OAKLAND — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday filed charges against San Leandro City Councilman Bryan Azevedo, claiming the two-term councilman committed wire fraud and misled authorities investigating the alleged scheme.

U.S. Attorney Abraham Fine — who also is spearheading the prosecution of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her romantic partner and two East Bay businessman — filed the charges against Azevedo, whose house was raided by federal authorities in January.

Azevedo faces two charges: conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud, as well as false statements to a government agency.

Details of alleged misdeeds were not immediately available Tuesday, as charging documents had yet to be made public in the case.

Azevedo, a sheet-metal foreman by trade, was elected to a second term o

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