(KRON) -- San Leandro City Council member Bryan Azevedo was charged by federal prosecutors on Tuesday with conspiring to commit fraud and lying to FBI agents.

Azevedo and co-conspirators devised a bribery and kickbacks scheme to defraud the public, according to a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office. Investigators said the scheme unfolded between the summers of 2023 and 2024.

Azevedo's alleged co-conspirators -- "Co-Conspirator 1" and "Co-Conspirator 2" -- are identified in court documents as co-owners of an Oakland-based affordable housing company.

Prosecutors focused on a delegation trip to Vietnam that was attended by Azevedo and sponsored by a business association controlled by Co-Conspirator 1's family. The business association paid for Azevedo's trip expenses, in

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