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A conversation about how federal prosecutors are expected to announce that former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is being indicted ...

Sheng Tao promised waste, housing contracts to family business Former East Bay mayor’s home was raided by FBI last June Former Oakland, Calif., Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled by voters last year, ...

Jeff Tsai introduced Thao to U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers as the mayor of Oakland. Gonzalez Rogers ...

A procedural court hearing in the bribery and fraud case against Sheng Thao, her boyfriend, and the father-and-son duo who own Cal Waste Solutions turned a bit tense on Thursday when the federal judge ...

The former mayor is facing charges just two months after her recall. Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao was criminally indicted by a federal grand jury, according to the San Francisco Chronicle ...

The federal corruption charges against former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao did not come as a surprise to many of her political opponents and even a former ally, who had long voiced concerns over her ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The federal indictment against recalled Mayor Sheng Thao and three others detailed alleged bribes spent on a negative mailer that helped Thao just before the Oakland mayor ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and three others have been indicted by a federal jury following a corruption investigation, the FBI and US Attorney's Office announced Friday.