LOS ANGELES—A former top executive of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power pleaded guilty on Jan. 25 to a federal bribery charge stemming from a probe of the city’s handling of the botched launch of a billing system used by the municipal utility.
David H. Wright, 62, of Riverside, accepted bribes from a lawyer in exchange for supporting a $30 million, no-bid contract with the utility company, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The lawyer named in the case, Paul Paradis, has also agreed to plead guilty to a federal bribery count.
