{"id":53857,"date":"2023-08-16T22:15:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T05:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53857"},"modified":"2023-08-16T22:21:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T05:21:56","slug":"former-anaheim-mayor-guilty-of-attempting-the-illegal-sale-of-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53857","title":{"rendered":"Former Anaheim Mayor Guilty of Attempting the Sale of Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><i>Harry Sidhu Admits to Obstructing FBI Probe into Failed Stadium Sale, Lying to FBI Agents, and Expecting $1 Million for Leaking Confidential Information.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SANTA ANA, California\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14844 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The former mayor of Anaheim agreed to plead guilty to federal felony charges for obstructing an FBI public corruption investigation by destroying evidence, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">HJe also pleaded guilty of making false statements to FBI agents, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In court documents filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, Harish \u201cHarry\u201d Singh Sidhu, 66, of Anaheim, also admitted cheating California tax authorities and making false statements to the Federal Aviation Administration about his helicopter purchase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed a criminal information charging Sidhu with one count of obstruction of justice, one count of wire fraud, and two counts of making false statements to the FBI and the FAA. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In a plea agreement also filed Wednesday, Sidhu agreed to plead guilty to the four offenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ex-Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu to plead guilty to federal corruption charges\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CQ-U5CSU4ms?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to his plea agreement, Sidhu \u2013 a longtime member of the Anaheim City Council who was elected mayor in 2018 \u2013 admitted that while the City of Anaheim was negotiating the sale of Angel Stadium to the Los Angeles Angels Major League Baseball club, he sought out and became a member of the city\u2019s negotiating team for the stadium sale. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">While on the negotiating team, Sidhu provided confidential information about the city to people working for the Angels. This was so that the Angels could buy Angel Stadium on favorable terms for the baseball club. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">After secretly providing the information he had received in his position as mayor, Sidhu later was recorded saying he expected a $1 million campaign contribution from the Angels after the baseball club purchased Angel Stadium, the plea agreement states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cMr. Sidhu was elected by and pledged to work for the residents of Anaheim, but he violated that pledge and their trust on numerous occasions to look out for special interests,\u201d said Donald Alway, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI\u2019s Los Angeles Field Office. \u201cMr. Sidhu deceived his colleagues and weakened the city\u2019s official strategy by divulging intellectual property, then lied to the government when his corruption was discovered.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Former Anaheim mayor pleads guilty to federal corruption charges\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QtbAQ3fO7PE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sidhu admitted that he knowingly destroyed evidence by deleting multiple email messages and documents intending to obstruct the FBI\u2019s investigation of public corruption related to the city\u2019s attempted sale of Angel Stadium. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1379 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IRS-seal-300x276.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IRS-seal-300x276.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IRS-seal.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In the plea agreement, Sidhu specifically admitted he deleted an email message he had sent on July 21, 2020, with an attachment drafted by lawyers for the city, which contained confidential negotiation information related to the potential sale of Angel Stadium, including a discussion of issues related to price.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sidhu also admitted in his plea agreement that he deleted a September 2020 email message about secret mock Anaheim City Council meetings involving Sidhu, two other City Council members, and representatives of the Angels \u2013 including the team president and a team lawyer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Those mock City Council meetings would precede the scheduled public City Council meeting about the city\u2019s proposed sale of Angel Stadium. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53858 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2zouo4vwndc-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"cars parked in front of UNKs restaurant during night time\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2zouo4vwndc-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2zouo4vwndc-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2zouo4vwndc-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2zouo4vwndc.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The deleted email message had an attachment titled \u201cAngels Council Debate Prep,\u201d which detailed the topics on which each participant of the mock City Council meetings should focus, and it added \u201c[Angels] team available to help develop \u2018zingers\u2019, responses, and other points to improve performance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sidhu also admitted he had provided a confidential appraisal range to the Angels in 2019, months before the appraisal was made public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 During the investigation, FBI agents secretly recorded multiple statements by Sidhu about the $1 million campaign contribution that he expected to receive after the City of Anaheim sold Angel Stadium to the Angels, the plea agreement states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sidhu also admitted that he lied about the Angel Stadium sale negotiations and related matters when FBI agents interviewed him on May 12, 2022. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>For example, during that interview, Sidhu falsely stated that he was expecting \u201cnothing\u201d from the Angels after the Angel Stadium sale, when in truth, he was expecting to receive a $1 million campaign contribution for his election after the sale. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sidhu also admitted to lying about using his personal email for city business. \u201cNot only did [Sidhu] conduct City business using his personal email, but he also communicated with some City staff using that staff\u2019s email, purposely avoiding using the staff member\u2019s official City email address,\u201d the plea agreement states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In his plea agreement, Sidhu also admitted that in late 2020, he tried to defraud the State of California of approximately $16,000 in sales tax revenue by using an Arizona address to register a helicopter he had just purchased, even though he lived in Anaheim. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sidhu admitted that he fraudulently used a mailing address in Scottsdale, Arizona that actually belonged to an Anaheim businessperson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sidhu also admitted that he provided false information about the helicopter to the Federal Aviation Administration when he submitted an \u201cAircraft Registration Application\u201d that he signed and certified as true but which falsely claimed his permanent mailing address was in Arizona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sidhu faces more than 30 years in federal prison.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation are conducting an ongoing investigation into this matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2768735931MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant U.S. Attorneys Charles E. 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Rabbani of the Santa Ana Branch Office are prosecuting this case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Sidhu Admits to Obstructing FBI Probe into Failed Stadium Sale, Lying to FBI Agents, and Expecting $1 Million for Leaking Confidential Information. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SANTA ANA, California\u00a0 The former mayor of Anaheim agreed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-department-of-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former Anaheim Mayor Guilty of Attempting the Sale of 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