California’s government ethics watchdog is investigating possible conflict-of-interest violations by a lawyer who brokered sales-tax incentive deals between cities and major e-commerce companies that included multimillion-dollar payouts for himself.
The Fair Political Practices Commission informed Robert E. Cendejas about its civil investigation in a letter dated May 20, just over a year after Bloomberg Tax detailed his role in brokering deals with Ontario and two other cities.
“The FPPC Enforcement Division can and often does initiate an investigation on its own, when it is made aware of or becomes aware of an issue or potential issue,” spokesman Jay ...
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