 7, sources said that it involves a political corruption case. The FBI only confirmed that they carried out a “court-authorized law enforcement activity” at the mayor’s home.
Reportedly,morethanadozenFBIagentsraidedthehomeandleftwithboxes,plastictubsandtrashbagsofbelongings.ThehomesofDavidandAndyDuong,theownersofCaliforniaWasteSolutions,wasraidedaswell(viaABC7):
LawenforcementsourcestellABC7Newsthisisapubliccorruptioncase,withtheFBI,IRSandUSPostalServiceworkingtogether.Agentshitseverallocations,includingtheofficesofCaliforniaWasteSolutions–wespottedIRSinvestigatorsthere.
ThecompanywasstartedbyDavidandVictorDuongwhowereunderinvestigationbythePublicEthicsCommissionforfunnelingmoneythrough“strawdonors”tocouncilmembers,astoryfirstreportedbyOaklandsidein2020.
Thaoallegedlyreceivedsomeofthatmoney.ShealsotraveledwiththeDuongbrotherswhofundedthetrademissiontoVietnamlastsummer.Allthis,i