Multiple sources have informed Mission Local that the “very senior San Francisco city official” comped along with ex-Public Works boss Mohammed Nuru for two New York City hotel rooms, each […]
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Mohammed Nuru booked for attempted robbery: accused of demanding man’s chips at knifepoint
Mohammed Nuru, the former Public Works director ousted in early 2020 and charged in a federal corruption scandal, was booked into County Jail No. 1 at 4:44 p.m. this afternoon […]
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Feds charge former Recology VP with bribery in Mohammed Nuru case
The acting United States Attorney for Northern District of California today charged former Recology vice president John Porter with bribing ousted Public Works boss Mohammed Nuru. Porter is the second […]
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The Daily: Nuru developments, more testing!
Hello Readers: Sorry for the delay in sending out our newsletter, but now we have a new news site and with a new site, comes glitches – and conveniences. One […]
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Mohammed Nuru: San Francisco bought and sold by a confederacy of dunces
When asked if his successors on the Board might want to revisit this fight, Kopp replied “I’m sure they would, if they had any guts. But they are gutless! All they can do is pick on the police.”
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Feds charge Recology exec in purported Mohammed Nuru bribery scheme
Nuru, Recology allegedly conspired to raise SF customers’ garbage rates, while taking $1 million The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday charged a former Recology executive, Paul Giusti, with money […]
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Garbage time: Recology was the major donor to Mohammed Nuru’s nonprofit slush fund
City, customer payments to Recology waste collection company spiked during period when it was contributing heavily to Nuru-controlled account Nuru’s boss was aware of his dodgy fundraising activities, report states […]
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‘Friends of’ Nuru: Report details alleged pay-to-play scheme
The San Francisco Controller’s Office on Thursday recommended a slew of measures to prevent city departments from engaging in “pay-to-play” schemes through “non-city” entities — schemes that Mohammed Nuru, the embattled […]
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Tractor bribe: Feds charge two more contractors in Mohammed Nuru case
Contractor Balmore Hernandez to join restaurateur Nick Bovis, permit expediter Walter Wong in cooperating with feds’ case vs. Mohammed Nuru Also: Woman charged with lying about gifting Nuru gold Rolex […]
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Accused serial forger worked to construct ‘Nuru’s Penthouse’ office tower
San Francisco has spawned so many interconnected local and federal corruption probes that it’s beginning to feel a bit like Law & Order. The (ostensible) original has, by now, branched […]
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Mohammed Nuru investigation: Public Works awarded $10.5M worth of contracts with ‘no discernible selection process’ — two went to Walter Wong’s companies
Report: Mayor Ed Lee in 2011 granted Mohammed Nuru oversight of himself. Over the course of two-and-a-half years, San Francisco Public Works signed some $10.5 million in contracts using “no […]
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Feds level charges against Walter Wong in latest salvo of ongoing Mohammed Nuru probe
The strange and terrible saga of Mohammed Nuru continued to unfold today, as Department of Justice and FBI officials announced charges against longtime city permit expediter and contractor Walter Wong. […]
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Mohammed Nuru case: Three more hit with federal charges, including Sandra Zuniga — mayoral staffer and ‘GIRLFRIEND 1’
The Department of Justice on Monday afternoon announced it had filed charges against three more individuals stemming from the January arrest and arraignment of former Public Works boss Mohammed Nuru […]
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Department of Building Inspection head Tom Hui suspended: Allegations of wrongdoing stretching back to 2011 uncovered during City Attorney probe of Mohammed Nuru
Sources within the Department of Building Inspection have told Mission Local that director Tom Hui “literally stood over people’s shoulders” to force out the controversial 555 Fulton Street project “sooner […]