Did a California consultant's federal case touch South Gate, and what were the charges?

"On Nov. 28, 2006, Robles was sentenced by District Court Judge Steven V. Wilson to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $639,000 in restitution."

"In a second fraud scheme, Robles allegedly steered a waste-hauling contract to a company in exchange for gifts, campaign contributions and a consulting contract for his friend."

"City of South Gate shall have and recover the principal sum of $1,704,268.84 in damages and the sum of $2,845,877.40 in prejudgment interest against Albert T. Robles, for a total judgment in favor of City of South Gate and against Albert T. Robles in the amount of $4,550,146.24 on the causes of action in the Cross-Complaint."

"in 2002, his allies in the City Council appointed him to a $130,000-a-year post as deputy city manager, while he was still serving as treasurer... on June 10, 2003, voted to fire Robles as deputy city manager"

"A federal grand jury in 2004 indicted Robles on 39 counts of money laundering, bribery, wire fraud and public corruption, alleging that he used his elected office and political influence to funnel money from city projects to family and friends between 1998 and 2003."

"alleging that he used his elected office and political influence to funnel money from city projects to family and friends between 1998 and 2003."

"Ex-treasurer Albert Robles and local businessman George Garrido were implicated in two schemes to award South Gate city contracts to particular companies while reaping benefits for themselves. A Los Angeles federal jury convicted the men in 2005 of various corruption charges."

"In its ruling, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena reversed more than a dozen honest services mail and wire fraud convictions against Robles and Garrido, reversed Robles' money laundering convictions and affirmed Robles' bribery convictions."

"The panel issued its opinion after the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of honest services mail fraud, according to the 34-page opinion written by Judge Harry Pregerson. "The indictment, the jury instructions, and the closing arguments at trial were permeated'' with reversible error with regard to the fraud charges, Pregerson wrote."

"Albert T. Robles, the former treasurer of South Gate, California who once called the city his “fiefdom,” was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for his conviction last year on 30 federal charges related to a scheme in which he extorted city contractors in exchange for using his influence to steer projects to those paying bribes that totaled more than $1.4 million."

"Albert T. Robles (“Robles”) appeals his convictions for honest services mail and wire fraud (18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343, 1346), money laundering (18 U.S.C. § 1957), and bribery (18 U.S.C. § 666)."