Posted on 10/11/2011 6:45:24 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
A Koreatown real estate developer faces nearly $184,000 in fines for allegedly making illegal contributions to the 2009 reelection campaign of L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
The city Ethics Commission meets Tuesday to decide how large a fine to hand Alexander Hugh, who was indicted by a grand jury earlier this year on charges that he conspired to circumvent campaign contribution limits, procured false documents and committed forgery.
Hugh has asked the five-member commission for leniency, saying he suffered major financial setbacks in recent years and has been "deeply" humiliated by reports in the Korean and mainstream media.
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Prosecutors said they have no evidence that Villaraigosa knew of Hugh's activities. White said his client saved the city money by signing a document that serves as a statement of no contest.
Hugh traveled with Villaraigosa to Korea during the mayor's 2006 trade mission to Asia. During that trip, Villaraigosa held an event promoting the Emhurst Hotel, a development project planned by Hugh's company in Koreatown that was never completed.
The project was approved in 2007 and a year later, Hugh hosted a fundraiser for Villaraigosa's reelection campaign. Hugh asked 18 donors to give a combined $18,000 to Villaraigosa and then reimbursed each of them, according to Ethics Commission reports.
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Alexander Hugh ~ Korean?
“”L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa””
How long will it be before we see this creep run for president?
Hugh and series
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