Los Angeles City Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas was indicted on federal charges Wednesday for his role in an alleged bribery scheme that landed his son, Sebastian, a former state Assemblymember, a professorship at USC.
Federal prosecutors alleged in a 20-count indictment that Mark Ridley-Thomas helped direct funding and contracts to USC’s school of social work while serving on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
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