LOS ANGELES—Two former supervisors from the California Department of Justice were charged Jan. 5 with embezzlement and other counts for allegedly diverting about $12,500 in government funds, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Thursday.
Eric Bunde—who between January 2014 and November 2017 oversaw the Los Angeles Regional Criminal Information Clearinghouse (LA Clear), which assists law enforcement agencies with criminal investigations—is charged with one felony count each of grand theft by embezzlement, grand theft by an employee and conflict of interest.