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Criminal

Apr. 12, 2011

Building Inspectors Arrested for Bribery

Two Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety inspectors were arrested Friday on federal bribery charges for allegedly taking thousands of dollars to approve construction work without properly inspecting it.


By Anna Scott


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Two inspectors from the city's Department of Building and Safety were arrested Friday on federal bribery charges for allegedly accepting thousands of dollars to approve construction work without properly inspecting it and in some cases without even visiting the sites.


Hugo Joel Gonzalez and Raoul Joseph Germain allegedly accepted $9,000 and $6,000, respectively, for rubber-stamping wor...

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