Former Baldwin Park, Commerce leaders secretly pleaded guilty in cannabis bribery scheme

Former City Officials In LA County Took Part in Cannabis Permit Bribe Scheme

Officials in the Los Angeles County cities of Commerce and Baldwin Park pleaded guilty in 2023 for their part in a scheme involving bribes for Baldwin Park politicians’ votes and sway over the granting of cannabis permits, it has been revealed. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Dec. 5 that Commerce’s former city manager, Edgar Pascual Cisneros, had pleaded guilty in November 2023 to federal bribery charges over his involvement in a sc…

Former Commerce City Manager and Former Baldwin Park City Attorney Plea Guilty to Bribery

December 6, 2024 LOS ANGELES – Two former top city officials in Commerce and Baldwin Park have pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme involving bribes in exchange for a corrupt Baldwin Park politician’s votes and influence over his city’s cannabis permitting process, the Justice Department announced today.  Edgar Pascual Cisneros, 42, of Montebello, who served as Commerce’s city manager from November 2017 to December 2023, pleaded guilty on…

Former Baldwin Park, Commerce leaders secretly pleaded guilty in cannabis bribery scheme

Nearly half a dozen Southern California officials -- from Baldwin Park, Commerce, Compton and elsewhere -- have been charged in an ongoing corruption probe.

Bribery Pleas Unsealed for Former Officials of Commerce and Baldwin Park

Documents unsealed Thursday show two former city officials in Commerce and Baldwin Park pleaded guilty last year to separately bribing a now-convicted Baldwin Park politician in exchange for his votes and influence over his city’s cannabis permitting process. Edgar Cisneros, 42, of Montebello, who served as Commerce’s city manager for six years, pleaded guilty to federal bribery. Robert Tafoya, 62, of Redondo Beach, who spent nine years as Baldw…

California: Fmr city attorney & city manager secretly plead guilty last year in cannabis bribery scheme

Header Image Robert Tafoya resigned as legal counsel for the West Valley Water District in Rialto on Thursday, Nov. 10 Orange County Register The U.S. Attorney’s Office has revealed that Baldwin Park’s former city attorney and Commerce’s former city manager secretly pleaded guilty a year ago to charges related to their participation in a cannabis […]

Former Baldwin Park, Commerce leaders secretly pleaded

The U.S. Attorney’s Office has revealed that Baldwin Park’s former city attorney and Commerce’s former city manager secretly pleaded guilty a year ago to charges related to their participation in a cannabis bribery scheme that has resulted in the arrests of nearly a half-dozen Southern California public officials so far. The two men’s involvement was... The post Former Baldwin Park, Commerce leaders secretly pleaded guilty in cannabis bribery sc…