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Criminal

Apr. 17, 2013

Ex-South Gate city treasurer wins honest-services fraud reversal

The 9th Circuit reversed former South Gate official Albert T. Robles' convictions on 25 corruption counts, citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting what constitutes honest-services fraud.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A federal appellate court on Monday reversed a slew of corruption convictions against the former city treasurer of South Gate, citing a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision narrowing what constitutes "honest-services fraud."


The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out Albert T. Robles' convictions on 21 counts of honest-services fraud and four counts of money laundering. It also t...

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