Former LADWP executive David Alexander sentenced to 4 years in prison in bribery scheme

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The former cyber security chief for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for his role in a bribery scheme.

David Alexander, 54, admitted to lying to the FBI about his role in the botched launch of an LADWP computerized billing system.
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The failed system led to many customers receiving wildly inflated bills.

Alexander has also been ordered to pay a fine of $50,000 dollars.

Two months ago, former LADWP top executive David Wright was sentenced to six years in federal prison for his participation in the bribery case -- accepting payments from a lawyer in exchange for helping the attorney obtain a $30 million no-bid contract for the lawyer's company, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

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The lawyer, Paul Paradis, pleaded guilty in 2021 to a federal bribery charge as part of a wide-ranging probe of the city's handling of the botched rollout of a DWP billing system.