Feds Charge Ex-PUC Boss Harlan Kelly, Real Estate Broker And Politico Victor Makras In Bank Fraud Conspiracy

San Francisco CA

20 October, 2021

7:06 PM

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By Joe Eskenazi, Mission Local October 19, 2021 In a Grand Jury indictment, the United States Department of Justice today accused ousted Public Utilities Commission general manager Harlan Kelly and longtime San Francisco political fixture Victor Makras of defrauding Quicken Loans in a $1.3 million scheme. This is the feds' second run at Kelly, who was, in November, 2020, arrested and charged for an alleged "long-running bribery scheme and corrupt partnership between Kelly and Walter Wong." Those charges were revisited today regarding Wong, though the notorious permit-expediter and connected contractor was only referred to as "Contractor #1." Today's development is the latest domino to fall following the January, 2020, federal arrest and charging of erstwhile Public Works boss Mohammed Nuru. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.