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Ex-CalPERS CEO, board member charged with fraud
Mercury News ^ | 3/19/13 | Paul Elias - AP

Posted on 03/19/2013 7:32:35 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal officials on Monday charged the former head of the nation's largest pension fund and one of his business associates with falsifying documents and other charges in a long-running influence peddling and bribery investigation.

A grand jury in San Francisco charged Federico Buenrostro Jr. and Alfred Villalobos, and they were booked and released on bond Monday after briefly appearing in court.

Buenrostro, 64, served as CEO of the California Public Employees' Retirement System from late 2002 until June 2008. Villalobos, 69, served on the CalPERS board and is a former vice mayor of Los Angeles.

The indictment alleges the two conspired to fabricate documents that certified to federal regulators that Villalobos' firm had obtained required "investor disclosure letters" from CalPERS to serve as a "transfer agent." The indictment charges that the falsified documents allowed Villalobos to reap $14 million in fees for serving as a middleman between CalPERS and a prominent investment firm handling $3 billion in CalPERS' money.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: buenrostro; calpers; fraud; villalobos

1 posted on 03/19/2013 7:32:35 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

>> Federico Buenrostro Jr. and Alfred Villalobos<<

That Amish culture of corruption always comes back. Like in Bell and Santa Ana.


2 posted on 03/19/2013 7:39:06 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Establishment Republicans don't like that totalitarian thing unless it is THEIR totalitarian thing!)
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To: NormsRevenge

“they were booked and released on bond Monday after briefly appearing in court.”

I guaran-fricken-tee that you or I wouldn’t have been release on bond....


3 posted on 03/19/2013 7:42:52 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Thought Puzzle: Describe Islam without using the phrase "mental disorder" more than four times.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Where is the (D)?


4 posted on 03/19/2013 7:51:03 PM PDT by Forrestfire (("To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." Theodore Roosevelt))
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To: freedumb2003

I think the homeland security bullits and tanks are for when
CAlpers files bankruptcy


5 posted on 03/19/2013 7:54:43 PM PDT by jonose
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To: NormsRevenge

“Federico Buenrostro Jr. and Alfred Villalobos”

You know they put mobsters in charge of these things and then they act surprised when those people act like, well, mobsters.


6 posted on 03/19/2013 8:57:01 PM PDT by BobL (Look up "CSCOPE" if you want to see something really scary)
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To: BobL
What's the different between a Donkey politician stealing funds and a Mafiosi. Nothing, but the Donkey will get a pass or it will be resume enhancement for his new job (after prison) while the Mafiosi is considered a crook.
7 posted on 03/19/2013 11:26:39 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: NormsRevenge

Knock me over with a feather...


8 posted on 03/20/2013 12:02:33 AM PDT by NVDave
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