Isaac Jacob Galvan, 36, of Compton, who served on the Compton City Council from 2013 until May 2022, was arrested at his home on a 10-count indictment unsealed Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Special agents with the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation on Monday also arrested Yichang Bai, 50, of Arcadia, the owner and operator of W&F International Corp., a Diamond Bar-based import-export business and a consulting client of Galvan's who allegedly helped orchestrate the scheme.
"As these actions erode the public's trust and harm the communities these officials were elected to serve, FBI Los Angeles will continue to investigate them and those individuals who enable their corrupt schemes," Always said in a statement. Then, after securing Bai's company W&F as a client, Galvan facilitated $70,000 in bribes from Bai to Pacheco. Pacheco served on Baldwin Park's city council from 1997 until his resignation in June 2020, and he was the city's mayor pro tempore in 2018.
If convicted of all charges, Galvan and Bai would face up to five years in federal prison for the conspiracy count, up to 10 years for the bribery count and up to 20 years in prison for each honest services wire fraud count, prosecutors said.
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