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Criminal

May 12, 2012

Tribe's attorney indicted in alleged kickback scheme

An attorney for a Coachella Valley Native American tribe will be arraigned today along with three other defendants on federal bribery and money laundering charges related to the tribe's construction contracts.


By Ben Adlin


Daily Journal Staff Writer


An attorney for a Coachella Valley Native American tribe will be arraigned today along with three other defendants on federal bribery and money laundering charges related to the tribe's construction contracts.


According to an indictment filed Wednesday in Central District court, lawyer Gary E. Kovall and the three others allegedly conspired to funnel construction work to an associate in exchange for ...

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