Ex-California state senator sentenced in racketeering case

An undercover FBI agent met Jackson as part of the Chow investigation, and Jackson invited him to contribute to Yee, who was trying to retire a campaign debt and raise funds for his campaign for California secretary of state.

Former state Sen. Leland Yee, who once aspired to statewide political office, will spend five years in federal prison for trading his political juice for money.

Breyer sentenced Brandon Jackson to four years and six months in prison and Sullivan to five years and six months.

Yee’s attorneys had called for no more than five years and three months behind bars, saying Yee had a history of public service and his wife was ill.

Yee told Breyer, “I have taken full responsibility for my actions I have accepted and understand the crimes I have committed”.

Yee has been free pending sentencing.

While serving as State Senator, Yee also attempted to arrange an illegal arms trade through the Philippines in exchange for money. The judge gave him 30 days to surrender to the U.S. Marshal’s service, which will turn him over to the federal prison system.

They were among 29 people charged in a broad indictment that included both the political corruption charges against Yee and Jackson and organized-crime charges against Chinatown association leader Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, Jackson and others. “It was to retain power as a public official”. The law – which was immediately put on hold by a California court shortly after it was signed into law by then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) – would fine retailers $2,000 (per instance) for selling “Mature-rated” video games to minors. Breyer on Wednesday.sentenced Keith Jackson, a former San Francisco school board president who put Yee in the FBI’s crosshairs, to nine years in prison.

Yee admitted in a plea deal that he was part of a racketeering conspiracy that involved exchanging official acts for money, conspiring to traffic in weapons and money laundering.

“Senator Yee abused that trust and faith in the worst possible way.it wasn’t actually for personal financial wealth”, she said. He was also expected to be sentenced Wednesday.

He also acknowledged that he discussed helping an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation agent buy automatic weapons from the Philippines that were meant to be brought to the US for distribution. In January, Chow was convicted of 162 counts, including murder, money laundering and rackteering.

Prior to his March 2014 arrest, Yee, an advocate of gun control, represented the western half of San Francisco and the majority of San Mateo County.

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