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Guilty plea part of ongoing US probe into Caltrans bribery
KCRA ^ | Apr 11, 2022 | Associated Press

Posted on 04/12/2022 6:27:44 AM PDT by artichokegrower

A former contract manager for California's transportation agency pleaded guilty Monday in what federal prosecutors said is an ongoing investigation into a bid rigging and bribery scam involving millions of dollars worth of contracts.

Choon Foo "Keith" Yong agreed to cooperate with the investigation into what prosecutors said was a conspiracy to rig the competitive bidding process for improvement and repair contracts at California Department of Transportation facilitie

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 10percent; caltrans; yong
Life of crime did not prevent Mr. Yong from collecting a generous taxpayer funded pension for the rest of his life

Choon F Yong Title: Senior Transportation Engineer, Caltrans Pension: CalPERS, 2021 $90,875.46

Rip off the California taxpayers and then get your $91K pension for life. If you were to fund your own annuity for an equal return you would have to put in 2+ million. Work for the state, rip off the taxpayers retire a millionaire. Not a bad gig if you can get it.

1 posted on 04/12/2022 6:27:44 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

And we’re supposed to believe elections in this state are free and fair.


2 posted on 04/12/2022 6:29:28 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: artichokegrower

They should claw that back but they won’t.


3 posted on 04/12/2022 6:30:29 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: artichokegrower

They need to put him in charge of the California High Speed Rail Project. Then he would be known as “Choo-Choo Choon Foo Yong.”


4 posted on 04/12/2022 6:31:44 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Liberty is an antecedent of government, not a benefit from government” ~ Clarence Thomas)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That’s rich!


5 posted on 04/12/2022 6:36:49 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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To: HighSierra5

Sum Ting Yong?


6 posted on 04/12/2022 6:41:48 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: artichokegrower

“Choon Foo “Keith” Yong”

Stop & think about it for a moment:

In addition to everything else going on, what would be the effect of a hostile government with unlimited cash seeking to corrupt every level of government?

Case in point: Biden family.

We are at war. The problem is that ‘we’ are in denial.


7 posted on 04/12/2022 6:46:06 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Corrupt ex state employee too California taxpayers

Fook Yu


8 posted on 04/12/2022 6:48:58 AM PDT by artichokegrower (I )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“They need to put him in charge of the California High Speed Rail Project.”

We’ll probably never know the level of corruption that project has.


9 posted on 04/12/2022 6:51:50 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: logi_cal869

Graduate of The Thousand Talents Plan?


10 posted on 04/12/2022 6:58:11 AM PDT by artichokegrower (I )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Then he would be known as “Choo-Choo Choon Foo Yong.”

Very good! And since he has "egg on his face" resulting from his crime ... well ... you know ...

11 posted on 04/12/2022 6:58:32 AM PDT by glennaro (Live life unbullied and unafraid. Choose to ignore or fight the irrationality that surrounds you.)
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To: artichokegrower

Please accept my apologies for wondering if Choon’s brother was “Egg”


12 posted on 04/12/2022 6:59:18 AM PDT by dangus
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The contracts were cumulatively worth more than $8 million, and Yong's agreement called for him to be awarded at least 10% of the value, according to his plea agreement.

Yong is following Pedo Joe’s example.

13 posted on 04/12/2022 7:04:26 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: artichokegrower

Yup, crime pays. Seems only one side pays a price in todays criminal justice system.

There are so many instances of the criminal justice system being bought off or just completely ignored. Im jaded and I don’t see this changing anytime soon.


14 posted on 04/12/2022 7:39:54 AM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: PLMerite

“We’ll probably never know the level of corruption that project has.”

A drop of water in the ocean. But the real question is where does the buck stop? And that will never be known. People end up dead that can drop that poison pen letter. History is full of them.

wy69


15 posted on 04/12/2022 7:43:49 AM PDT by whitney69
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To: artichokegrower

My response would be in the affirmative.


16 posted on 04/12/2022 8:58:53 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: artichokegrower

He was doing something wrong. As a state civil engineer with thirty years experience he should have been making 150k to 200k. Probably was a mediocre employee who turned to grift since he wasn’t making his step and merit increases.


17 posted on 04/12/2022 9:24:25 AM PDT by MercyFlush (The Soviet Empire is right now doing a dead cat bounce.)
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