The FBI believes Robert Tafoya was present at five different meetings in which former Councilman Ricardo Pacheco openly discussed taking bribes to secure his votes.
Baldwin Park City Attorney Robert Tafoya allegedly came up with the idea for the bribery scheme orchestrated by former Councilmanand sat in on a meeting where the elected official asked for at least $30,000 in payoffs from a cannabis company, according to a newly unsealed plea agreement signed by Pacheco.
alongside two others in 2020, may have violated his legal and ethical duties to the city by, at a minimum, not reporting the crime.Tafoya is not directly named in the court filings and is instead referred to as “Person 1,” an individual described as having “served as the Baldwin Park City Attorney since in or around December 2013.”
The U.S. Attorney’s Office believes Tafoya was present at five different meetings between Pacheco and another individual, described as a Compton city councilman, in which Pacheco openly discussed taking bribes to secure his votes. Tafoya allegedly shared updates on the status of the development agreements.
Commerce City Manager Edgar Cisneros, who also has not been charged, was mentioned in court filings asIn another instance, Tafoya and Pacheco approached a marijuana company and “solicited for donations in the amount of $10,000 each” to Pacheco’s church, a political action committee he indirectly controlled and former Baldwin Park Police Chief Mike Taylor’s campaign for the West Valley Water District.There is no allegation in the plea agreement to suggest Tafoya took any bribes himself.
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