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Title: Exclusive: Leader of California’s largest union resigns amid tax fraud, embezzlement charges
Source: Sacramento Bee
URL Source: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politic ... ol-alert/article254976772.html
Published: Oct 13, 2021
Author: Jeong Park
Post Date: 2021-10-13 18:54:40 by Dakmar
Keywords: None
Views: 101
Comments: 3

The executive director of SEIU California, the biggest labor union in the state, is resigning after the attorney general’s office charged her and her husband with multiple counts of tax fraud, embezzlement, perjury and failure to pay unemployment insurance taxes.

The office filed its charges against Alma Hernández and her husband, Jose Moscoso, on Oct. 4 in the Sacramento County Superior Court.

Hernández, whose union represents over 700,000 workers across the state, had been in her position since 2016. She led the union’s push against recalling Gov. Gavin Newsom, with the organization donating more than $6 million to the campaign.

The investigation that led to criminal charges began in 2019 when the state’s campaign finance watchdog, the Fair Political Practices Commission, drew attention to an allegation that Hernandez as treasurer for a 2014 state senate campaign approved spending to her husband for services he did not provide. The money did not come from an SEIU campaign finance account.

That tip led investigators from the the Attorney General’s Office to dig into Moscosco and his company, according to court documents.

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#1. To: Dakmar (#0)

The office filed its charges against Alma Hernández and her husband, Jose Moscoso...

Damn Irish.

The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. - Dr. Eldon Tyrell

Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)

Esso  posted on  2021-10-13   19:03:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Esso (#1)

Of the hundreds, if not thousands, of criminal acts committed by SEIU, tax evasion was the one thing Democrats were not willing to forgive.

“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2021-10-13   19:11:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Dakmar (#2)

...tax evasion was the one thing Democrats were not willing to forgive.

I suppose sending my tax accountant flowers and chocolate is going to be a yearly thing, huh?

I guess that's OK, she IS cute as a button.

The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. - Dr. Eldon Tyrell

Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)

Esso  posted on  2021-10-14   5:32:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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