Porter faces a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. Judge Orrick scheduled Porter’s sentencing for September 7, 2023. If Porter complies with the plea agreement, the additional counts will be dismissed at sentencing. Pursuant to today’s guilty plea, Porter pleaded guilty to the conspiracy to commit honest services wire and mail fraud count. § 371, and one count of bribery of a local official, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 13, one count of conspiracy to commit bribery in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 13, one count of honest services mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 1349, two counts of honest services wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. On November 29, 2022, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment, charging Porter with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services mail and wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Porter admitted that the bribes were made to influence Nuru to take official action and exercise influence in Recology’s favor, including making official decisions in his role at DPW that would benefit Recology’s business. Porter admitted in his plea agreement that he knew the funds were not being used for that purpose, but instead were made at the request of Nuru and used for his holiday parties. The bribes included $55,000 in payments for holiday parties Nuru hosted for friends, political supporters, and select DPW employees, from October 2017 through January 2020.Īccording to Porter’s admissions in the plea agreement, the payments were concealed as “holiday donations” to a non-profit, the Lefty O’Doul’s Foundation for Kids, a charity established to provide access to baseball and baseball equipment for under-privileged children. According to his plea agreement, Porter admitted that he conspired with another former Recology executive and others to pay bribes to influence Nuru.
Porter, 39, is the former Vice President and Group Manager of the SF Recology Group.
The guilty plea was accepted by the Honorable William H. Tripp, and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge Darren Lian. District Court in San Francisco to conspiring to commit honest services mail and wire fraud, admitting that he participated in a scheme with another Recology executive to bribe the former head of the San Francisco Department of Public Works, Mohammed Nuru, announced the United States Attorney’s Office, FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert K. SAN FRANCISCO – John Francis Porter pleaded guilty today in U.S.
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