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June 1, 2007
Leland Wong gets a felony conflict of interest charge
LOS ANGELES – Former Los Angeles City commissioner Leland Wong is facing a new criminal case today after D.A. investigators determined he allegedly voted on a contract for an LAX retail concession at the same time he was pursuing a business venture with the concession’s owner, the District Attorney’s office announced.
Deputy District Attorney Max Huntsman with the Public Integrity Division said one felony conflict of interest charge was filed today in a separate but related case. Wong was indicted last August on 20 counts of bribery, conflict of interest, embezzlement and other crimes investigated as part of a joint state-federal probe into allegations of “pay to play” by some officials in the administration of former Mayor James Hahn.
“Leland Wong abused the public’s trust through a variety of “pay-to-play” schemes that our office continues to uncover,” District Attorney Steve Cooley said. “We will aggressively investigate and prosecute these cases as part of my commitment to root out corruption in public institutions.”
The latest charge stems from Wong’s tenure as a Los Angeles World Airport Commissioner under the Hahn administration from October 2001 to March 2003. In December 2002, Wong voted on amendments to a contract held by W.H. Smith for retail concessions at LAX. At the same time, he allegedly was pursuing a business venture with W.H. Smith CEO Sean Anderson and Benny Klepach, a W.H. Smith subcontractor, to market duty free services in Asia using Wong’s connections.
Huntsman said emails allegedly show Wong pursuing Anderson and Klepach to set up a deal while Wong was an airport commissioner. There is no evidence Anderson and Klepach did anything illegal.
Wong is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in case No. BA323471 after 8:30 a.m. in Division 30 at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center.
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