Sheriff Robert Luna backtracks, says fraud case was handed to FBI
Sheriff's Department officials now say they've handed a suspected gun permitting fraud case over to the FBI, not the state attorney general.
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Sheriff's Department officials now say they've handed a suspected gun permitting fraud case over to the FBI, not the state attorney general.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said the state, and not his department, was the proper office to investigate charges of fraud in concealed gun permits.
After months of interviews, records requests and data analysis, our investigation published last week revealed that among the several thousand people who received permits under Villanueva were at least 50 donors to his election campaigns and others with special links to him.
A Times investigation finds that dozens of L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva's campaign donors have been granted permits to carry weapons in public.