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Riverside County Grand Jury Exposes Fraud and Deceit In CFD Bonds
The 2018/2019 Riverside County Grand Jury has released a Report titled: “Community Facilities District Bond Funding in Riverside County Perpetual Debt Under CFD and Service Area Taxes.” CFD Bond Fraud is rampant throughout Riverside County, but nowhere are the Mello Roos State Laws more violated than in the City of Beaumont.
Former Beaumont Officials Guilty in Corruption Case – Admit Engaging in Fraud
Four former Beaumont officials accused of corruption pleaded guilty Tuesday, Dec. 19, to charges including embezzlement, misappropriation of public funds and conflict of interest, and agreed to pay a total of $8.1 million in restitution.
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Beaumont City Council Agenda June 7, 2016
Final Approval of $13 Million Bond. Urban Futures’s CFD Report is NOT On the Agenda AFTER Being Paid $200,000. Beaumont City Council Agenda June 7, 2016 : http://www.ci.beaumont.ca.us/DocumentCenter/I … more
Pinkney Lied About Union Bank Regulators
Attached is a copy of a letter I received from the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) regarding Union Bank. The first page is a letter from the California State Department of Business Oversig … more
Beaumont Mitigation Fee Cycle
Normal Mitigation Fee Cycle: Each Agency establishes Mitigation Fees based on the estimated cost of the development to their agency – city, school district, parks & rec., library, hospital, etc. D … more
City Drained Savings Account
Beaumont transferred $3.7 Million from the Citibank Savings to the Checking Account in September, 2015. September 25, 2015, the City drained the accompanying Savings Account by transferring $3,745,937 … more
City Refuses to Release Payroll & Employee Roster
For the past year several attempts have been made by multiple sources to obtain the City of Beaumont’s Employee Roster and Payroll Records. The latest response from the City is as follows: Request No. … more
City Forges Report to State Controller
City of Beaumont Financial Reports for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2016 California Government Code 53890 et seq. requires local agencies to submit financial reports to the State Controller by October … more
Why mayor had to assure people the city is still functioning
Fear not Beaumont residents. You have every right to be angry. But your troubled city is on a path to recovery. That was the message Mayor Mike Lara presented Thursday in his State of the City address … more
Defendants’ arraignment on charges delayed until August
The arraignments for three former Beaumont city officials were continued Thursday, May 26, to Aug. 19 so all seven defendants in a criminal corruption probe can enter their pleas to charges on the sam … more
Intro Letter to SEC
I am requesting that the SEC obtain an Injunction on City/District/Authority to prevent further bond acquisitions. Va*******@*ec.gov EN*****@*ec.gov Securities and Exchange Commission RE: City of Beau … more
Three defendants in court May 26
Three defendants in the Beaumont corruption case are scheduled to enter pleas to the charges on Thursday, May 26. Former City Manager Alan Charles Kapanicas, former Finance Director William Kevin Aylw … more