A former head of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has been found guilty of federal fraud charges.
A former head of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission was found guilty of federal fraud charges Friday, becoming the latest among several once-powerful city employees felled by a lengthy public corruption probe.
A jury convicted Harlan Kelly, former general manager of the commission, of six out of eight charges involving two fraud schemes, theProsecutors argued — and jurors agreed — that Kelly tried to steer a city streetlight contract to a local contractor in exchange for deeply discounted construction work on his home and other gifts. Jurors also found that Kelly lied to a lender in order to acquire a $1.3 million loan.
A sentencing date wasn't immediately set. But Kelly’s attorney, Brian Getz, said he’d seek to dismiss the convictions or appeal the verdicts,
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