FBI searches Lancaster City Hall, homes of vice mayor and council member in corruption probe - BERITAJA

The location of Lancaster’s vice politician and a assembly personnel — on pinch 2 different locations, including City Hall and a location successful Bel Air — were served pinch FBI hunt warrants Wednesday morning.

The hunt astatine Lancaster City Hall began successful the early morning. As of mid-morning, FBI agents were besides astatine a location registered successful past candidacy filings to Lancaster Vice Mayor Marvin Crist and besides the location of Councilmember Raj Malhi, according to rule enforcement sources.

Those locations, on pinch a ample spot successful the Bel Air vicinity of Los Angeles, were being searched, the FBI confirmed without identifying who was the target of activity astatine the locations. All 4 are tied to the aforesaid investigation.

An FBI spokeswoman declined to remark connected the quality of the search, citing sealed warrants.

Crist and Malhi could not beryllium instantly reached for comment.

Law enforcement sources, not authorized to talk the searches, told The Times they are portion of a semipermanent national nationalist corruption probe. The specifications of the national hunt warrants tied to the searches are sealed.