Articles Tagged “Ed Harrington”

  • Corporation Pleads Guilty in Procurement Scam to Defraud City

    Corporation Pleads Guilty in Procurement Scam to Defraud City

    According to court documents, Cole Hardware is one of two city vendors and one of ten co-defendants to have engaged in a conspiracy to bilk the city out of at least $100,000 between 2003 and 2007. It is alleged that Donnie Alan Thomas, a former SFPUC supervisor who pled guilty last year for his role in the scam, worked in conjunction with Cole Hardware employee Elizabeth Bradford – who has not pled in the case and awaits a preliminary hearing – knowingly submitted fraudulent invoices to the SFPUC with false descriptions of items purchased. The false descriptions allowed Thomas to conceal that he was purchasing items for personal benefit.

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    Lackluster Finish to Case that Made Serious Political Charges

    In CCSF vs. Cobra Solutions, the jury found that both the city and Cobra Solutions failed in their responsibilities to prevent a former Department of Building Inspection information technology manager, Marcus Armstrong, from fraudulently bilking the city out of at least $482,000 between 1999 and 2001.

  • Mayor Lee Testifies in Corruption Lawsuit That Could Cost the City $10 Million

    Mayor Lee Testifies in Corruption Lawsuit
    That Could Cost the City $10 Million

    City and County of San Francisco vs. Cobra Solutions and Telecon was being deliberated by jurors in Superior Court at press time. It centers on a fraud and kickback scheme engineered by convicted felon Marcus Armstrong, a former Department of Building Inspection information technology manager who bilked the city out of at least $482,000 between 1999 and 2001.

  • Public Utilities Commission Asks Bay Area Residentsto Use Less Water

    Public Utilities Commission Asks Bay Area Residents
    to Use Less Water

    By Jesse Dungan May 29, 2008 The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and other Bay Area water agencies are asking an estimated 2.4 million customers throughout four counties to continue voluntary conservation efforts so mandatory…