A true pig.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Robert Rizzo, the former city administrator for Bell, California, at the center of a pay scandal over his $1.5 million in annual salary and benefits, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to corruption charges.
Prosecutors say Rizzo was the ringlinder in a scheme by Bell officials to drain city coffers of funds with exorbitant pay and $1.9 million in loans to himself and other officials.
The new arraignment of Rizzo and other officials followed a preliminary hearing that ended earlier this month.
Rizzo, whose annual salary alone was nearly $800,000, is charged with more than 50 counts of fraud, including misappropriation of public funds, falsification of records by an official custodian and conflict of interest.
