12-09-17 Widespread public corruption in Los Angeles County probation operations

Widespread corruption of the family, conservatorship, and probation courts in Los Angeles has been repeatedly documented.
The suprising news is that FBI decided to get involved in the legal/banking fraud pandemic in Los Angeles, of all places.  After all, it was FBI itself that already in the early 2000s provided advance notice of the pandemic, and distinguished Los Angeles as "the epicenter of the epidemic". However, FBI refuses to take action on such matters.  In person, the Los Angeles Chief of the White Collar Crime Squad explained to me that it was "well over his head".
However, as usualy, the corrupt judges are left alone...

Joseph Zernik, PhD

Human Rights Alert (NGO)

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L.A. County probation executive arrested on suspicion of bank fraud is former Paramount, Compton and Lynwood assemblyman By Christina Villacorte Staff Writer Posted:   09/17/2012 01:03:16 PM PDT Updated:   09/17/2012 01:07:26 PM PDT An executive with the Los Angeles County Probation Department who is also a former assemblyman was arrested Monday by the FBI for bank fraud, the department announced.Carl Washington, who is the department's director for intergovernmental relations and legislative affairs, was arrested at 10 a.m. Monday by the FBI at the Probation Department headquarters. The department will release full details at a press conference this afternoon. Washington is a former Baptist preacher who represented Paramount, Compton and Lynwood in the state Assembly a decade ago. He ran for Los Angeles City Council in 2001 and lost to Jan Perry. The arrest comes amid a year-long crackdown on corruption by the new Probation Department Chief Jerry Powers. Some 40 other probation department employees have been arrested since January -- most for offenses that were not work related, the department said. "These recent arrests should served as a clear message that this chief -- and this probation department -- will not tolerate criminal behavior by staff," Powers said in a statement. "This is a law enforcement agency, and as such we will hold ourselves to a higher standard both on and off duty." The probation department is assisting in a number of criminal investigations involving its employees, Powers said. christina.villacorte@dailynews.com 213-974-8985 twitter.com/LADNvillacorte