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O.C. Deputy D.A. Is Indicted in Laundering Case

By RICHARD MAROSI
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A federal grand jury has indicted an Orange County deputy district attorney and 11 others in connection with an elaborate drug and money-laundering ring, the U.S. Attorney’s office said Friday.

The indictment charges Bryan Ray Kazarian, a six-year veteran of the district attorney’s office, with conspiracy. The other defendants, including the founder of the local chapter of the Hells Angels, face drug- and money-laundering charges, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office.

Authorities arrested the defendants two weeks ago after the U.S. attorney’s office filed charges against them. Kazarian’s arraignment is set for June 28.

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“This is a significant development,” Mrozek said. “A federal grand jury has made the determination that there is probable cause to go forward on the prosecution of these defendants.”

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Richard Marosi

Richard Marosi is a former Metro editor for the Los Angeles Times. He previously reported from the U.S.-Mexico border. Marosi was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2015 for his series on Mexican laborers and in 2013 for his stories on the fate of thousands of immigrants who were deported from the U.S. to Mexico in recent years. He has delved deeply into Mexico’s drug wars, producing a groundbreaking series on the Sinaloa cartel and sharing an Overseas Press Club Award in 2009. In the early 2000s, his corruption investigations in Southeast Los Angeles County contributed to the indictment or ouster of a dozen politicians and city officials. Marosi is a Southern California resident but remains loyal to the Giants, 49ers and Warriors of his native San Francisco Bay Area.

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