Public Housing Official’s Conviction Is Upheld
A federal appeals court Monday upheld the conviction and 63-month prison term handed down last year to a public housing executive convicted of bribery and making false statements in connection with a money scam.
After a yearlong FBI probe, San Francisco Housing Authority executive Patricia Williams was among the last to be prosecuted in a scam that ensnared two city officials and 20 others seeking to falsely obtain subsidized housing.
Prosecutors accused Williams of receiving more than $34,000 in bribes from renters, none of whom would have qualified for subsidized housing.
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