Posted on 06/18/2007 4:54:31 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
The owner of a tow truck company that landed a lucrative contract with the city of Maywood has spent thousands of dollars entertaining police and public officials, including paying for meals, tickets to sporting events and trips to Las Vegas, records and interviews show.
Two members of the City Council have acknowledged failing to report the gifts as required by state law.
Known in Maywood by the moniker "Bravo" or sometimes "Tony Bravo," the owner's real name is Tooradj Khosroabadi. Since 1998, he has made millions towing cars, largely through an aggressive campaign by the city to rid its streets of drunk or unlicensed drivers by impounding their vehicles.
The storage charges were sometimes so high that drivers — many of them illegal immigrants — forfeited their cars rather than pay. Some of the cars were purchased by police officers.
Allegations that Khosroabadi paid kickbacks to police officials and rank-and-file officers who targeted motorists are part of a broader investigation now facing the tiny city in southeast Los Angeles County.
The FBI, the state attorney general and the Los Angeles County district attorney in recent months have requested copies of the city's towing records and have questioned witnesses about complaints of corruption.
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Hard to take sides on this one....the illegals driving illegally, or the cops buying their impounded vehicles at auction!
****Hard to take sides on this one....the illegals driving illegally, or the cops buying their impounded vehicles at auction!****
I don’t think that it is that cut and dry. Look again at the allegations of police and city official corruption. That is what really bothers me. Police are surpose to uphold the law, not profit by breaking it.
Don’t get me wrong. I am 100% against illegals driving cars (I am 100% against illegals being in this country) but the police corruption bothers me more.
He replied: "If you hang out with brokes, nothing falls off."
Ol' Tooradj knows which side the bread is buttered on...
!VIVA AMEXICA!
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This is the same So Cal city that has told the cops not to stop nor ticket illegals. They have reduced their police force. Laws are openly broken, and Maywood keeps re-arranging the deck chairs. They have become a sanctuary city all on their own.
They have deemed it too hard to try and enforce the laws with the illegal intruders.
May they rot in their own filth.
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