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8,000 fraudulent voter registration applications filed by pair in Hawthorne
election
A man who tried to run for mayor in Hawthorne is among two people charged in
a voter fraud case in which thousands of fraudulent voter registration
applications were allegedly submitted on behalf of homeless people.
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A man who tried to run for mayor in Hawthorne is among two people charged in
a voter fraud case in which thousands of fraudulent voter registration
applications were allegedly submitted on behalf of homeless people.
HAWTHORNE, Calif. (CNS) -- A man who tried to run for mayor in Hawthorne
pleaded not guilty Tuesday in connection with an alleged voter fraud case in
which thousands of fraudulent voter registration applications were
allegedly submitted on behalf of homeless people, a fraud effort that
prosecutors allege was being funded by the criminal gang MS-13.
Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Montenegro -- also known as Mark Anthony Gonsalves
-- is charged with 18 felony counts of voter fraud, 11 felony counts of
procuring a false or forged instrument, two felony counts of perjury and one
felony count of conspiracy to commit voter fraud, along with nine
misdemeanor counts of interference with a prompt transfer of a completed
affidavit, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
Montenegro, 53, allegedly submitted more than 8,000 fraudulent voter
registration applications between July and October, as well as allegedly
falsifying names, addresses and signatures on nomination papers under
penalty of perjury to run for mayor in Hawthorne.
According to the prosecutor in court, the fraud efforts were being funded by
the criminal gang MS-13 so they could put Montenegro in an elected official
position to their benefit.
A separate investigation led authorities to discover those ballots at a
motel room. That evidence was handed over to the FBI.
Prosecutors are alleging that Montenegro brought in the assistance of MS-13
and other gangs to complete fake registrations.
The District Attorney's office is arguing that Montenegro would provide
names and addresses, and gang members filled out the paperwork. Once
completed, the other suspect Marcos Arevalo was paid $2,000 per packet of
filled out forms.
Both men pleaded not guilty. Montenegro could face up to 15 years in prison
if convicted.
The conspiracy charge alleges that Montenegro submitted and filed signed
nomination papers containing 41 signatures and addresses to the city clerk
this summer and that just 18 of the names, addresses and signatures on the
nomination papers were validated by the Los Angeles County Registrar-
Recorder's Office.
The conspiracy charge also alleges that Montenegro was subsequently issued
write-in candidate nomination papers and that he "submitted and filed signed
write-in candidate nomination papers containing 32 signatures and addresses
for fictitious, non-existent or deceased person'' with the city clerk's
office.
It further alleges that he and co-defendant Marcos Raul Arevalo "and other
unknown co conspirators'' used three post office boxes in Hawthorne as well
as Montenegro's home address "as mailing addresses for over 8,000 voter
registration applications for fictitious, non-existent or deceased persons,
that were submitted for processing to the Los Angeles County Registrar-
Recorder's Office and the California Secretary of State.''
Montenegro could face up to 15 years and eight months in state prison if
convicted as charged, according to prosecutors.
Arevalo, 34, is charged with eight counts of voter fraud, one count of
conspiracy to commit voter fraud and four counts of procuring and offering a
false or forged instrument, along with four misdemeanor counts of
interference with a prompt transfer of a completed affidavit, and could face
a maximum seven-year prison term if convicted as charged, according to the
District Attorney's Office.
The case stemmed from an investigation by the DA's Bureau of Investigation.
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's Office, FBI, Covina
Police Department and the California Secretary of State's Office also
assisted in the initial investigation, according to the District Attorney's
Office. |
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