Wong sentenced to 5 years in pay-to-play

Former city commissioner Leland Wong was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for bribery, embezzlement and a host of other offenses discovered during a City Hall "pay to play" corruption investigation into former Mayor James Hahn's administration. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

Wong had been an appointee of three mayors and had served on the city's Water and Power, Airports, and Harbor and Water.

In a harsh rebuke, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson said Wong used those years of city service, his good name and his access to politicians to extract $100,000 in bribes from a shipping company doing business with the city.