SACRAMENTO — The 137-page criminal complaint against state Sen. Leland Yee and 25 others reads like a dime-store novel. But hidden among the headline-grabbing allegations of gunrunning, money laundering and even a plotted murder-for-hire is a lesser-told tale of how Yee allegedly sought to help a purported tech company secure a foothold in the Valley in exchange for thousands of dollars in campaign cash.
An affidavit signed by Special Agent Emmanuel Pascua of the Federal Bureau of Investigation records events this way: In June 2012, Yee held a meeting in Sacramento with two undercover FBI agents and a “confidential human source.” The “source” was posing as a software consultant seeking help expanding her information-technology business, Well Tech, into California.
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