California State Senator Arrested on Charges of Bribery and Corruption

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California State Senator Arrested on Charges of Bribery and Corruption
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California State Sen. Leland Yee has been indicted on charges of public corruption as a part of multiple arrests made by the FBI in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento, Calif. on Wednesday morning, according to multiple (http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=9480515) sources (http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/California-State-Senator-Leland-Yee-Arrested-on-Bribery-And-Corruption-Charges-252452181.html).

FBI agents raided Yee's ****** in the California State Capitol, taking computers and other documents, while California Highway Patrol ******rs and the Sergeant at Arms were stationed outside of his ******.

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The FBI also raided a building in San Francisco's Chinatown called Ghee Kung Tong Supreme Lodge, a masonic organization linked to the arrest of Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, a **torious former San Francisco gangster indicted on charges of racketeering and drug crimes in 1992, San Jose Mercury News (http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_25423273/bay-area-fbi-serving-multiple-arrest-search-warrants) reported. Chow was convicted of gun charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison, but in 2003, he was released after testifying against Peter Chong, an alleged high-ranking leader of a Chinatown gang. Chow's cooperation with law enforcement reduced his sentence to 11 years. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/26/california-state-senator/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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