A business owner pleaded guilty in connection with the bribery case against Robert Salgado, the former chairman of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians of California.

Salgado pleaded guilty in October 2010 to accepting bribes and concealing his income. He took money from vendors that wanted to do business with the tribe.

One of those vendors, Abbas Shilleh, admitted that he paid Salgado $50,000 in order to land a contract for valet parking at the tribe's casino. Shilleh's attorney claimed the payment was meant as an advance for the contract.

Salgado is due to be sentenced on March 21. Shileh will be sentenced in June.

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SOBOBA: Parking vendor pleads guilty to bribing chairman (The Riverside Press-Enterprise 3/8)
Man pleads guilty to paying $50,000 in bribes to obtain valet parking concession at San Jacinto casino (The Los Angeles Times 3/7)
Business owner who bribed Soboba chairman pleads guilty to charges (Southwest Riverside News Network 3/7)

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