A former Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) information technology (IT) employee and the owner of a technology vendor company are facing felony charges for an alleged scheme that directed more than $22 million in district contracts to the vendor.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced the charges on Thursday and described the case as “the largest alleged money laundering operation” in the school district’s history.
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Former school district employee Hong “Grace” Peng, 53, of Pasadena, and Gautham Sampath, 54, of Flower Mound, Texas, are accused of orchestrating a years-long “pay-to-play” scheme that allegedly steered more than $22 million in school district contracts to Sampath’s company, according the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office.
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“This case involves a blatant abuse of public trust — funneling taxpayer dollars intended for students into personal coffers,” Hochman said in a statement.
He continued, “This vendor, working
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