California lawmaker indicted on bribery, corruption charges

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California lawmaker indicted on bribery, corruption charges

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/feds-announce-charges-california-political-corruption-case-source-194509747--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bOB9bevsrFOWTk9rFlroZA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-02-21T201709Z_1_CBREA1K1KCP00_RTROPTP_2_USA-CALIFORNIA-CORRUPTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of California State Senator Ron Calderon in Sacramento" align="left" title="File photo of California State Senator Ron Calderon in Sacramento" border="0" /></a>By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California state senator has been indicted on federal charges that he accepted some $100,000 in bribes from a businessman and undercover FBI agents posing as Hollywood movie executives in exchange for steering legislation in their favor, prosecutors said on Friday. Democrat Ron Calderon, 56, has agreed to turn himself in on Monday to face two dozen counts of bribery, fraud, money laundering and other charges, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles. Calderon's brother, Tom Calderon, a former member of the California State Assembly, was also named in the U.S. District Court indictment and charged with conspiracy and seven counts of money laundering. Tom Calderon, 59, has surrendered to federal authorities and was expected to face an arraignment on Friday, Mrozek said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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