2 men accused of electoral fraud involving 8,000 requests to vote from “ fictitious ” or deceased voters

Two Los Angeles men have been charged with voter fraud after attempting to submit 8,000 ballot requests for non-existent or deceased voters.

Hawthorne, Calif., Mayoral candidate Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Montenegro, 53, and Marcos Raul Arevalo, 34, have planned the effort to try to help Montenegro win their mayoral bid, the Mayoral bidder said on Tuesday. Attorney General Xavier Becerra.

The county accuses Montenegro of submitting more than 8,000 fraudulent ballot requests on behalf of “fictitious, non-existent or deceased” voters between July 1 and October 15 this year, according to a felony complaint.

“What it does is it shows that election officials here and across the country take these issues very seriously. It was 8,000 registrations in a jurisdiction with 5.8 million voters.” Dean Logan, the county’s top election official, said at the Los Angeles Times.

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None of the fraudulent ballots in question were submitted to the general election, he added.

Montenegro falsified names, addresses and signatures on nomination papers, according to the prosecutor’s office. The attorney general’s office did not comment on the case.

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Montenegro and Arevalo both face charges, including conspiracy to commit electoral fraud, electoral fraud, obtaining and offering a forged or forged instrument, and interfering in the rapid transfer of a completed affidavit. Montenegro faces up to 15 years in prison and Arevalo faces up to seven if convicted.

The District Attorney’s Office of Investigation, the Los Angeles County Clerk / Clerk’s Office, the FBI, the Covina Police Department, and the California Secretary of State’s Office all took part in the investigation into the two men, the statement said.

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